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Pivots are a fucking scam

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Vish-shoe
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90$ if you bend a brake and you keep buying them 😂

Expensice ass spinnys will NOT make you a better skiier
Nov 28 2023 12:15AM
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Hapg
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Have you ever considered that you are bad
Nov 28 2023 12:18AM
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dwt802
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Nov 28 2023 1:00AM
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caveman31
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Unbend them with grippers
Nov 28 2023 9:48AM
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.nasty
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Lemme guess, you click out of your pivots using your skis instead of your poles, and the baseplate cracked at the base of the arm.
Nov 28 2023 9:59AM
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Session
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.nastyLemme guess, you click out of your pivots using your skis instead of your poles, and the baseplate cracked at the base of the arm.


Bro, you need to stomp on them so all the homies know how core you are.
Nov 28 2023 10:06AM
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Vish-shoe
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.nastyLemme guess, you click out of your pivots using your skis instead of your poles, and the baseplate cracked at the base of the arm.

Poles are wack, and no my baseplate is fine. I just think that it’s fucked up that look doesn’t sell the brake part when any idiot can easily replace them with just a screwdriver in fifteen minutes
Nov 28 2023 10:45AM
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
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STH gang for life
Nov 28 2023 11:04AM
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cadebucket
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CowboySkibopSTH gang for life


STH supremacy
Nov 28 2023 12:08PM
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tomfoolery
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you gotta consider the price includes two built in dildos
Nov 28 2023 12:22PM
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IsaacNW82
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Hot take there isn't a single binding on the market that's actually good. Every single one of them has problems, including the industry-wide problem of not effectively mitigating ACL tears
Nov 28 2023 1:53PM
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WoFlowz
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IsaacNW82Hot take there isn't a single binding on the market that's actually good. Every single one of them has problems, including the industry-wide problem of not effectively mitigating ACL tears


personally i’d take a ACL tear over a tib/fib break
Nov 28 2023 2:11PM
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rojo.grande
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I mean bend them back? or make friends with ur local shop/rep so the plates are dirt cheap?
Nov 28 2023 3:27PM
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WoFIowz
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.nastyLemme guess, you click out of your pivots using your skis instead of your poles, and the baseplate cracked at the base of the arm.
SessionBro, you need to stomp on them so all the homies know how core you are.


It's quite challenging to use poles, and actually impossible if you got some types of baskets. Definitely not an attempted style thing.
Nov 28 2023 3:41PM
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cadebucket
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IsaacNW82Hot take there isn't a single binding on the market that's actually good. Every single one of them has problems, including the industry-wide problem of not effectively mitigating ACL tears


The new tyrollia protector binding with lateral heel release is supposed to help in backwards twisting falls which I think is the way a lot of people tear their acl.
Nov 28 2023 3:46PM
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Farmville420
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Nov 28 2023 5:58PM
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profa_212
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Vish-shoePoles are wack, and no my baseplate is fine. I just think that it’s fucked up that look doesn’t sell the brake part when any idiot can easily replace them with just a screwdriver in fifteen minutes

if youre talking just replacing the break arms it is actually quite a bitch and requires finessing a spring in and out of place while trying not to snap plastic. Done it a few times and its a bitch.

they sell the whole baseplate which is very easy to replace though.


just go to the tgr thread and get what you need. ive gotten plenty of parts through here and it usually only takes a day or less.

FS: FKS/Pivot Bindings: Used complete sets, and parts, mix-and-match - Page 41 (tetongravity.com)

WoFlowzpersonally i’d take a ACL tear over a tib/fib break


ehhhhh idk had a homie with a full flopper of a leg and he was back on the mtb within like 3 months. Sucks to have rebar in your leg though.
Nov 28 2023 6:08PM
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IsaacNW82
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cadebucketThe new tyrollia protector binding with lateral heel release is supposed to help in backwards twisting falls which I think is the way a lot of people tear their acl.


I'm actually pretty hyped about that one, It has some solid theory behind it, hope the tech catches on to more models and at a lower price point. But, right now its $500 for a DIN 13 binding, has a stack height similar to a demo binding, and is pretty unproven durability-wise. But as far as lateral heel releasable bindings, it seems better than the alternatives:

Knee bindings- not even DIN/ISO certified. They are literally prototypes brought to market pre-maturely
Howell ski bindings- starts at $800, maybe ships fall 2024? if it materializes?
Pin bindings- no lateral release at the toe makes them even less safe lol
Nov 28 2023 6:12PM
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mrk127
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Everyone hates this take but... Markers > pivots
Nov 28 2023 8:47PM
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Vzx
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mrk127Everyone hates this take but... Markers > pivots


Everyone has their own preferences but personally I use Marker bindings and they have done me pretty well over the past few years so ill probably keep using them.
Nov 28 2023 9:22PM
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deelonmusk
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IsaacNW82Hot take there isn't a single binding on the market that's actually good. Every single one of them has problems, including the industry-wide problem of not effectively mitigating ACL tears


Watch this https://youtu.be/s2SbhByXy4M?si=fq0C9we2ihpjPPKo
Nov 29 2023 12:28AM
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mattytru
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profa_212if youre talking just replacing the break arms it is actually quite a bitch and requires finessing a spring in and out of place while trying not to snap plastic. Done it a few times and its a bitch.


yeah agreed it is a pain to replace just the brakes, especially if you have never removed and reinstalled the spring before. once you've done it a few times it's alright but really sucks on older sets that dont stay together very well when trying to retension the spring
Nov 29 2023 11:27AM
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Literature
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Wait you mean the binding designed in the 1980s for ski racing doesn't tolerate park abuse?
Nov 29 2023 7:40PM
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Vzx
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LiteratureWait you mean the binding designed in the 1980s for ski racing doesn't tolerate park abuse?


Yep
Nov 29 2023 7:42PM
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mrk127
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and pivots eat fingers 👎👎👎
Nov 29 2023 7:51PM
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freestyler540
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LiteratureWait you mean the binding designed in the 1980s for ski racing doesn't tolerate park abuse?

Weird that all mogul skiers swore by them. Maybe the pivot arent shit afterall? Ya want maximum tolerence, rip bumps.
Nov 30 2023 6:29AM
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WoFIowz
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WoFlowzpersonally i’d take a ACL tear over a tib/fib break

Bones can heal. Ligaments cannot. 100% without question an ACL tear would be worse long term.
Dec 1 2023 12:47PM
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maaattt
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Dec 1 2023 1:10PM
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SofaKingSick
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just happened to see this good deal. $210m for black armada-branded STH2 16s

https://www.armadaskis.com/en-us/shop/product/n-sth2-mnc-16-rd0025.html#color=25986
Dec 1 2023 1:16PM
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maaattt
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SofaKingSickjust happened to see this good deal. $210m for black armada-branded STH2 16s

https://www.armadaskis.com/en-us/shop/product/n-sth2-mnc-16-rd0025.html#color=25986


Damn that is actually better than the price I see on the amer sports pro club page
Dec 1 2023 1:18PM
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