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Mark.Andersen

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  1. Hey Jon, dealing with heals that are too narrow is easy. Go down to your local hardware store and buy a few different types of rubber or plastic tubing. 1/4 inch inner diameter to fit TD bails. The clear plastic stuff is pretty thin, and thus doesn't take up much space. You can also get automotive heater or fuel hoses that have a bit more wall width. Pull the bails off your bindings slide the tubing on to the "straight" part of the bails and reassemble. Now your heals will squirm less in the bindings...

    Enjoy!

  2. I had a pair of Burton disks machined for my Intec Challenge Comps so I could ride my Fish with plates. The machinist used some fancy plastic (Delrin?) and charged me $50. I think I could find his contact info, he said he'd keep the CAD file if I ever needed another set...

    They've held up fine to a dozen or so powder days so I think they're solid... They were strong enough hold on through a landing that cracked the core of the board.

  3. Peter, do your disks have "teeth" or are they smooth? I'm nearly certain the freecarves used a disk with 3 degree teeth, similar to most plastic softboot bindings. Unfortunately, the diameter of the Proflex disks didn't match up with any other manufacturers I could find...

    If you have smooth disks, I'd be happy to try to dig up the name of the machinist I used. I'd even modify my design slightly. "Version 1.0" was a beta and could be refined a bit...

    Mark

  4. Hi Peter:

    Most F2/Proflex plate bindings disks are interchangeable. All models (that I know of) have a rubber gasket on the binding that grips a smooth disk. There aren't any teeth, so angles are very adjustable. The only exception is the mostly plastic "Freecarve" and "Intec Challenge" models, which have a plastic toothed disk.

    http://www.f2snow.com/english/products/bindings/freecarve.html

    If you are looking for toothed disks, you may get lucky with another brand being reasonably close. I never found one, but I also didn't try that hard. I can tell you the Burtons, K2s and Salomons didn't work.

    If you are looking for "press fit" disks that work with most bindings, good luck. They used to exist, but are now rarer than hen's teeth. I had a pair custom machined out of Delrin for about $50.

    http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=6352

    Good Luck!

  5. I finished the winter season at 198lbs (rather plump for me). I was probably over 200 at some point, but it never showed up on the scale thankfully. I have been watching my eating and on the bike *alot* in preparation of a couple of big goals this summer. I'm down to 170lbs on my way to 165.

    My goals (our goals really, we did the climbs on a tandem!) were to climb the Mt. Ventoux and Alpe d'Huez while in France watching the Tour. Here's the proof!!!

    Ventoux

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    Alpe d'Huez

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