Let’s fix brakes.

First off, get FKS's. All metal, and you can bend the brakes back. Never using a binding with plastic again. But yeah, maybe if the brakes flexed both ways after a release instead of just back/up they wouldn't break.

Yung_GnarleyFirst off, get FKS's. All metal, and you can bend the brakes back. Never using a binding with plastic again. But yeah, maybe if the brakes flexed both ways after a release instead of just back/up they wouldn't break.

I have FKS’ lo the only way to break them is by ejecting landing switch. Pivots by far have the worst brake system I get why they have to be like that but if you break a pivot brake you are getting a whole new heel piece.

Pivot brakes are just not the best

lol at everyone thinking they need a new fks heelpiece when shit bends. downvote me harder! I'll just keep repairing my brakes. Also do you guys not think a dual flew brake wouldn't work?? I thought that was pretty slick :P

Yung_Gnarleylol at everyone thinking they need a new fks heelpiece when shit bends. downvote me harder! I'll just keep repairing my brakes. Also do you guys not think a dual flew brake wouldn't work?? I thought that was pretty slick :P

Pivot brakes are a meme.

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CatdickBojanglesHow can brakes be engineered to not break landing switch? Seems to be when 90% of them break. A pivot point on the brake maybe? There’s enough knowledge on here to figure out a solution.

Just put a level on it where if the bubble switches it activates a series of dominoes that knock over a bottle that pops a balloon that flips the direction of the brakes. A Rube Goldbreak if you will

CatdickBojanglesHow can brakes be engineered to not break landing switch? Seems to be when 90% of them break. A pivot point on the brake maybe? There’s enough knowledge on here to figure out a solution.

Just simply make them better

i think its just a case of the brakes not retracting far enough when you step in. If the brakes came up another 20 degrees or so it would be much more difficult or impossible to catch them at all. The design of brakes probably hasn't changed since the pre-twintip days so they were never intended to have that clearance that we need. Hard to believe the industry hasn't implemented a solution yet to be honest. (source- I used to bend my brakes purposely too far up and they never caught, but they didnt work great as brakes anymore)

evanballi think its just a case of the brakes not retracting far enough when you step in. If the brakes came up another 20 degrees or so it would be much more difficult or impossible to catch them at all. The design of brakes probably hasn't changed since the pre-twintip days so they were never intended to have that clearance that we need. Hard to believe the industry hasn't implemented a solution yet to be honest. (source- I used to bend my brakes purposely too far up and they never caught, but they didnt work great as brakes anymore)

yep, best solution is 1) bend your brakes way up then 2) don't fall cause you ain't no bitch

Maybe you could have a very short brake that points straight up when clicked in and when ejected points straight down. It won't be stuck in this position, it can still rotate while ejected but it wants to point straight down. If it ejects with somebody still in the binding the weight of the person would be enough to force the brake slightly upwards therefore not completely stopping your momentum. It can pivot 360 degrees so that it drags in the snow the same way riding normal or switch (it'll automatically be set to eject in the normal direction).

Of course you'd still feel a jolt when the brake ejects switch because it would drop in the same direction that a normal brake would but since it can pivot 360 degrees the brake should be able to continue rotating and end up backwards (unless the snow is super dense). Yes, it could still break if it doesn't flip and there's probably tons of other problems that I haven't though of but the general idea seems to be better than the current brake design. Maybe you could flip a switch and make it drop the other way if you know you're landing switch, but that's more high tech stuff.

suspensions for brakes

no brakes

Heat treated steel brakes