Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!utah-gr!haas From: haas@utah-gr.UUCP (Walt Haas) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski Subject: Bindings Message-ID: <1614@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 20:23:43 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1614 Posted: Sun Oct 27 20:23:43 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:52:34 EST Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 27 Rob Rosen (rosen@ucbvax) writes: > Using bindings that are less than four years old is a very dangerous > practice... Back in 1977 I broke my arm in three places because my > Salomon 444's didn't release properly... This story is similar to many I have heard in recent years, but the thing all these stories have in common isn't the age of the bindings, it's the fact that they were Salomons. I will probably have to replace my old Spademans (Spademen?) this year, since my new boots don't have any place for the soleplate, so I'm interested in the current state of the binding art. Most of the pros around here use Salomon 747s, but I've run into an awful lot of people with leg casts acquired on Salomons, so for once I'm reluctant to imitate the pros. I'm looking for recommendations from anybody with experience on the subject. I'm a reasonably good skier (I can ski almost anything around here) and inherited knees which are easily injured. I've been setting my bindings to release easily for the last few years, and putting up with a few false releases for the sake of my knees. What does anybody have to recommend? Thanks in advance -- Walt Haas ARPA: HAAS@UTAH-20 uucp: .... {decvax | ihnp4 | seismo} !utah-cs!haas