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Got some wets coming in the mail, 75 or 95 pivot brake width? I hate when the brakes stick out but also I think the 88mm waist on the wets might be pushing the 75mm brakes a little too hard. For those of you with wets and pivots; what brake size did you go with?
iDontHitRailsGot some wets coming in the mail, 75 or 95 pivot brake width? I hate when the brakes stick out but also I think the 88mm waist on the wets might be pushing the 75mm brakes a little too hard. For those of you with wets and pivots; what brake size did you go with?
I got two pairs of wet mounted with 95s and have no issues with them
this one is a judgment call. i prefer bending out 75s but that takes work and can be a little jerry rigged. 95 will work well but i personally hate any overhang so i go 75
SofaKingSickthis one is a judgment call. i prefer bending out 75s but that takes work and can be a little jerry rigged. 95 will work well but i personally hate any overhang so i go 75
I have a pair of skis with hella overhang and one time the brake caught on my pants upon a landing (because they’re super baggy and Swaggy) and I ate shit so hard because of it
I got some with the 95s and it’s fine, but I also have a pair with ancient fks 155s that were made for race skis and the brake has got to be 75 at best, haven’t had a problem with those either
Pablo_SanchezSaw this on marketplace earlier today lol
funny picture-- the mismatched white pivot toes and black/gold fks heels are hitting sky-high levels of core-ness and then wham the not-even-close brakes mess that all up
Modern 95's retract. If you go with 75's, mount them first and then bend once you have a boot clicked into the binding so you don't get the death rattle.
jompcockModern 95's retract. If you go with 75's, mount them first and then bend once you have a boot clicked into the binding so you don't get the death rattle.
Pivots do not retract regardless of the size. They just fold up.
PartyBullshiitPivots do not retract regardless of the size. They just fold up.
They do though. I don't know if this is a semantics argument but when the part the boot heel touches gets pushed all the way flat, it forces the brake arms inward. older/narrower pivot brakes don't do this. If you bend the brakes without a boot in the binding they no longer do this and rattle around. My skis are at my parents house rn but I can take a video later.
jompcockThey do though. I don't know if this is a semantics argument but when the part the boot heel touches gets pushed all the way flat, it forces the brake arms inward. older/narrower pivot brakes don't do this. If you bend the brakes without a boot in the binding they no longer do this and rattle around. My skis are at my parents house rn but I can take a video later.
Maybe we have different ideas of what retracting brakes means. All pivot brakes slightly move inwards when maximum pressure is put on the pad. That is not a retracting brake.
Like most other modern bindings which go up and inwards to a large degree. Which is why most other bindings brake wise are much easier to bend.
pivots because they don’t actually retract and have an extreme angle on their bends require a lot more work to get them to fit.
thats why you have to be more cautious fitment wise with pivots, because they don’t retract like typical brakes.
I have a 95, 115, 130 all sitting in my room mounted. The 95 are last years Pitt vipers. None of them retract like other modern bindings.
