Knee Binding

[ALLSKIING]

Thoughts?
http://www.kneebinding.com/

 

[Edd]

Hope it's for real. If so, than it will be my next binding. No knee injuries but not looking for any...

 

[Glenn]

My local ski shop is listed as a retailer. I have tomorrow off (new tires for the Jeep! WOOHOO!) so maybe I'll swing by and ask them. I need to stop in for my BS session; I'm overdue.

 

[Hawkshot99]

$500 is alot for a unproven binding.......

 

[Glenn]

They were swamped at the shop today; I was just able to get in a few words about conditions at Mt. Snow. I'll try and stop by when it's less busy. Glad to see the shop was moving some gear though!

 

[mondeo]

Well, they don't add another dimension, just another degree of freedom in the same plane as the twisting out at the toe.

A laterally loaded leg will, at some point, trip the toe release. It's just a question of if the minimum force to release at the toe is less than the min to release at the heel. It wouldn't be that hard to implement a system that does what theirs does, and the fact that none of the major players have made one sorta says to me that it isn't worth it.

 

[Greg]

the fact that none of the major players have made one sorta says to me that it isn't worth it.

That was my initial reaction exactly.

 

[basemoto]

but why???