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Marker Squire Bindings Suck!!!

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ChumSauce
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i bent a fricken brake, on my 2nd day of riding, the bindings released when they shouldn't have when i landed switch, and they bent

Dec 5 2010 9:37PM
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pigglywiggly
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welcome to skiing
Dec 5 2010 9:38PM
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joshua
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Yeah that'll happen. I would go to the shop and POLITELY ask if you can get a replacement brake. (Don't go in there all pissy acting like it is the shops fault.)
Dec 5 2010 9:40PM
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Tucks
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I would say if you plan on hitting a decent amount of park the squire probably wasn't the best binding. It is, if I dare say, pretty much a jr binding. As far as marker breaks being fucked, well they are marker breaks, imo. Sorry and I hope you have better luck
Dec 5 2010 10:28PM
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smuggs
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im pretty sure any brake beaks when the ski comes off and you land backwards.
Dec 5 2010 10:29PM
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CDdesign
Posts: 1015 - Karma: 92
yeah, that has nothing to do with the bindings, they did their job and released at the proper NM pressure!
Dec 5 2010 10:39PM
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Kangbang
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and thats why you dont buy din 11 fully plastic bindings made by marker
Dec 5 2010 10:43PM
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openmindportrait
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ok i have these exact same bindings im 140 lbs and ive had a great time on them they work great and are less than griffons you must of been to heavy for them or something and kangbang btw they have carbon in them too so there not all plastic know your shit before you hate
Dec 5 2010 10:47PM
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.Max.
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He's not too heavy, he could have FKS's and the breaks would have bent from the exact same thing. BREAKS DO EXACTLY THAT, BREAK.
Dec 5 2010 10:49PM
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CDdesign
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honestly thats pretty wrong, any binding sold has to put up the same newton meter tension per DIN setting as any other binding,

FOR EXAMPLE, if you have a plastic head MOJO 11 set at 7 DIN and a MOJO 18X (jons binding) set at 7, those bindings have to have the same newton meter release tension range for that 7 DIN
Dec 5 2010 10:53PM
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bob_ham
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squires do suck. they are an all plastic binding. kids need to do their research
Dec 5 2010 11:02PM
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BWalmer
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while this is true...the problem lies in that the 18 DIN binding is built to withstand pressures and impacts that would blow up the 11 DIN binding. It has nothing to do with releasing, it has to do with durability and strength. While this particular case has do with a release, and any binding would have had the same exact problem, these bindings really aren't built to withstand the beatings park skiers put on their bindings. I've seen these in person, and as soon as I felt them I knew there were going to be issues...carbon or not, there's just too many ways these could break. I bet you that by the end of the season you'll see people who've torn the heelpiece off the track, and people who've cracked the toe piece. How do I know this...these are the same issues the Griffon's have had, and this binding is a lower version of that, and if you take a close look at them you'll see exactly where they're going to fail on a park ski (unless the rider is
Dec 5 2010 11:05PM
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49566738265
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Well you're riding a binding made to hold 10 year olds on groomers, what do you expect.
Dec 6 2010 12:45AM
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RudyGarmisch
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So what, buy another brake and be thankful you didnt fuck up the actual binding.
Dec 6 2010 1:13AM
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beermuscles
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it is spelled BRAKE.
Dec 6 2010 1:23AM
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tomfallon.
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yes

Dec 6 2010 5:40AM
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84891jnf92048
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this. im raging on spelling right now.
Dec 6 2010 6:38AM
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mitsonx2
Posts: 154 - Karma: 47
True the brakes do suck i have them mounted on my suspect and everytime i put the ski together its hard to take apart
Dec 6 2010 10:15PM
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carsonmclovin
Posts: 74 - Karma: 205
I'm actually a pretty big fan of my squires. Understand i'm not a full grown man though (5'6" 135lbs.). I know the whole plastic design isn't hot for some people but I've buttered rotation off of knuckles aggressively and never had an issue, and put a ton of pressure while learning blunts. The release for me has always been spot on and saved me from a couple close calls, it actually is better than most in my opinion because its side-to-side release can sense if your placing pressure to pivot out and if not its has quickest, cleanest release. I also will say i'm on this years model and a buddy of mine who rides last years says the heel piece can be faulty with fully clicking in, that was his only problem though (similar height and weight). And anybody over 160lbs says it requires too high of a DIN to ski aggressive park, small binding for smaller people. But to hate the brakes is not the binding, I've seen even the nicest bindings have brake issues too. And my friend who's much larger claims for any bigger person, that jester pros are the best freeski binding.
Dec 13 2013 9:17PM
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galardogod
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Bitches please i ride a marker freeten for the past 3-4 years and had no problem
Dec 13 2013 9:50PM
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k2andcannoli
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No shit
Dec 13 2013 10:35PM
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.nasty
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squires are for little girls and little kids....
Dec 13 2013 10:47PM
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49566738265
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You seriously searched and bumped a 3 year old thread just to share this?
Dec 14 2013 2:01AM
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onenerdykid
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I wished this happened more, rather than people creating the same threads over and over and over again. That way the info can at least be contained in one spot, but as long as our searchbar refuses to search it makes it quite difficult
Dec 14 2013 4:50AM
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No.Quarter
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wat
Dec 14 2013 11:27AM
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ggagnon
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I have broken this break five Times in two months. There shot and a waste of money. Don't buy them
Feb 2 2015 5:48PM
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profa_212
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ggagnonI have broken this break five Times in two months. There shot and a waste of money. Don't buy them


Getting mad at squires as a hard riding man is like taking a Camry out on a race track and then getting mad when you lose. It's not their fault you aren't using them as what they are made......for small and young kids or women.
Feb 2 2015 6:25PM
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
If you release switch on any binding I almost guarantee you will bend the brake, welcome to the sport. So dont hate on a manufacturer for this. And I'm saying this as someone who dislikes Marker myself (although its because I have had two pairs literally explode on me on two hard landings, like shards of plastic). And in the end a break bend is no big deal, bend it back with your hand in the lift line, problem solved. Myself and the guys I ski with seem to do it almost daily.
Feb 3 2015 11:49AM
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