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Agreed. Completely starkers.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:08 am????Post subject:
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It's skiers full height. Tall skiers apply more leverage to the heel piece than short skiers.
I would not touch my bindings once they are set.
Bluey wrote:Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:08 am????Post subject:
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Height has me puzzled. I appreciate your statement that its the skiers full height..... so for me that's about 5' 10"......... but the torque would be different if I was turning in a standing-tall position versus a more-crouched position.
Bluey
Harald wrote:Jeff wrote:Isn't Harald saying that the combination of a persistent force/torque coupled with the spike caused by an irregularity (e.g., rut) causes the total force to exceed the DIN release point? So, if you normally exert less torque/force (binding-wise), it would require a larger "spike" to release? Conversely, if you are torquing on the bindings a relatively smaller spike will cause you to release?
This is exactly the point, thanks Jeff for rewording it so clearly, but unless you are skiing with skidding, late pressure and edge sets, you won't experience a need for a higher setting.
Harald wrote: If someone is having a problem at their lowest setting, you can select a DIN setting higher by two points, using the same data, if you select skier type 2 or 3. You can select type 2 skier rather than type 1, this increases your setting based on the subjective selection ?skier type? by one binding setting, and you will still be within specifications for your height, weight and boot sole length.
Harald wrote:Let me add, if you are experiencing early release, the setting and bindings are responding to the forces at the binding fixation., not your skiing level or aggression attitude. An aggressive skier, skiing with good tech can easily stay in the binding with a lower setting, but I would stay in the range recommended by the binding setting formula. A meek skier "type 1" can easily twist out of a proper setting, if they try to crank on the ski with leg twisting. The subjective skier rating, as some have suggested, needs to be defined more accurately.
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