Fantastic! Makes me wonder if it's possible to 3d-print a completely hard "flexor" that could be swapped in for the real difficult conditions 🤔 Kidding...not kidding haha. Love to see the discussion and as always your beautiful footage and words inspire, thanks Tom!
I'm hoping that Rottefella will expand their flexor options in the future. If not, I'm betting that there will be some aftermarket options and hacks. Thanks for the feedback and for tuning in.
I wonder what designs Rotefella has in their bookcase for a more integraded, variable resistence unit. Maybe something with a Switchback style lever that would push and change the fixed angle of a plate inside the flexor, reducing the total possible range. Comparred to something like really stiff 3pin leather boots, how similar are the hard and standard flexors?
I 'm betting we won't see a revision to this binding for some time . I love the way the switchback easily changes from the touring mode to the downhill mode and it would be cool if they could create a binding with a similar function that would accept the current Xplore boots. The standard and hard flexors are very different. The hard flexor feels similar to a stiff 3 pin leather setup.
Hi Tom. I don't mean this to sound like I want you to embarrass yourself, but I was purely curious--do you ever wipe out or fall on the slopes while you are filming? Or have you simply become proficient in following your own advice about being safe haha. And maybe I shouldn't compare my own rate of falling (I've only been xc skiing for a few years) to your many years of experience. Again, I'm asking only out of good fun, no pressure to answer. Thanks so much for your videos! Peace.
I do fall, it is all part of skiing. I tend to ski with more caution when I have a camera attached as I don't want to lose or damage them as they are expensive to replace. Here is a fall I caught on camera last February ruclips.net/video/7Dx0Kl9r4h0/видео.html Thanks for tuning in and for posting feedback.
Thanks for fun video. Never tought it would be fun without flexor. I use the standard for flats, uphills and and downhills where I dont use skins for uphills. I keep Hard flexors in the same pouch where my skins are, and if I take skins off on top, ill pop hard flexors on. If i need skins to go up, it usually is worth it for go down with Hard.
I should probably take the time to change them out, especially for long uphill climbs. It is a lot easier to do an uphill kick turn when in the free pivot mode and the hard flexor does offer more control on the downhill.
@@tomm9850 I find it worth it if Im already changing skins on or off. I only have standard and hard. Maybe ill try free someday since they are fairly cheap. Standard/Hard combo has worked well on my Sbound 112.
@@tomm9850 Sadly I am not. My husband of 37 years just died. Don't want to leave my dog home alone to go BC skiing; plus in the area where I ski, too many traps, and weak layers that can injury a dog's body or knees. Eventually a friend will come dog sit for me so I can ski. I have been watching many telemark/XCD videos to escape my reality. Thanks for your videos.
@rockymountainwoman Sorry to hear you lost your husband and I assume ski partner. I hope you are able to resume skiing, if not this winter, maybe next. It warms my heart to know that my videos can help. Take care and thanks for posting.
@@tomm9850 My husband didn't ski. I do mostly solo adventure. My husband would stay home and take care care of the dog and call search and rescue if I didn't make it home.
Tom stop misleading people with the new explore system.After watching enough of your vaunted videos and reviews about this system, I decided to purchase such a kit, with Alfa Free Boa boots. After 3-4 vspegivaniy in the ski mount fuse pin. I just had to send this miracle back to the store and continue riding on nnn bc.After that, I had to look for reviews about these shoes. Many people have faced such a problem. Alfa pins is not a modified system for which they are not asking for a small amount of money. And with such reliability, this ski system is not worth a cent.
Sorry to hear that your Alfa Free boot was defective. I have not had any issues with the pins sticking on my boots. Rottefella had some early production problems, and a few defective boots were sold. If anyone reading this thread has a boot where a pin has stuck in the boot, they need to contact Rottefella support@rottefella.no to get the boots repaired or replaced. If this occurs while you are out skiing, I've been told that the emergency remedy is to push the pin on the opposite side into the shoe using a nail or other small diameter tool and that will force the pin out on the opposite side. Rottefella says that if this ever occurs, then the boot is defective and should not be trusted and that it should be repaired or replaced.
Great video, Tom! Looks like fun.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for tuning in and have a great ski season.
Hmmm. The one and only binding…👍
Morning coffee with Tom ☕️
So far so good with the binding and boots.
