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FUCK MY FUCKING BRAKES !!!

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J_MAC
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eveery time i get a new ppair of skis the brakes are fucked within 5 daays of shredding. Im way too poor to buy new ones every time they brake and believe me their totally fucked and not fixable. why the hell dont they make the brakes indestructible with titanium or something, does anybody know how i could get this done?
Jan 15 2012 8:35PM
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BlakeG
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 1,030
go to a custom metals shop or welding shop and get them to make some, take off the plastic park of the brake the part that digs in and just the metal arms get stronger ones
Jan 15 2012 8:39PM
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 70
i dunno mine break off too so i just leave em like that. only one has ever gotten away on me.
Jan 15 2012 8:39PM
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SteezoSaurus
Posts: 2630 - Karma: 2,670
Titanium is extremely flexy and it would be far less durable than aluminium. As far as the brakes go, I think your outts luck. All brakes suck.
Jan 15 2012 8:40PM
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 70
and then when i get my skis remounted (if i get new boots) they shop charges me $30 without asking me and tells me ski brakes are manditory...
Jan 15 2012 8:41PM
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Simmo
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
If your runaway ski ever hit me I would fuck you up.

On topic though, my marker brakes used to snap off every other switch landing. My rossi ones seem much better at folding up onto the ski out of the way and ive only ever broken one.

Just because they are a more appropriate width for my ski or because rossi has a better mechanism?
Jan 15 2012 8:48PM
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250r
Posts: 2274 - Karma: 1,020
There was a runaway ski at my home mountain once that picked up some serious speed, went all the way down to the road, got some air off of a bump in the snow, flew over the road and went through a car door in the parking lot on the other side of the road...and by door i mean a door, not a window.

need i say more?
Jan 15 2012 9:05PM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
i can claim that i've never had a problem with my breaks...
get decent-er bindings?
Jan 15 2012 9:09PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8710 - Karma: 5,615
so many funny typos in this thread.

thats a bummer dude, often I've just gone to work bending the shit out of brakes when mine mess up. or going brakeless and putting a leash from the ski to the boot (not a safe/smart option)
Jan 15 2012 9:17PM
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crawley
Posts: 605 - Karma: 729
Just to fix this.

Titanium is stiffer than aluminum (modulus is roughly 1.5x that of 6061)
Titanium is much stronger than aluminum (yield strength is roughly double)
Titanium is much more expensive than aluminum

But more importantly, no one uses aluminum in their brakes. As in, no one. They all use steel, which is stiffer and stronger and cheaper (and heavier) than titanium (or aluminum for that matter). SteezoSaurus is generally on point, but this one post was wrong in every possible way. Now you know...
Jan 15 2012 9:24PM
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.R-Lohin
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 117
Haha, everyone should get a load of my brake. I gave up even bending them back and now I have the outer brake on my right ski just sticking an inch out rofl.
Jan 15 2012 10:10PM
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Panda_with_Guns
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 1,620
are you like, 12 or something?
Jan 15 2012 10:15PM
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 70
cool, my hill is 90ft high so it shouldnt be an issue.

and to Simmo, come at me.
Jan 15 2012 10:16PM
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k-fred
Posts: 5363 - Karma: 1,598
you probably just dont go hard enough cause every one break their binding no matter whats the quality of them.
Jan 15 2012 10:17PM
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gbalkman
Posts: 605 - Karma: 4,171
hahaha
Jan 15 2012 10:17PM
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.R-Lohin
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 117
Oh no, I share my thoughts on my brakes, and get insulted by another dumb ass on NS. What a surprise...
Jan 15 2012 10:22PM
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bustinthejus
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 74
You're a fucking moron.
Jan 15 2012 10:22PM
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extravert
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 3,174
how do you break your brakes? Don't they all fold into the width of the ski?
Jan 15 2012 10:27PM
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Fritz_Wetherbee
Posts: 302 - Karma: 30
Thank you.
Jan 15 2012 10:36PM
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bustinthejus
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 74
Yea, but shit happens, and they catch. I don't really know what happens, but often when I land switch/fall trying to land switch, my brakes bend. Haven't broken them yet though...
Jan 15 2012 10:46PM
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gravel
Posts: 5479 - Karma: 41,493
both of my brakes have broken now because the brake casing/base snaps away from the binding itself. i've been super lucky for the most part. first time my ski got away, it got caught in one of those orange fences. the second time, it went into the trees, but found it pretty easily. third time it hit my friend and stopped on the hill. haven't actually "lost" a ski yet.

now i use my friend's snowblade leashes.

inb4 "cool story bro"
Jan 15 2012 10:47PM
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the.cheat
Posts: 2859 - Karma: 171
never had an issue with brakes. though i don't fall much cause i'm a pussy and hardly try new things ever.
Jan 15 2012 11:16PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542
Broke 6 breaks 2 season ago, broke 3 last season and broke 2 so far this season. Breaks sucks. As soon as temperature goes under -15 the plastic's super easy to break.
Jan 16 2012 1:15AM
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deepvoice
Posts: 268 - Karma: 700
Cut a ski pole about 6 inches bellow the grip. Then you can slide the break in the pole and use the pole handle to bend them back to shape.. My ski shop at my hill showed it to me
Jan 16 2012 8:50AM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
Yep. Just snapped the last brake off of my FKS
Jan 16 2012 9:26AM
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chrisarndt
Posts: 89 - Karma: 10
as your bindings get wear on them your boot will start to get more wiggle room and wiggle room + stomping shit = breaks breaking
Jan 16 2012 9:33AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
Invest in some FKS bindings. I used to have the cheap rossignol axium binders, and I would break 3-4 brakes per season. The FKS brakes are near indestructible. Ive ejected on switch landings twice already this year, and they haven't sheared off. I'd say it was money well spent.

And the neon orange looks dope as hell:
[IMG]backcountry.com/images/items/medium/ROS/ROS0609/ORFLU.jpg[/IMG]
Jan 16 2012 9:47AM
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crawley
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Click for larger image
Jan 16 2012 9:59AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
Fuck you. It's true.
Jan 16 2012 10:56PM
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crawley
Posts: 605 - Karma: 729
persistent troll is persistent
Jan 16 2012 11:03PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,659
guarantee you're landing switch, your heel is popping out, and your brake is fucking up because they were not meant to stop skis that were going backwards. turns your dins up in your heelpieces.
Jan 17 2012 12:11AM
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