Comments on: Ask the Guru — Latest Episode http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lou Dawson http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/#comment-49536 Lou Dawson Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:08:21 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=4441#comment-49536 Claudia, it's just semantics. I don't call Dynafits "step in" because when you use for touring mode you have to bend over and lock the toe. But yeah, if you don't use a leash and going to downhill mode, you do just step in, though not as easily as a conventional step-in such as a Fritschi or nearly any alpine binding. Some companies make tech bindings that lock when you step in, with those you have to bend over and unlock if you want release in downhill mode. Claudia, it’s just semantics. I don’t call Dynafits “step in” because when you use for touring mode you have to bend over and lock the toe. But yeah, if you don’t use a leash and going to downhill mode, you do just step in, though not as easily as a conventional step-in such as a Fritschi or nearly any alpine binding. Some companies make tech bindings that lock when you step in, with those you have to bend over and unlock if you want release in downhill mode.

]]> By: Claudia Putnam http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/#comment-49535 Claudia Putnam Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:03:28 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=4441#comment-49535 I see that I'm late to this convo, but I thought the Dynafits WERE step-in? I step in to mine. Though the heel piece in my particular set is very stiff and I can't turn them with my pole the way everyone else seems to. As for the Accesses, that's where I'd stop you. Not sold on mine. Might as well get something with a stiffer tip IMO, though they are nice and light. I see that I’m late to this convo, but I thought the Dynafits WERE step-in? I step in to mine. Though the heel piece in my particular set is very stiff and I can’t turn them with my pole the way everyone else seems to.

As for the Accesses, that’s where I’d stop you. Not sold on mine. Might as well get something with a stiffer tip IMO, though they are nice and light.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/#comment-33401 Lou Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:23:51 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=4441#comment-33401 Jaenne, any pro will know how to align the binding. It simply involves keeping it straight while tightening the front screws.... Why am I so tired of these stories of ski shops getting it wrong? Jaenne, any pro will know how to align the binding. It simply involves keeping it straight while tightening the front screws…. Why am I so tired of these stories of ski shops getting it wrong?

]]> By: Janne Mukkala http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/#comment-33398 Janne Mukkala Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=4441#comment-33398 Okay, the photos in my gallery was small and blurry. I added two new pictures, they should tell the story. Fortunately I wasn't the one that mounted the bindings, now I have someone else to blame :twisted: . It was our local ski shop. I sent pictures also to Dynafit in order to get some evaluation from there as well. I think, if one is trying to fix the mounting, there should then be used some kind of plate under the binding, because you have to move the binding maybe just a millimeter or so to get it fixed. http://kuorimaki.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Dynafit%20FT12/ Okay, the photos in my gallery was small and blurry. I added two new pictures, they should tell the story. Fortunately I wasn’t the one that mounted the bindings, now I have someone else to blame :twisted: . It was our local ski shop. I sent pictures also to Dynafit in order to get some evaluation from there as well.

I think, if one is trying to fix the mounting, there should then be used some kind of plate under the binding, because you have to move the binding maybe just a millimeter or so to get it fixed.

http://kuorimaki.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Dynafit%20FT12/

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/4441/backcountry-skiing-advice/#comment-33392 Lou Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:32:43 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=4441#comment-33392 Janne, common problem caused by poor mounting procedure. Take it to a professional and have it fixed. If you're working on it yourself, see our mounting instructions (use menu above, under "Bindings." Janne, common problem caused by poor mounting procedure. Take it to a professional and have it fixed. If you’re working on it yourself, see our mounting instructions (use menu above, under “Bindings.”

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