Fantastic! Makes me wonder if it's possible to 3d-print a completely hard "flexor" that could be swapped in for the real difficult conditions 🤔 Kidding...not kidding haha. Love to see the discussion and as always your beautiful footage and words inspire, thanks Tom!
I'm hoping that Rottefella will expand their flexor options in the future. If not, I'm betting that there will be some aftermarket options and hacks. Thanks for the feedback and for tuning in.
I wonder what designs Rotefella has in their bookcase for a more integraded, variable resistence unit. Maybe something with a Switchback style lever that would push and change the fixed angle of a plate inside the flexor, reducing the total possible range.
Comparred to something like really stiff 3pin leather boots, how similar are the hard and standard flexors?
I 'm betting we won't see a revision to this binding for some time . I love the way the switchback easily changes from the touring mode to the downhill mode and it would be cool if they could create a binding with a similar function that would accept the current Xplore boots. The standard and hard flexors are very different. The hard flexor feels similar to a stiff 3 pin leather setup.
Hi Tom. I don't mean this to sound like I want you to embarrass yourself, but I was purely curious--do you ever wipe out or fall on the slopes while you are filming? Or have you simply become proficient in following your own advice about being safe haha. And maybe I shouldn't compare my own rate of falling (I've only been xc skiing for a few years) to your many years of experience. Again, I'm asking only out of good fun, no pressure to answer. Thanks so much for your videos! Peace.
I do fall, it is all part of skiing. I tend to ski with more caution when I have a camera attached as I don't want to lose or damage them as they are expensive to replace. Here is a fall I caught on camera last February
ruclips.net/video/7Dx0Kl9r4h0/видео.html Thanks for tuning in and for posting feedback.
Thanks for fun video. Never tought it would be fun without flexor.
I use the standard for flats, uphills and and downhills where I dont use skins for uphills.
I keep Hard flexors in the same pouch where my skins are, and if I take skins off on top, ill pop hard flexors on. If i need skins to go up, it usually is worth it for go down with Hard.
I should probably take the time to change them out, especially for long uphill climbs. It is a lot easier to do an uphill kick turn when in the free pivot mode and the hard flexor does offer more control on the downhill.
@@tomm9850 I find it worth it if Im already changing skins on or off.
I only have standard and hard. Maybe ill try free someday since they are fairly cheap. Standard/Hard combo has worked well on my Sbound 112.
I am going to keep my mousetrap.
3 pins are great, no doubt about that. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you are having a great ski season.
@@tomm9850 Sadly I am not. My husband of 37 years just died. Don't want to leave my dog home alone to go BC skiing; plus in the area where I ski, too many traps, and weak layers that can injury a dog's body or knees. Eventually a friend will come dog sit for me so I can ski. I have been watching many telemark/XCD videos to escape my reality. Thanks for your videos.
@rockymountainwoman Sorry to hear you lost your husband and I assume ski partner. I hope you are able to resume skiing, if not this winter, maybe next. It warms my heart to know that my videos can help. Take care and thanks for posting.
@@tomm9850 My husband didn't ski. I do mostly solo adventure. My husband would stay home and take care care of the dog and call search and rescue if I didn't make it home.
Tom stop misleading people with the new explore system.After watching enough of your vaunted videos and reviews about this system, I decided to purchase such a kit, with Alfa Free Boa boots. After 3-4 vspegivaniy in the ski mount fuse pin. I just had to send this miracle back to the store and continue riding on nnn bc.After that, I had to look for reviews about these shoes. Many people have faced such a problem. Alfa pins is not a modified system for which they are not asking for a small amount of money. And with such reliability, this ski system is not worth a cent.
Sorry to hear that your Alfa Free boot was defective. I have not had any issues with the pins sticking on my boots. Rottefella had some early production problems, and a few defective boots were sold. If anyone reading this thread has a boot where a pin has stuck in the boot, they need to contact Rottefella
support@rottefella.no to get the boots repaired or replaced. If this occurs while you are out skiing, I've been told that the emergency remedy is to push the pin on the opposite side into the shoe using a nail or other small diameter tool and that will force the pin out on the opposite side. Rottefella says that if this ever occurs, then the boot is defective and should not be trusted and that it should be repaired or replaced.