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Rossi/Look/Dynastar bindings= Fucking Gayness!!

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Poops_McGee
Posts: 45 - Karma: 52
I have a pair of Look PX12's that I paid a hundred and fifty USD for... sounds reasonable except for replacement brakes go for fifty bucks and I have gone through my second set in the last year and a half and almost lost a ski if it wasn't for a helpful snow boarder that got speared in the chest! all because the main thing that holds them to the binding is one screw and plastic. The older models were connected by metal under the frame so if they got messed up you could bend them back and make them work. Fuck You!! Rossignol/Dynastar/Look. Eat My Ass.
Dec 18 2008 2:05AM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
That's why the only binding I really trust are the turn table race stock FKS 155s.
Dec 18 2008 2:13AM
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ladecker
Posts: 118 - Karma: 23
well just don't suck and ski everything away... its way easier than losing a ski and making the brake do work...
JK bud, sorry to hear your having bad luck.  I haven't had any with my breaks....
Dec 18 2008 2:49AM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -7
pretty sure shop cost is only $12 on stock width brakes.  Youre getting fucked.
Dec 18 2008 9:50AM
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fouldsys
Posts: 7404 - Karma: 39
nuff said
Dec 18 2008 9:52AM
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49566738265
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Truth, but I am interested in the new Mojo's, Deadbolts, and STH bindings.  They all use a metal bolt that goes from screw to ski.  They look solid.
Dec 18 2008 1:14PM
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amsterdamned
Posts: 160 - Karma: 43
STH's have one screw and two iron pins that hook into the binding.

However, if you release switch with your weight on it, they still release.

Only the fks ones held up in my years.

But you can also just buy a 9-20 salomon binding. Set them to 20, and your breaks will hold up forever,
Dec 18 2008 2:09PM
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Calb3rt
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im so very glad i was able to get my hands on a pair because last season i went through at least 700$ in bindings and brakes alone. i have a small box full of broken pieces of shit bindings from rossi/look/dynastar. i cant afford to go through bindings like that. i have 3 different bindings on my bacons because my heel/toe pieces kept exploding, and fuck the brakes i dont even know how much i have spent on replacement brakes that only last the weekend. if anything grinds my gears it is those bindings.
Dec 18 2008 4:06PM
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panojibber
Posts: 3382 - Karma: 216

This guy has the right idea. The ultimate secret to solving binding problems.

However, you guys should probably learn how to land properly, centered is good.

Just kidding, its too bad you've had problems with the PX12s, mine were really good, I loved them when I had them.

Dec 18 2008 5:11PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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I have the Rossi axial 120s and they are bombproof. Granted im a small guy at 135lbs but ive never had any problems with these.
Dec 18 2008 8:09PM
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.Brink.
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 189
best idea. Your brakes cant break if you never release!
Dec 18 2008 8:18PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
lol, I value my knees too much to do that
Dec 18 2008 8:27PM
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Poops_McGee
Posts: 45 - Karma: 52
Buriedbyleaves is probably right even though he was just trying to be a dick... Also I have gone to three or four shops in summit county and they all want the same price.If it costs a shop roughly $12 for a brake and they mark them up 100 percent you have 50 bucks a pair. the amount of money we all spend on ski equipment is already really high. it is really fucked up to get jewed on such a common problem with the already expensive bindings. I also don't know anyone who puts 60 plus days in the park that hasn't had similar problems with brakes. and alll my homies crank thier din.
Dec 20 2008 1:56PM
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I_liketobutter
Posts: 2664 - Karma: 997
^ from what ive found there is no decent ski shop in all of summit county as well as CO in general. Including colorado freeskier. All of them are unreliable pussies that dont know shit about what they're talking about.  There is no shop within 100 miles of summit that will consider mounting fks anymore. One guy said yeah sure i can bend your brakes, then im mounting them after he failed to bend them except for one side, and the whole binding falls apart in my hand. I figured out how to put it back together in 30 seconds...what a genious huh. Fuck ski shops in CO, for being "the" place to ski in america its really lacking in a good shop. And the only good shop there is, is all the way in boulder...real close to the mountains...and doens't mount, which i understand.

Somebody start a shop in summit that doesn't sell seth pistols, marker bindings and oakley goggles to every 30yo gaper that walks in the door. and isn't too much of a puss or gape to mount a real binding.
Dec 20 2008 5:51PM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -7
Wide brakes are expensive for shops to purchase as well.  Like 2x the cost of stock width ones. 
Dec 20 2008 6:54PM
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yeahitsdave
Posts: 1315 - Karma: 10
stock width marker... $5. 110 width... $7.50.

that being said, fuck marker bindings. ive never trashed so many shitty brakes in my life.
Dec 20 2008 7:06PM
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White-Goblin
Posts: 325 - Karma: 9
your a filthy animal, never post again you prejudice piece of shit
Dec 21 2008 1:43PM
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fezz
Posts: 542 - Karma: 28
ouch^..to the thread poster im pretty sure you can get brakes for like 12 bucks on proctorjones or untracked forget which one..you should just buy like 4
Dec 21 2008 7:38PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
$50 for a brake?!? good lord you are being taken advantage of...... My local shops (plural) have never charged more than $5
Dec 21 2008 11:50PM
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anti_bunk
Posts: 2629 - Karma: 329
yes fuck those brakes dude. ive had my brakes spring off at least 5 times and luckily ive been able to bend the clamps back but the last time the whole metal plate just snapped. they are such pieces of shit who the fuck would make a freestyle binding that wont hold up under freestyle conditions.
Dec 22 2008 3:23AM
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NE.
Posts: 234 - Karma: 428
mine broke 3 times last year, but the guys at the rental shop gave me two free pairs.
Dec 22 2008 9:17PM
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coolhandluke
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 153
i broke a PX brake last week trying to bend it. 
Dec 22 2008 9:38PM
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
You guys need to tighten your forward pressure up.
Dec 22 2008 10:06PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
PX just fucking suck.
FKS are legit, and i've fallen head over heels for Mojo's.
Dec 22 2008 11:09PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
I'm the same way, but my brake is somehow sticking out 90 degrees even though I never released today. And now I have to risk snapping the baseplate because I don't want to pull the binding off to fix the brake properly.
Dec 22 2008 11:37PM
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Justo8484
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the cost on the px brake is definitely more than $12. more like 25 or 30 from what i remember.
Dec 23 2008 11:55AM
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