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anyone ever break brakes lots?

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Kasanovah
Posts: 912 - Karma: 35
If I have a bad crash switch I often snap the brake off, there's about 4 or 5 of my brakes in the bush off the park run at my hill hahah. Anyone else get this prob??? at least I work at a shop and get free repairs when I break shit. They're last year's Rossi axials in case anyone's wondering.

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Dec 5 2002 10:47PM
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con_cept
Posts: 1752 - Karma: 10
yeah i broke my brakes 3 times last season. And i just got new axials this year so I'm kinda pissed off to hear that, oh well!



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Dec 5 2002 10:54PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
breaks suck for jumping. doesn't matter if you got the best bindings out there - when you crash landing switch your breaks (and sometimes bindings) are gonna break. it's just something we gotta deal with till they figure something out.

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Dec 5 2002 10:55PM
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Summit_punk
Posts: 381 - Karma: 10
i broke or bent about three pair of brakes last season. mostly landing switch. It's great tho cause i have salomon's and i just go to my local shop and they give me new ones.
Dec 5 2002 10:59PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
well, i have never ever broken my brakes. Actually, i dont even use brakes, they just add weight, why do you guys use them? maybe i am just not going big enough on my jumps to break them
Dec 5 2002 11:02PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
i've bent my brakes. I just pushed them back to where they go.
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Dec 6 2002 11:58AM
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Rapt0r
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10
they dont weigh anything, they're friggin small

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Dec 6 2002 12:01PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
well, they do add weight, even if it is a little. i dont think you want to argue this with me.
Dec 6 2002 12:03PM
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Rapt0r
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10
ok, i give up, just cuz i dont wanna argue

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Dec 6 2002 12:04PM
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Class
Posts: 1633 - Karma: 11
I have already broke my breaks twice and all I have really done is rails. Last year I broke my old bindings.

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Dec 6 2002 1:23PM
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unrigged
Posts: 904 - Karma: 15
fuck man bending your breaks suck ass man... i couldnt bend mine back and they kept dragging across the snow i was like FUCK and i got really pissed off and broke my binding.
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Dec 6 2002 1:27PM
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stephen_beast
Posts: 2570 - Karma: 21
yea i broke like 3 in 3months it sucks, but hey then i get to go to the raddest shop in the world and pick up free stuff



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Dec 6 2002 2:56PM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
ive never really broken brakes,well, actually, the brakes on my old skis dont pop back down when i take my ski off or when it pops off, so t would stop.
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Dec 6 2002 2:59PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
how the hell are you guys breaking these damn things, are you just riding cheap ass bindings?
Dec 6 2002 7:07PM
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nxyzptlk
Posts: 24 - Karma: 9
dude, if you don't know what people are talking about than you've never tried landing switch off a jump of decent size. If you had, no matter what, sooner or later you'd crash and realize that mad forces of gravity + body weight applied to a hinge that can't flex to absorb it means fast breakage. There's not much to be done about it. at least not until someone makes a binding whose brake can hinge both ways when it releases. this year i'm gonna get a bunch of spares and throw em in the bottom of my locker so i don't have to fuck with bending them back or finding another before i can ride again.



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Dec 6 2002 8:58PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
like my icon says, i suck, and no, i dont go big. so that must be why i have never broken my brakes. but why would they break? isnt' that what the DIN setting is for
Dec 6 2002 10:01PM
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con_cept
Posts: 1752 - Karma: 10
if you land switch and fall, you probably want your bindings to release.

its better that your brakes bend the wrong way then your legs to do it.





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Dec 6 2002 10:59PM
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Machete23
Posts: 444 - Karma: 9
Is there any kind of binding that doesn't have this problem of breaking on switch landings?
If not, are there any that break less than others?

Mine broke off yesterday and my ski went off down the hill and hit a snowboarder. At least he stopped my ski for me!


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Apr 7 2005 12:43PM
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JoakimHayland
Posts: 1053 - Karma: 43
i dont brake them, just bends them a lot..

Apr 7 2005 12:46PM
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t_walker
Posts: 934 - Karma: 37
the bindings break because when u mess up landing switch it forces the breaks forward (they way they arent meant to bend) because they catch the snow, this brakes the breaks and sometimes the binding too, if you bend your brakes up at a 45 degree angle when they are in the up position this may help solve ur problem because they wont catch the snow as easily

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Apr 7 2005 12:48PM
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Aasert
Posts: 1583 - Karma: 9
2 times this season

Apr 7 2005 12:48PM
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gaperslayer
Posts: 158 - Karma: 10
brakes are made with a single direction spring, when you click in to your ski the brakes sit back. they arent meant to have any stress on them from the opposite direction. so when you crash switch, the ski comes off and the brake pops up, but its in the exact wrong direction that its supposed to work, so they usually break or you can strip the screw that the brake goes into.

I know reactors have a different brake mechanism, but im not sure whether it solves this problem or not.

