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.nastyJust something worth mentioning for everyone, if you use your skis to get out of your bindings when running pivots it will slowly deteriorate the arms of the heel piece. I've seen it many times where one gets so worn down that it renders the heel piece useless as the arm no longer threads onto the baseplate.
Use your poles or if you're running no poles, bend over and use your hands to get out (at least for the first one, then you can use your boot for the other side)
VT_scratchI'm missing something here. Why would popping the heel off with a ski cause more damage to the arms than popping it off with your boot?
.nastyJust something worth mentioning for everyone, if you use your skis to get out of your bindings when running pivots it will slowly deteriorate the arms of the heel piece. I've seen it many times where one gets so worn down that it renders the heel piece useless as the arm no longer threads onto the baseplate.
Use your poles or if you're running no poles, bend over and use your hands to get out (at least for the first one, then you can use your boot for the other side)
.nastyJust something worth mentioning for everyone, if you use your skis to get out of your bindings when running pivots it will slowly deteriorate the arms of the heel piece. I've seen it many times where one gets so worn down that it renders the heel piece useless as the arm no longer threads onto the baseplate.
Use your poles or if you're running no poles, bend over and use your hands to get out (at least for the first one, then you can use your boot for the other side)
VT_scratchI'm missing something here. Why would popping the heel off with a ski cause more damage to the arms than popping it off with your boot?
Caveman.Interesting. I have seen ski poles deteriorate the plastic on the heel piece to the point where the DIN indicator no longer functions. The plastic gets so worn that the pole end eventually wears through the plastic piece which moves with the spring so show DIN level. I try to slowly wear the whole heel out, using pole tips, flat base, and ski boot over all parts of the heel.
finderI’ve stepped out of pivots with skis for like 14 years and have never had that problem. In my experience, the ski barely touches the aluminum part and mostly wears down the plastic cover. If I’m careful I can release from pivots by only stepping on the plastic part.
By worn arms, do you mean the ski actually wears exposed threads preventing adjustment? I feel like the ski never makes contact with that part unless you’re aggressively stomping out every time.
I don’t mean to sound arrogant, I’m genuinely curious what that issue is. Maybe there’s a type of scenario like clicking out in powder that causes it that I rarely experience on the east coast?
.nastyI think you’re underestimating how seriously hard people stomp out of their skis. What happens is the upper/black part of the arm gets so worn down that the threads become exposed (and I’m talking about as much as half the length of of the threads exposed) and with the amount of pressure that gets put on them it can wear the remaining good threads inside the arm to the point where the upper/black part of the arm slides up and down.
Sorry for the run on sentence, typing on my phone but it’s just what I’ve noticed enough times to formulate an opinion, I’d bet if you’re more careful when when doing it, it wouldn’t be an issue
.nastyJust something worth mentioning for everyone, if you use your skis to get out of your bindings when running pivots it will slowly deteriorate the arms of the heel piece. I've seen it many times where one gets so worn down that it renders the heel piece useless as the arm no longer threads onto the baseplate.
Use your poles or if you're running no poles, bend over and use your hands to get out (at least for the first one, then you can use your boot for the other side)
.nastyMetal edges versus plastic
