Member of the Month

PartyBullshiit
March, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Do Fat Skis need Fat Bindings????

profile picture
FOSHOW
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
Thinking about mounting an older pair of Look Pivot 14's on my new LINE Sir Francis Bacons. Someone told me today to strongly consider a wider binding like the Marker Jesters. I have always sworn by the Look turntable...but did not want to compromise my new skis if it was worth going wider. Any thoughts?
Nov 9 2009 11:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Ski.Ballet
Posts: 2860 - Karma: 200
Nope, they don't.
Nov 9 2009 11:32PM
0 0
profile picture
Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
Wider brakes. Bend them out.
Nov 9 2009 11:33PM
0 0
profile picture
mBall
Posts: 1690 - Karma: 2,827
yeah i dont think hes talking about the brakes. but the actual wideness of the toe piece
Nov 9 2009 11:43PM
0 0
profile picture
FOSHOW
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
I scored a 100mm brake and am planning on tweaking it...

The argument that was made to me was that the binding with the wider mounting pattern would transfer energy to the edge noticeably more effectively...because it was closer to the edge.

I know this was the thought on riser plates as well (better energy transfer)...but not sure about binding width...seems to make sense...just not sure it would make a notable difference.


Nov 9 2009 11:47PM
0 0
profile picture
FOSHOW
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
Correct!
Nov 9 2009 11:48PM
0 0
profile picture
mBall
Posts: 1690 - Karma: 2,827
im mounting fks on my pow skis.
Nov 9 2009 11:50PM
0 0
profile picture
Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
Just wait, Billy will come and tell you how Jesters suck and how they actually have a narrower footprint out of a bunch of bindings.

I like mine, have them on my Bacons, if I had to pay full retail for them I definitely would have got a different binding, but I got a sick deal so I bought them.
Nov 9 2009 11:55PM
0 0
profile picture
FOSHOW
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
You a fan of the turntable as well?
Nov 9 2009 11:57PM
0 0
profile picture
Rockhound
Posts: 3432 - Karma: 851
EVERYONE is a fan of turntables on NS
Nov 10 2009 12:10AM
0 0
profile picture
rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868
First post, woo.

I had a pair of P12 Jib's (great bindings, took a lot to move away from the turntable) on my Hellbents and ripped the heel out of one after about 50 days skiing. I don't ski particularly hard either. On closer inspection it appeared that the heelpiece had been slightly pulling away for quite some time, water got in the core and now the skis are pretty much decorative. The guys at the shop suggested that the very small screw footprint of the heelpiece (it is tiny) combined with the width of the ski was just too much for it. I can see the logic behind this.

I chucked some Jesters on them and they lasted about 3 days before pulling out, the core seemingly has turned to mashed potato around that area.

Just my experience with fat skis and skinny bindings. YMMV.




Nov 10 2009 12:41AM
0 0
profile picture
Leafman
Posts: 2178 - Karma: 251
you dont need fat bindings but it helps with power to edge or whatever its called
Nov 10 2009 1:02AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)