Theft of skis Meribel

Keep on topic please

Ian Wickham wrote:Keep on topic please

Pot...kettle...


but only if you remembered to lock them :mrgreen:

Back on topic (which smiley is looking the most smug?). 8) :?:

How do you wrap the chain around the skis? Around the bindings and then the post etc. or what? So what length of chain/cable do you need?

Ally

AllyG wrote:Back on topic (which smiley is looking the most smug?). 8) :?:

How do you wrap the chain around the skis? Around the bindings and then the post etc. or what? So what length of chain/cable do you need?

Ally

Quite a lot of the cable locks are 0.9m, which I've found a bit short in the past. Many bindings have a slot on the heel lever, this is a good place to thread a cable through, or through the brakes as an alternative. Anything which will resist a casual thief.

bandit wrote:through the brakes

Whoa..... skis have brakes?? :shock:

acarr wrote:

bandit wrote:through the brakes

Whoa..... skis have brakes?? :shock:

Not all, but most regular alpine skis have them. Most look like these :D

http://twintipnation.com/look-px-binding-brake.html

acarr wrote:

bandit wrote:through the brakes

Whoa..... skis have brakes?? :shock:

I didn't realize they were brakes until last year :oops:. I always thought those prongy things by the bindings were just so you could fit your skis together for carrying them. But I guess it explains why skis don't disappear down the mountain when they come off.

Bandit, thanks. I will have a look in a bike shop for a cable lock just over 0.9m long. The next problem I have is this :- am I more likely to lose the key, or forget the combination? .....

It would be a long walk down the mountain .... :cry:

Ally

AllyG wrote:

How do you wrap the chain around the skis? Around the bindings and then the post etc. or what?

Ally

:shock: Seriously?