Rollerski Binding Placement
highpeaksnordic
The skiable snow is melting rapidly and I'm already thinking about
summer training. I wanted to see if anyone here has experimented with
different binding placements on rollerskis. I always thought that
bindings were mounted just like skis - at the balance point. Jenex,
however, recommends mounting skate bindings with the heel as close to
the rear wheel as possible.
Any one have any other (skate or classic) experience?
- Bob
ge...@none.net
if that has to do with the short length or what. You might ask Finn
Sisu in St. Paul about their experience with Marwe and
rollerskishop.com about theirs. Btw, experience with the NIS plate
bindings is showing that the balance point is often not the best
spot for placement. On the pair I tried recently, best placement
seemed to depend on snow conditions.
Gene
Mitch
> Btw, experience with the NIS plate
> bindings is showing that the balance point is often not the best
> spot for placement. On the pair I tried recently, best placement
> seemed to depend on snow conditions.
Well that's interesting. Can I ask how one quantifies "best
placement"?
-Mitch
ge...@none.net
though there must be some method because one ski of the flex-matched
pair I received had the NIS plate factory mounted behind the balance
point by about 1.2 cm. In trying the pair, the day after an 8" dump one
click back seemed best overall, though two clicks back was close. But
three days later, after the snow had set up, using the front, zero-click
spot brought the best combination of kick and glide. Zach Caldwell
tells me he's been playing with this a lot and finding that something
like 1-2 cm back often works best. I don't know if that's just with NIS
skis or all of them.
Gene
Norski
already installed, so I just used them.
When I did hill intervals with a team mate, he was always able to V2 much
further up the hill. I thought maybe I was just old and slow....
But when we switched skis, I was able to V2 just as far and fast.
Looked closer at both pairs of Marwes and his bindings were mounted all the
way back, while mine were about an inch (2 cm) forward.
The difference in feel was huge. My rollerskis felt like they 'plowed' or
'stalled' out compared to his when using V2 up a hill. After I redrilled and
remounted my bindings, they worked liked they should.
So I would say to mount the bindings all the way back, at least on Marwe
skate.
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Paul Haltvick
Bay Design and Build - LLC
Engineering, Construction FSx Midwest - Fischer / Swix Racing
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> The used Marwe 610 skate rollerskis I bought came with Pilot bindings
> already installed, so I just used them.
> When I did hill intervals with a team mate, he was always able to V2 much
> further up the hill. I thought maybe I was just old and slow....
> But when we switched skis, I was able to V2 just as far and fast.
> Looked closer at both pairs of Marwes and his bindings were mounted all the
> way back, while mine were about an inch (2 cm) forward.
> The difference in feel was huge. My rollerskis felt like they 'plowed' or
> 'stalled' out compared to his when using V2 up a hill. After I redrilled and
> remounted my bindings, they worked liked they should.
> So I would say to mount the bindings all the way back, at least on Marwe
> skate.
>
> --
>
> Paul Haltvick
> Bay Design and Build - LLC
> Engineering, Construction FSx Midwest - Fischer / Swix Racing
>
>
> news:2bb19c5d-b495-43c9...@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > All -
>
> > The skiable snow is melting rapidly and I'm already thinking about
> > summer training. I wanted to see if anyone here has experimented with
> > different binding placements on rollerskis. I always thought that
> > bindings were mounted just like skis - at the balance point. Jenex,
> > however, recommends mounting skate bindings with the heel as close to
> > the rear wheel as possible.
>
> > Any one have any other (skate or classic) experience?
>
> > - Bob
From ~6 pairs of rollerskis I've owned, none were truly "balanced" as
a real snow ski (i.e. with the binding attachment point in the center
of mass of the ski) - unless you wear shoes size 5 or smth. In the old
good days, I remember (the 80s), rollerskis had cantilevers at the
front ends which, I presume, served the purpose of balancing.
Jenex used to supply their 3-wheeled ski with straps to prevent the
ski dragging problem.
My understanding is that you put the binding as far back as the size
of your ski boots allows. All my rollerskis are/were this way.