Comments on: Comparo: Fritschi Freeride Plus vs Naxo NX21 Backcountry Skiing Bindings

By: patb

patb — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:07:36 +0000

Does anyone know where to find Naxo crampons? Since I don’t think they’re available anywhere new because Naxo is defunct; does anyone have any ideas on how to fit another brand of ski crampons to Naxos? I just saw the BCA trekker crampon and it looks pretty simple. Ideas on how it could be modified to fit the Naxo? Or, got any Naxo crampons sitting around you want to sell me cheap? (AT skier on a shoestring!)

Any help/ideas are much appreciated!

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:09 +0000

I made a little modification to my heals that may keep them together.

Thread on it can be found here.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183719&page=2

By: ScottP

ScottP — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:35:44 +0000

Naxo has its own section on Wildsnow even a year after it was discontinued. Don’t get me wrong, I still like this info up there because I still ski NX01s, I was just wondering when the G3 Onyx will get its own section under the “bindings” header? There’s been a lot of info on this binding already at Wildsnow and it would be nice to collect it all in one place, especially since I’m eying it as a replacement for when my Naxos eventually break.

Even better, what about a Dynafit/Onyx direct comparison, like this one? I’m looking for a binding to do a few days of resort with a bunch of BC days per year, maybe a 30/70 mix? I’m light (150lvs) and try to ski with a “fine touch”, would either of the Tech bindings work for me? Is the marketing hype really correct? Is the G3 really just a “less fiddly, slightly heavier” Dynafit?

P.S. As long as I’m nitpicking, the Fritschi Eagle hasn’t been added to the Fritschi section, either.

Thanks!

By: NickDavies

NickDavies — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:18:39 +0000

My initial decision to get the naxos was to be main binder on beefy skis for riding the lifts with some sidecountry. The more natural ball of foot flex for touring was the decision point vs the fritschis. They also work nice for instructing beginners where having to walk around with AT shoes beats real alpine boots. All a moot point now since that category is either fritschi or marker for new purchases.
If I had to do it over: full alpine for lifts and dynafit/tech for bc and don’t bother with the compromises.

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:40:43 +0000

I made my first Naxo purchase because Wildsnow was the only one who took the time to do the comparison test against the Fritschi it was a flip of the coin but the higher DIn and natural stride and lock down heal, i chose the Naxo over the Fritschi with the Franken tele stride and insta tele heal lock release . I like to use my 21’s set up for cross country skiing, the kick and glide motion on the Naxo’s is simply wonderful ! If i could come up with the actual failure area on the binding i think i could do something about making
them better than tossing them away. I am a sort of a tech kinda guy that likes to fix and improve things and would like to do the same with my Naxo’s because they do have some good points over the competition. With a little tweaking hopefully i can save them .

Episki thread:

http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/29539/naxo-vs-freerides

And a link to Stefan Lindgren’s site, on removing some of the heal slop.

http://hem.bredband.net/evapeva/skigear/