 Poster: A snowHead
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I purchased a set of Faction skis yesterday, and need to get hold of some bindings for them. I wasn't able to get anything out in Verbier as all the shops were either closing or out of stock. I have bought bindings and skis from www.untracked.com before and been really impressed with their service but I wonder if it might be easier to get hold of something closer to home.
Questions - any suggestions on bindings? Was looking at either Salomon 916 or Marker 140 (my usual DIN is 12, I'm 6'2 and 17st). Any other suggestions?
Any thoughts on where to purchase in the UK? - I've tried S+R and EB but they don't seem to have much stock, particularly of the higher performance stuff
I also need someone to mount them, and I'm unsure as to whether our local shop will be happy to do this if it's not a binding he is familiar with (or whether I would be happy for him to do it either).
The skis are Faction Wednesdays, 178cm, 92mm waist. I'm looking at using them as a park ski (should no better at my age) and also for general all mountain use. I have a set of Volkl Gotamas so won't be using them for the powder so much.
Thoughts/help appreciated
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmmmm, I have a brand new pair of VIST 614s and a jig.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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have you looked at www.ski-bilek.de ? they sometimes have S916s available. they also have Vist and some high din rossi bindings
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BGA, If you're going for a VIST set up and are useing your new Factions for freestyle, don't buy the ones available from Ski-bilek as the plates will add too much weight for freestyle.
I've got a pair of 614s (din up to 14) here with black covers and wide breaks and am happy to do a good end of season price.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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forgot that we have our very own vist distributor here 
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BGA, Salomon 916s need to be ordered direct from Salomon UK. You would want the S916 Equipe Comp version, not the ZZ LAB model that Ski-Bilek sell to go with the SL or GS LAB skis.
Snow & Rock were quite happy to mount mine for me, there is only one extra hole needed over the S914. A S900/S997/S977 jig is correct for them too.
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kiwi1, thanks for that I will PM you later if that's OK.
rjs, www.untracked.com have 914, 916 and 920 '07 equipe models all available for $349. The guys at Faction did say that most people go with the Salomons for their skis. Anyone care to compare the two brands?
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BGA, I have never used Markers. The S916 closes with a nice solid clunk when you step into them.
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I know this is going to bring howls of protests from certain quarters, but my colleague has had nothing but pre-release problems with his Vist Speedlock 614's (on Stockli Rotors) this season.
In the end he has had to do the extremely damgerous thing and wind them up to the max...... 
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Has he taken them back? Thats not a good situation. I've not had any back at all which suggests its a one off fault. If he's in the UK, Rather than him risking winding them right up and as it's the first one I've heard of with this fault , I'll replace them for him.
I'm assuming its the bindings and nothing to do with the speedlock plates we're talking here.
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Wed 2-05-07 16:43; edited 2 times in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just for my own understanding - I've always taken pre-release to mean that the boot comes out of the binding when you don't want it to - high speed carve, jump turn on the steeps, zip-line moguls etc. I've always assumed that this was due to a) a faulty or poorly set-up binding where the DIN setting shown is not accurate and the force required for the binding to open is lower than it should be at that setting or b) the DIN setting is too low for the weight of the skier or the aggressive nature of their skiing. a) can be solved by testing the binding and having it fitted by someone who knows what they are doing and b) comes from knowing your own skiing, body and equipment. Is this generally correct or am I being too simplistic? I sure DIN is an international standard, or is it in fact more akin to the situation with flex ratings in ski boots where there is no standardisation across manufacturers?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Has he taken them back? Thats not a good situation. I've not had any back at all which suggests its a one of fault. If he's in the UK, Rather than him risking winding them right up, I'll replace them for him for him.
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Good customer service, glad I decided to go with the VISTs!
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He's in Whistler, and is sponsored by Stockli, plus he also works as a tech in a ski shop, so I assume he's done everything necessary to rectify the issue. They released repeatedly on him in large sticky bumps, whilst he was examiner on a course.... much laughter and embarrasment all round.
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You know it makes sense.
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What Factions did you get? I have Pink ones...
Do you still want the Naxos?
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