Breaks

Free usually. Only assholes will charge for normal brakes, they're freebies. Usually.

i feel like a total noob asking this question... but whatever. If im getting a ski with an 86 waist and im looking at a binding that says it will accommodate up to a 85 waist.. is it going to be tight enough that i am going to have to bend the breaks out a bit/get a wide break... or will it be fine?

It'll be fine. Maybe bend them a little bit - leave it to your shop.

For the original question, ask your shop to swap them with some normal ones from a binding on the shelf. Wide brakes are always on short supply so they'd be stupid not to.

Rossi brakes may cost you money as they are not cheap at all to get liek they used to be. The same is starting to go for all brake companies.

With my PE's (86 wide) I am using the 85 wide breaks. What I did was cut off, then sanded down the inside of the black plastic stopper on the end of the break - which was the part hitting the ski. I didn't cut off the whole thing, just the inside 1/4 of it so the if you run your finger down the inside of the break the metal onto the plastic runs straight (just don't cut too much that the metal shows through). This did it for me and they still stop fine if they fly off.

Even if you don't do any adjusting/cutting, after 3 or 4 times of watching it rub against the edges when you put your boots in, you're no longer concerned about keeping the ski pretty. The worst that'll happen is some scratching, no functional damage.

If you want I can take a picture tonight for you, let me know.

thanks man. that helps a ton

thanks everyone, yeah im getting the chron and the scratch 120 pros and i think the breaks will be too wide for them?

ive got sratch 120s on my invaders witha wb there a little big but there dont interfear with anything

Here's the pictures...

This is the "clearance" I have, they do touch the sides, but they aren't being stopped by the sides, the brakes stop right at the point of contact.




This is the inside of the brake plastic hook that has been sawed off and sanded down.

yea my fks binding on my ar5's is close. its nothing to worry about, 1 cm isn't anything, 5 cm isn't much either