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How will wide brakes affect a skinnier ski?

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Shilling
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I have Surface Watch Lifes and i need a set of bindings. So normal bindings go up to 80mm, but mine are 86 so i need wider bindings. Idealy i would get 90mm brakes but i have a good deal at a 110mm set of bindings. how would that extra 1.1-1.3 cm on each side affect my skiing?
Nov 1 2008 3:16PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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it probably wont
Nov 1 2008 3:20PM
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birdshake
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it might over hang just enough to drag in the snow if your carving but I really dont think it will effect your skiing at all
Nov 1 2008 3:29PM
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Ben.
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Going switch you risk catching and tearing em off. They should be able to bend 80 to 87 at your shop though. If not... you need a better shop hahaha
Nov 1 2008 3:37PM
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no_steeze
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if they're too wide they'll drag in the snow when you get on edge but only a few mm's on each side shouldn't be a big deal
Nov 1 2008 3:57PM
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ryanwar6
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keep the 80mm brake. You can use them just fine if you just slightly bend them out. Just mount them up and then bend the brakes slightly to fit.

a 110mm brake will be more prone to caching while switch as said before.
Nov 1 2008 4:10PM
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huge-go
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The 80 mm brakes will fit like a glove.  The ski itself should push the brake out a tad, and then you're good.

Nov 1 2008 5:05PM
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A.R.
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landing switch can get scary, if they over hang to much you will catch a brake and eject. and if you lean a hard carve in, your brake will hit the snow, and cause some huge drag and a real scary noise.
Nov 1 2008 5:36PM
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bobs
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Getting breaks that are too wide can be a bitch..... They snag a little when you carve switch and they're more likely to break when you fall going switch. The extra width puts more torque on the break. (Torque = force * distance where distance = break width - ski width ) In the past i found wide breaks for cheaper and I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. Within a month I had both the breaks replaced. Hadn't had any problems since
Nov 1 2008 11:36PM
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A.R.
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^ yea i forgot about switch carving. that sucks too.
Nov 2 2008 11:27AM
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Literature
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In addition to dragging, they can become entangled, and stick your legs together. Read:instant death.
Nov 2 2008 11:37AM
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Lemuel
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ive got 100 brakes on my invaders and they are fine. no catching. when you step into the bindings, the brakes come up and in so they are over the ski, mine hang over a little bit but no problems. i had 80 brakes on a pair of public enemies (85 in the waist) and they bent the brakes but they were real close to the edge of the ski and baisically touching so i was a pain to put the skis together
Nov 2 2008 12:35PM
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no_steeze
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i had some fks brakes that were too wide so what i did is just bend them back a little so when my foot was in the binding the brake arm lifted higher than normal so it wouldn't snag in the snow, worked great
but most of the time you have to be seriously on edge for the brake to drag unless it's way too wide
Nov 2 2008 12:41PM
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b-kul
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do you think id have any problems with a 100mm brake on an 84mm waist ski?
Nov 2 2008 2:40PM
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Ben.
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again, catching could be an issue. its not the rubbing going forward. its when they catch going switch cuz theyll rip right off
Nov 2 2008 2:41PM
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KravtZ
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oh god...bad times just bedn out ur brakes man its just 6mm or watever it is and catching is no fun
Nov 2 2008 5:53PM
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KravtZ
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oh god...bad times just bedn out ur brakes man its just 6mm or watever it is and catching is no fun especially when ur brakes get bent in some redic direction cause of catching happened to me worst thing ever
Nov 2 2008 5:53PM
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jca
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i dont thinks its a good idea, if you are carving at all on hardpack, you will likely have the brake catch on the snow.
Nov 2 2008 7:28PM
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