Favorite Ski Meets Favorite Binding

[lowangle al]

Phoenix, they are riva IIs.

I never had that problem with the cable, but I don't set mine too tight. I noticed today that the coils of the springs don't open up at all.

Ben, there were a lot of good bindings that fell out of use with the trend towards more active powerfull bindings. They might be just the ticket for us xcd types.

[bgregoire]

Phoenix, they are riva IIs.

I never had that problem with the cable, but I don't set mine too tight. I noticed today that the coils of the springs don't open up at all.

Ben, there were a lot of good bindings that fell out of use with the trend towards more active powerfull bindings. They might be just the ticket for us xcd types.

My Riva IIs come with this plastic multi-slot thingy at the front, I can place the cable in one of 4 slots, depending on how stiff I want the cable. As along as the cable stay in one of these slots, I don't see how it could dig itslef a space between the binding and the ski.

After reading about them here, I went to compare them with my voile 3 pin cable springs. I have to say the Rivas do feel much smoother and nicer, but not as active as my 3-pin cables. I should really try them out on a ski I like better than those old Rossi Nepals.

[Woodserson]

Did I miss what the skis and boots were?

[fisheater]

My FT 62 are 3 pin cable. For XC and D, I just usually ski it 3 pin. When I take it to the ski hill I use the cables. I mounted my Tindan 86 3 pin HW. Maybe for XC and D, I should try pulling the Hardwire and throwing the cables in the pack. I'll have to try sometime.

[lowangle al]

I had plastic wedges under my Rivas, maybe that's why I didn't have a problem.

I may swap out the rivas with a 3pin cable today to see how it compares. I've had the 3p cable for almost 30 years but never had it on a ski I liked.

Did I miss what the skis and boots were?

Sorry woods, the boots are T4 and the ski is the vector. The ski is the variable most likely to change.

My FT 62 are 3 pin cable. For XC and D, I just usually ski it 3 pin. When I take it to the ski hill I use the cables. I mounted my Tindan 86 3 pin HW. Maybe for XC and D, I should try pulling the Hardwire and throwing the cables in the pack. I'll have to try sometime.

Bob, if you had some extra 3p cable bindings you could mount them to the HW riser turning it into a traverse and see how that works.

[Inspiredcapers]

Any chance of posting a picture of your ‘new’ combination Al?


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[lowangle al]

[Rodbelan]

Well Al, what you are saying is in line with what Lo-Fi showed us in a video... He explained that he prefers no pin cables too for the ease it provides. He uses a similar binding: no pin hardwire, loosely adjusted... Seing this, I thought I would use my Superloop for yo-yoing... And it worked! The Superloop has an impressive dead spot, but once you passed it, it is very solid. It makes k&G relatively easy. Glad you are having fun with that Riva set-up... And you are right; some skis and binding were really good but marketing and the search for novelty killed them...

[Inspiredcapers]

Thanks for the picture.

I can see how not having the pins to lock it in would allow for more ‘play’ (lacking a better word to describe it) resulting in a less restrictive foot movement for kick n’ glide.


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[lowangle al]

Rod, I don't ever remember seeing those HW bindings that Lo Fi is using. They must have came and went while I was still on three pins.

I'm glad you liked the Superloops. The thing I like about the Rivas is that there is no dead spot, I feel tip pressure as soon as I unweight the soon to be new downhill ski. I think this is responsible for the smoothness. The beauty is that although there is no dead spot the bindings are not so active that it negatively effects K&G performance.