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JayMobilia
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Hey NS,
I'm in the market for new bindings and figure I should decide on what din I'm going to be riding at before I purchase a binding.
I'm 5'9" 150 lbs
Level 3 skier
Age: 18
Have been skiing for 14 years
I ride park/mtn on 176 skis with marker griffon bindings with DIN set at 8
I like this set up, but have a question for another set

I bought176 Moment Ghost Chants 139/124/139
I'll mount them center as recommeneded, but wondering what din I should ride at.
8 works for my other skis, but these will be for "east coast pow days" and my binding knowledge applies to skiing east coast groomers, not dropping cliffs and skiing in powder.

So NS, should I be riding at 8 on these, or maybe higher at 9 or 10

My choices for bindings are
Marker Griffons 13 (high din)
Marker Jesters 16
Fks/pivot 14
Sth2 13
Sth2 16
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11 years ago
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Caucasian_Asian
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JayMobiliaDIN set at 8


Could it be that simple?
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JayMobilia
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Caucasian_AsianCould it be that simple?


The question is also if there is a different setting for different types of skiing, or if you set all your skis at the same DIN.
Should've wrote that but it was kinda implied
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tomPietrowski
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JayMobiliaThe question is also if there is a different setting for different types of skiing, or if you set all your skis at the same DIN.
Should've wrote that but it was kinda implied


Start them on 8 and if you are pre-releasing slower raise them by half a setting a time. Personally I do ride my freeride skis higher then my park skis but only slightly so with you starting on 8 I doubt you will ever get above 10 so you will be fine on a 12-13 din binding.
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JayMobilia
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Thank you. Just what I was looking for
Will probably look into griffons/pivots/sth13 for that 12-14 range rather than jesters/Sth16 at 16
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shin-bang
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JayMobiliaThank you. Just what I was looking for
Will probably look into griffons/pivots/sth13 for that 12-14 range rather than jesters/Sth16 at 16

if your looking to buy pivots consider these things:
1. its roughly 130 bucks to get a new brake
2. theres very little adjustment, which is a problem if your riding multiple pairs of boots.
3. in deep snow they are harder to clip into than other bindings
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JayMobilia
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I've heard stuff about pivots being hard to click into. I'm not worried about adjusting them, but I have trouble clicking into my marker gipriffons. If they are harder than that I'm not interested.
I saw jesters for 185 and pivots for 210 and both are now sold out. I'm trying to keep the price down and jesters are 215 on backcountry.
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tomPietrowski
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JayMobiliaI've heard stuff about pivots being hard to click into. I'm not worried about adjusting them, but I have trouble clicking into my marker gipriffons. If they are harder than that I'm not interested.
I saw jesters for 185 and pivots for 210 and both are now sold out. I'm trying to keep the price down and jesters are 215 on backcountry.


If I was you I would look at sth2 13 or the attack 13. They are both awse bindings and the attack can often be found at a very goo price.
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