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Fks/pivot brake width choice +K

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Meggadoomer
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im looking to get the fks or look pivot binding, i have a pair of anthems that are 93mm at the waist. sadly the choice in brakes are ether 90mm or 117mm. ive called a bunch of rossi dealers and they ether said go with the 90mm and bend them out a little, others have said that the 117mm brakes should be fine. what im worried about is the brakes not coming in enough so that they will hang over the side and might interlock if the 2 skis get close together.

im not going to take apart the binding and bend the brakes myself, i already tried that. when i brought my skis to go get mounted the owner of the shop (who is also does the mounting) said that the brakes have lost their ability to move in when the brake is raised up. he also spoke to someone at rossi and they said that those bindings arent designed to be taken apart and the warranty has been voided. so now i have a useless pair of brand new fks, and a $179 loss.

so im just wondering what brake width to get
Dec 6 2009 3:49PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
get the 90 100%.

2mm is nothing you could do that by hand, dont worry about it.

if you got the 117 they would be way to big, the guys who told you that are fucked in the head...carving switch would be a death wish..

moral of the story: 90mm
Dec 6 2009 4:40PM
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FM3
Posts: 207 - Karma: 19
Dude, idk who your shop owner talked to at Rossi, but I called Rossi trying to order a new pair of brakes for my FKS's because I broke one of mine bending it out. Long story short, I was referred to the warranty department and the guy there said that although it was my fault, since they were new bindings he would replace the brake free. Warranty most definitely not voided, for me anyway....
Dec 6 2009 6:32PM
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FM3
Posts: 207 - Karma: 19
Sorry for the double post. I just realized that nothing I said was even remotely related to your question. Anyway, go for the 90mm brake. All you'll have to do is pull it out a bit by hand.
Dec 6 2009 6:33PM
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loveyoursneakers
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90 MM for sure, it would take 5 minutes of your life to bend them out.
Dec 6 2009 6:36PM
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BWalmer
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I love brake hangover, I had them on my AR6s - it was awesome when it would catch while going off of jumps switch...

Go with the 90 and have the shop tech tweak them out a bit and you'll be fine - they don't even need to be bent far enough to need to take them off the binding, they just need a tweak. (God, that's a terrible sentence but I can't think of a better way to say it right now - I hope you can figure it out...haha).
Dec 6 2009 6:40PM
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