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- From: fauvel@marte.iro.umontreal.ca (Sylvain Fauvel)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing,rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: Cable binding modification for dual tension
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.163652.23267@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:36:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.011857.16280@colorado.edu> <LAUNCE.92Dec17113932@medusa.med.utah.edu> <1992Dec18.220801.6599@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec18.220801.6599@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> bohack@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (edward.e.harstead) writes:
- >In article <LAUNCE.92Dec17113932@medusa.med.utah.edu> launce@medusa.med.utah.edu (Tri-Ungulate) writes:
- >>I just got a setup from Voile that uses *both* 3-pin *and* cable.
- >>Basically it is a regular 3-pin binding w/bail, and a "cable" of
- >>coiled spring/metal clip throw hooked onto the toepiece. The "cable"
- >>part is removable, so when I'm hiking or gliding or mellow descents, I
- >>can take it off. For steeper stuff, I can hook it back on for a more
- >>controlled descent. It's also nice due to the redundancy factor, as
- >>if one system fails, there's always the other to hold your boot in.
- >
- >I have a similar binding from Rottefella. I have experimented with
- >the cable, but have not noticed any improvement in downhill
- >control, so I never use it. Do you really notice the difference
- >the cable makes?
- >
- >Ed
-
- On the rotefella, the cable has to be clipped on the ski,
- in front of the binding. This make the cable unusable with
- a voile release system. Does the Voile binding have cables
- attached to the binding alone? I would be interested.
-
- To answer the last question, the cable do not help me much
- on dowhill but are a good security in case your boot fail (cracks
- where the pins are). I also like cables when climbing in deep
- snow. Without the cables, the back tend to stray in the snow.
- This is a minor problem though and may not be a problem at all
- with very stiff boots.
-
-
- Sylvain Fauvel
-