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#1 · (Edited)
Did use the search function, but didn't find matching answers.

I have '12 Ride Fame bindings and liked them for the comfort, response, canted foot bed and easily adjustable highback. Bought a second board, fixed the old Fame on it and wanted to get another pair online since the shops don't have bindings during off season and was a bit surprised to read, that the Fame are rated as freesyle bindings... well then... I've ridden my Flagship with freestyle bindings and it felt good :icon_scratch: Anyway, the '12 are sold out, and the '13 are only available in pink. I'm not fussy with colors... but pink? :blink:

-> What other bindings could you recommend?
Looking for rather stiff freeride bindings to match the Flagship 158.
Womens bootsize 8, my K2 Contour boots are rather bulky.
Purpose: pow, some carving or just charging groomers.

Edit: preferably with canted footbed; would also give men's bindings a try
 
#4 ·
Union Trilogies or Legacies.

The Trilogy was completely redesigned for next year, and is the women's version of the Force.
Will they have canted footbed? I got the impression, that it helped reducing pressure on innerside of the hind foot.
 
#3 ·
BTW: they need to have good straps/ratchets. I tighten the straps as hard as possible.
 
#7 ·
Had the Lexa before the Escapade. They were too soft.
Why "although"? I'm looking for stiff bindings :)
 
#13 ·
Why not look into men's bindings? You don't want soft, and you don't want pink, and those are pretty much the two defining characteristics of women's bindings.

Size can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, but I ride size 7 men's boots (about the same as your 8 women's) and plenty of brands fit just fine. Burton men's smalls, now IPO's medium and Rome's S/M have all worked pretty well for me in terms of sizing.
 
#22 ·
Thanks! :thumbsup:
oh, great... thought it couldn't get worse than the baby blue '13 Legacy, now guess what the next ones will be? (ta-ta-taaa) PINK :blink: :rolleyes:


I think you just queued yourself up:giggle:

Have those on my desk by next week.:huh:



TT
haha, great to hear and looking forward to get loads of info from you :yahoo:
now since there will be reviews, shouldn't there also reviews have been done the last years...? Either they're kept secret or I'm to dumb to use google. :dunno: e.g. for the Legacy I only find a review from thegoodride...
 
#40 · (Edited)
Are you sure you are looking @ the right bindings?:icon_scratch:

I didn't notice yesterday that the bindings name is actually "fancy black" :giggle:

They do have high back rotation, you can see it in the pics.:thumbsup:

The ones I got have it & they are probably 10 years old, pretty sure they all have it?:dunno:


TT
Don't want to further sidetrack the "Do you move your bindings" thread, thus I answer here :)

Was looking for yours, the Nidecker Carbon ones and over here its said that the '13 ones don't have highback rotation http://www.snowboardingforum.com/bindings/76402-stiff-binders-2.html Contacted Nidecker and the '14 ones will also not have a rotatable highback but they assured that this won't be a problem even with my steep angles. I'll get to demo a pair in M in September (they come in nice black-blue) :yahoo: Good reason to make a trip to a glacier ;)

The other ones I'll look at are the Ride El Hefe. I'm very happy with the adjustability, quality of ratches n straps and canted footbed of my Ride Fames, and I assume the Ride El Hefe will have the same if not better and the '14 ones will come in blackish metallic colors.

I think you just queued yourself up:giggle:

Have those on my desk by next week.

TT
If you also get reviwes on the two above, I'd be very interested :D



EDIT: Now this is the moment you guys only spectating so far can jump in :) anyone here with steep angles and experience with bindings with non-rotatable highbacks? Comments on the two models?
 
#23 ·
Have u tried shayboarder for additional review. I've already said to a Union bindings guy that the colours for next year are bloody lame. So im going to get this years milans instead

Zuzupopo is also really good for checking out other catalogs for next year from other manufacturers
 
#24 ·
Neni, you do a lot of splitboarding and that sort of thing. Don't be afraid to rock the "girly" colors. They pop in photos. I am a god damn skittle out there.

I would also say don't over crank your straps so much. I am guilty of this too. I am finding that getting them to snug these days is all you need. Especially with Union.
 
#26 ·
Haha... Good point. My dark in dark can be a bit hide and seek:


Was brave and already got brighter colors for next season


 
#27 ·
Love my Escapades. I have been rocking them for seasons. Nothing I have ever rode has lasted as long.

They are all mountain freestyle bindings, ya'll. This is RockyMTNsteeze riding. So I am going to rave about them, but the OP is lookin for the freeride type. They are softer and cushionyier than what this person is lookin for.
 
#29 · (Edited)
I'm all for the loud neon type colour, but too many places U either get the choice ir baby pink or blue !
The combination with white makes them ugly. Looks like a candy. Could live with uni colored ones.

Love my Escapades. I have been rocking them for seasons. Nothing I have ever rode has lasted as long.

They are all mountain freestyle bindings, ya'll. This is RockyMTNsteeze riding. So I am going to rave about them, but the OP is lookin for the freeride type. They are softer and cushionyier than what this person is lookin for.
Yea, had also very good experience with the quality of Escapades. Used them 4 seasons and they were still fine, straps only tiny little bite sings of all the cranking.

No specific reason than curiosity for my search. If I never get stiffer freeride bindings, I'll never know the difference. Maybe I'll get even more response out of the flagy (hard to imagine but still possible).
 
#30 ·
Any opinion on the Salomon Absolute Premium? on Salomon bindings in general?
 
#32 ·
Solid binding. Only demoed them for a day but I got an impression that as stiff as they were the highback was overly soft. It was as if the highback was taken from another set of softer freestyle bindings and slapped on these. I still think the binding is good, but for the kind of riding I do I kind of like my gear to be "together" if you know what I mean.
 
#37 ·
No, I have to admit. This GM would be stiffer/more responsive than Fame or Escapade? Any men's you would recommend?

I run Cartels on my solid and Voile LightRails on my split. Love the Cartels, and am planning on replacing the straps on the LightRails with Cartel straps.

Only problem I have regarding my calves is that my women's boots (Salomon F2.0) are too tight at the top so I have to loosen them when I'm skinning. I guess women are supposed to have skinnier calves than I do. My boots are taller than the highback on either binding, so the binding doesn't have anything to do with my calf height.
Good to know!

BTW: Have you looked into boots with BOA? Found my double BOA K2 Contour extremely handy for skinning. Don't know how it is for you, but especially during the first hours I get uncomfortable every half an hour. With the BOA you don't even have to stop hiking, you can adjust the tightness of the inner and outer boot seperately while taking steps.
 
#45 ·
Get spark bindings (certainly stiff) for your splitty needs and an extra set of pucks to throw on your non-split...thus saved from buying 2 sets of bindings.
That's a really good idea. I'd do it if I loved my Light Rails as much as I love my Cartels. Maybe when I get Sparks or something else I love more. I don't know if regular Voile pucks would work on a solid board though, since splits have such wide inserts. There are a couple of companies that have slider plates that will, though:

Kits and spare parts -  Splitboards Australia
Split to Solid Binding Pucks | Chair 2 Board Sports
 
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