Comments on: Switch Hitting Gear — It’s All in the Angle

By: rod georgiu

rod georgiu — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:54:19 +0000

with the 09 Freerides, i put a 5mm shim under the heel, which gave me a positive but unknown ramp angle, and I really like the way it skied.
I am switching to hardsides and dynafit 12s, and i am wondering if i should do the same?

By: Mark McKinney

Mark McKinney — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:45:13 +0000

First I want to say Thanks. I really appreciate your website.

I just got my first set of Dynafit Comforts and mounted them on the exact same ski as my old Fritschi Freeride setup. The only difference being the skis I mounted the Dynafits on had predrilled holes and were mounted using the Voile adapter plate. Being it was the same ski and same boot I had skied for years, I was surprised how much more quickly my legs got sore in the new set up. I searched the internet for validation and found no similar complaints, so I lined everything up on my work bench. I wanted to see if my balance point or the ramp angle had changed. The tip of the boot in the Dynafits did move forward on the ski approximately 3cm, but I suspect the real culprit is the difference in ramp angle. I will try to adjust for it using my boot’s forward lean, but I wonder how much the ramp angle effects my fore and aft balance. If I were to try to shim the front of my Dynafit binding what would you suggest I use?

I was also wondering if you have ever tried putting the footbed under rather than inside the thermal boot liner. I have a high arch and usually use a Superfeet footbed that seems to lift my heel out of the heel pocket of the liner. If I put the footbed under the liner wouldn’t I get a more custom fit under my foot from the moldable liner while perhaps eliminating the high heel problem?

By: Jonathan S. Shefftz

Jonathan S. Shefftz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:52 +0000

Like many alpine ski racers, I have the delta zeroed out in my race setups. (Some come that way, and some need to be shimmed at the toe.) So with my Diamir setups I’m all set, but for my Dynafit setups I need to shim the toes — the extra few ounces are painful to contemplate, but the zero delta helps me with my fore-aft balance.

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:51:52 +0000

First, remove the spacer under the toe of the binding. Be careful with screw length after doing so. See if that does the trick. Next, try a slight bit of posting under her heels inside the boots. Beyond that, people put a shim under the binding heel unit, but that’s major.

By: gn

gn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:36:46 +0000

I saw somewhere a discussion on how to lower Freerides ramp angle way back but can’t find it. My girlfriend was just complaining about how she feels its hard to get forward on her new AT setup. After placing her alpine and AT skis/boots side by side last week its obvious that the toes on the Freerides are considerably higher.

Was there a mod to the actual toe piece or AFD itself or where people just removing that rubber/plastic “footprint” plate between the ski and binding?