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Cheaper touring bindings

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H_up
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I have an old pair of sick day 95s that I want to use to make a touring setup for this spring/early summer but I don't want to invest a lot of money into super lightweight bindings because I don't think these would be great skis for a super nice setup. Are there any recommendations for cheaper heavier touring bindings or am I just better off getting daymakers.
Mar 23 2021 1:38AM 3 0
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H_up
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Shit forgot to put this in gear talk my b
Mar 23 2021 1:39AM 2 0
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Biffbarf
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Lightly used marker dukes, salomon guardians, or tyrolia adrenalines are dime a dozen on craigslist and ebay and shit like that. That's probably what you want if you don't wanna dive balls deep in getting expensive bindings or daymakers
Mar 23 2021 1:53AM 5 0
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DingoSean
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Yeah you can find a whole host of options... i personally like the good ol fritschi freeride bindings since they don't weigh a lot and are easy to transition with/change the riser heights. Lots of people will whine about how much they lift you above the ski - but I've measured it - its not much more than what the Duke would do, and it's lighter and skis pretty good. They would compliment a pair of rock Sickday 95's well for getting into touring. Just make sure you get a pair in the right size range for your boot sole length just like you would want to with any of the old plate bindings.
Mar 23 2021 4:25AM 3 0
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WoFlowz
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Dukes, adrenaline’s, tours pretty much any frame binding you can find on sale which is hard rn. I got my tour10s for 270$ tho so it’s possible
Mar 23 2021 8:16AM 2 0
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nelsenderson
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You should consider Daymakers... people shit on them but:

- every ski you own is now a touring ski
- you get better performance on the downhill than tech-bindings
- cheapest way to get a touring setup (although expensive, $300 is less than boots/bindings/mounting)
Mar 25 2021 1:58PM 7 0
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