Apr 7 2005 12:52PM
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t-mack101
Posts: 909 - Karma: 10
fuckin broke three pairs of line bindings this year they suck huge balls

Apr 7 2005 2:13PM
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SIX-SOLDIERS
Posts: 719 - Karma: 11
i break the line reactor bindings all the time haha but the bindings suck so i guess i get what i deserve







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Apr 7 2005 2:17PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
yeah i fucking landed fine switch and somehow my brake digs in and bends around, breaking the metal tab off that holds it in. i didnt even crash, stupid pieces of shit

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Apr 7 2005 2:30PM
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mdvorak
Posts: 658 - Karma: 85
AJ is known for this problem.

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Apr 7 2005 4:25PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
i broke my brake, and it jumped both bottom tables at mt snow

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Apr 7 2005 4:33PM
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freestyle_rich
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 10
the first few times i had to bend my brakes back, i got smart and bended them up really far so they dont get in the way but still stop my ski from going down the hill when i crash

Apr 7 2005 4:46PM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
ive broken 8 brakes this year so far. ive learned you have to put and elbow in them so they rest on your ski.

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Apr 7 2005 4:49PM
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BK
Posts: 2353 - Karma: 1,122
i am glad other people share my pain, i thought i was just retarded. i think i am going to start a new bad-ass brake company that specialezes in bombproof brakes made of high grade aircraft aluminum or possibly titanium laced tungston alloy. They would come in all sorts of shapes, like chicken feet or dildo...

Apr 7 2005 4:57PM
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five0
Posts: 11466 - Karma: 36
i fucked up the pin right underneath the brake piece...if i bend it back its fine...but i just bought new breaks for em anyone..btw they were rossi axials too

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Apr 7 2005 4:59PM
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joshbryant
Posts: 2133 - Karma: 228
Companies need to start making brakes that have a higher range of motion. It wouldn't be that hard. I suggested it at SIA, but all the big companies are pretty set in their ways. They'd prefer it if you just bought a new binding.


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Apr 7 2005 5:17PM
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rippinbumpskier
Posts: 1628 - Karma: 23
tele ski then u dont have to worry bout broken brakes u use leashes

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Apr 7 2005 5:21PM
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Bregs
Posts: 633 - Karma: 21
yeah mine totally got fuck. i had these crap rossis though. i was going a 270 out of this rail and i only did a 180 and it just snapped off. and it sucked cuz once again i was trying 270's out my ski came off that had the broken brake and it went all the way down the mountain into the parking lot. it was sweet

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Apr 7 2005 5:32PM
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martockpublicenemy
Posts: 2284 - Karma: 11
i just bend mine back

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Apr 7 2005 6:46PM
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GVAR510
Posts: 1037 - Karma: 10
yea, one of my brakes snapped off..........but i dont think the binding matters, w/e kind you got. either way its a cheap piece of plastic........i got nice bindings, but the brake still broke........

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Apr 7 2005 7:03PM
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LostCarKeys
Posts: 2553 - Karma: 20
I bent mine beyond repair this year, my first time but sure more are to follow...

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Apr 7 2005 8:24PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
ive broken my brakes about 3 times this year but im stil on teh same pair...the second time i bent them so far they we almost copletely180 from where they should be...facing towards the tip of the ski..it was rediculous

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Apr 7 2005 8:26PM
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ForestryIs8nice
Posts: 745 - Karma: 40
guys im starting a new trend that tanner picked up its the new gorilla steeze leashes by armada they have uzi logo print on them for true ganstas. acutally, i might go straight to chain leashes to represent how hardass i am.

Apr 7 2005 9:22PM
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ben_southworth
Posts: 1063 - Karma: 447
i snapped three last Satudray, both pairs of my skis were unskiable cause of SNAPPED bindings. It blows.






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Apr 7 2005 10:21PM
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chimper
Posts: 194 - Karma: 10
4 times this season got it warenteed twice, then i had to switch out heel pieces and did again 2 more times.



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Apr 7 2005 10:24PM
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kinosoo
Posts: 925 - Karma: 10
it happens im on my second pair of brakes

Apr 13 2005 10:19AM
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Jernt
Posts: 838 - Karma: 96
Mine broke four times this year. What kind of bindings are you guys having trouble with. My Markers would break or come off even when I would stomp the switch landings

Apr 13 2005 10:30AM
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devine
Posts: 1720 - Karma: 10
bull class didnt break anything cous he lives in hawaii

and i like the jthm icon


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Apr 13 2005 10:42AM
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doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315
i broke mine on my 912's when i was learning 9's. it skied down the hill into the parking lot. any salomon dealer will hook you up will all the breaks you need.

Apr 13 2005 11:28AM
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kykelly05
Posts: 1295 - Karma: 11
the skiis i was on all season ones of the brakes was broken.. drove me crazy b/c id always forget when i popped outa them

Apr 13 2005 11:30AM
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*ThaMovment*
Posts: 564 - Karma: 50
all I know is that I've ridden the look p12 Jib bindings for 2 seasons now and I've never had a single problem with them!

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Apr 13 2005 12:21PM
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daniel_insam
Posts: 1494 - Karma: 33
I've broken the brakes of all my 3 pairs of skis.
that sucks!



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Apr 13 2005 12:25PM
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Roy
Posts: 1982 - Karma: 1,240
I broke mine off this year once but luckly it was good enough to but back together with a lil bending.

Kasa, i bet your talkin bout the bindings on your mike nicks cuz those things blow off all the time hahha

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Apr 13 2005 12:26PM
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