maybe the plastic on the bottom of your boots in the front & back where they lock in are badly worn out ? Ron
<dave@umiacs.umd.edu> wrote in message news:42319610.50CC9EA5@umiacs.umd.edu... I have a pair ot Atomic Beta Carve that work quite well but recentlyI've noticed some play between the boots and bindings ie, while on thelift, I can wiggle booth boots left to right and feel some looseness.The tension and boot size settings are correct but I tightened thetension a tad more to no avail. Anyone have any ideas what gives?(no pun intended ;)TIA =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Stern University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
I had a used pair of Atomic beta race 9.36:s a while ago. Put Atomic Xentrix 311 bindings on them (I know, really flimsy bindings for a race ski, but I paid for it later) and took a rather impressive fall. The result: broken ski and knee, bent poles. Left ski was still on board when the rolling stopped and the right one apparently separated itself from the rest of the system only because it snapped under the rear binding, which by the way was still closed. These bindings also had similar symptoms, ie. I could move the boot in relation to the ski, but the front binding wasn't yet releasing. The whole front binding twisted in the c-shaped rail it was mounted. The idea was to be able to move the bindisg forwards and backwards for different style of skiing. I noticed since that the mounting in corresponding Atomic bindings had changed for a more solid one, but I still have reservations in buying those types of Atomic bindings again.
Jussi
dave@umiacs.umd.edu wrote:> I have a pair ot Atomic Beta Carve that work quite well but recently>
I've noticed some play between the boots and bindings ie, while on the>
lift, I can wiggle booth boots left to right and feel some looseness.>
The tension and boot size settings are correct but I tightened the>
tension a tad more to no avail. Anyone have any ideas what gives?>
(no pun intended ;)>
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<dave@umiacs.umd.edu> wrote in message news:42319610.50CC9EA5@umiacs.umd.edu... I have a pair ot Atomic Beta Carve that work quite well but recently I've noticed some play between the boots and bindings ie, while on the lift, I can wiggle booth boots left to right and feel some looseness. The tension and boot size settings are correct but I tightened the tension a tad more to no avail. Anyone have any ideas what gives? (no pun intended ;)
First, don't post in HTML, this is a text only newsgroup. On the bindings, how old are they and how many days are on them?
I have a pair ot Atomic Beta Carve that work quite well but recently>
I've noticed some play between the boots and bindings ie, while on the>
lift, I can wiggle booth boots left to right and feel some looseness.>
The tension and boot size settings are correct but I tightened the>
tension a tad more to no avail. Anyone have any ideas what gives?>
(no pun intended ;)
No, but I'm no binding tech. Boot size settings go up and down as well as fore and aft, though -- that could be it. I'd take it to Those Who Know, particularly if you feel that it's changed -- could maybe be a sign of something more serious wrong, maybe?
-- Mary Malmrosmalmros@bcn.net Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug.
In article <42319610.50CC9EA5@umiacs.umd.edu>, dave@umiacs.umd.edu writes:> I have a pair ot Atomic Beta Carve that work quite well but recently> I've noticed some play between the boots and bindings ie, while on the> lift, I can wiggle booth boots left to right and feel some looseness.
What kind of binding ?
On some bindings, the wings (for lack of a better word) on the toe piece are adjustable. Sometimes they get lose and need tightening.
On Salomon binding, they just get more play between the mounting rail and the heel piece. I'm not sure if that's fixable.
