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Racing binding on a park ski?
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rossi fks, and look p18. all i have to say
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they might have lifters, and the toe piece is different on a rossi/ look but the pros rock them
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no, many race bindings are almost the same as the companies bindings, at least look/rossi.
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Trust me dont get racer bindings on your skis just cus pros have'em, they rock them cuz they get free skis and binds.
Yes there increadibly light, but the heal piece is weak, i've broken mine three times this season. If you look on the FKS's there are two rods that hold the heal piece, well those tend to break, same with the small plastic pieces in the heal peice, that like to break too, rendering your bindings useless.
Remember race bindings were built specifically for RACERS, why would you put them on your park skis. Instead of putting extra $ to get race bindings stick with there regular stuff like jibs p12s, etc.
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Most of the racing bindings that arent part of a system you can just rip the lifters off of and mount it flat on the ski and actualy be a few mm lower than you would be with a regular binding without a lifter (i think thats the case anyway that the look race binding is something negligable like 2 mm lower than its p12 jib counterpart. That being said the race bindings in general are far tougher than the regular consumer bindings, aswell as being lighter. You gotta be careful though because some race bindings have no upward toe realease (markers in particular,although i think any marker with a biometric toe has this same problem unless its been changed) that can competely fuck you in a fall going switch. Also if your breaking the bar that holds the heelpiece on those race bindings without a doubt youd either strip/snap the track or bend the shit out of the consumer ones.
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Also price isnt really an issue as its a regular occurance to see a set of p18s go for close the same price as a p12jib. And the rossi fks racer bindings you can get with a din maxing out as low as ten so they really cover as much of the din spectrum as the regular ones do. So race bindings are a pretty decent alternative and in most cases beter than their consumer counter parts for park riding.
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Yea, you must be REALLY hard on your FKS/P18s if you're breaking em. Those bindings are bombproof.
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Race bindings normally don't come with lifters because they get mounted on race plates and have height limitations.
There's nothing wrong with mounting race bindings on a park ski so long as the DIN range suits you. But, if you're a super-lightweight and mount P18's, you're just asking for trouble....
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i've got fk bindings on my ARVs...nothing but good things to say about them...haven't come out yet, but I haven't tumbled yet either.
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If you dont know what DIN is then you honestly do not need race bindings. Just go to a ski shop and ask a tech to help you find some nice binds and you should be good. Good luck.
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DIN = Deutsche Industrie Norm = The setting which determines how prone your bindings will be to releasing in a fall. Higher means less release tendency (and risk of knee injuries), lower means more release tendency, so you might come out when you don't want to.
If you don't know what DIN is then you won't need it set at 10 or higher, so just forget about the race bindings and go get some p10s, Power 100s, or other 10 DIN axial bindings if you want good ones. If you need cheap ones, try Tyrolia.
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