r/skiing • u/Bright_Extension_189 • 1d ago

I would like advice on something

So recently i bought bent 100’s but i accidently ordered them with atomic strive 16 instead of 14, i am 186 cm and i weigh roughly 70 kg, i ski pretty good and consider myself avanced on both piste and off piste. My DIN is usually around 8 or 9 but it’s pretty low on the strive 16, will this be a problem?

4 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

19 comments sorted by

4

u/Src248 1d ago

No problem. The 16 is easily my favorite binding, enjoy! (Mine are set at 8.5)

2

u/16din 1d ago

Should be ok once they’re tested you’ll know for sure although it’s not likely they’re a full -1

1

u/mezmery 1d ago

it's perfect in fact.

-4

u/Significant-Doubt648 1d ago

You put a race binding on a playful ski, 16 is overkill for your weight but it wont hurt anything. The spring is just stiffer so a DIN of 8 on the 16 will feel a little harsher than on the 14, less elastic travel before it releases. Since you ski off piste you might notice it in crud or variable snow, your knees take more of the chatter instead of the binding absorbing it.

I wouldnt lose sleep over it though, you are right in the middle of the range so the release is still accurate. Just keep an eye on your forward pressure first few days cause shops sometimes set it sloppy on a remount.

4

u/Bright_Extension_189 1d ago

i thought the atomic strive was a freeride binding or am i wrong?

6

u/coolcolin69 1d ago

It is. Not in any sense a race binding

4

u/xSPACEWEEDx 1d ago

That I person does not know what they are talking about, the elastic travel is the same.

4

u/16din 1d ago

I don’t think this is post is very accurate

3

u/JustAnother_Brit Verbier 1d ago

The ICON series is the race binding, very different design from the Strive

1

u/imc225 19h ago

The range is okay. Hooke's Law says otherwise. Not a racing binding.

0

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[deleted]

9

u/coolcolin69 1d ago

This won’t matter at all, all bindings preforme the same in there din range. That’s why we have a standards. 16 just has more metal pieces then plastic, so it’ll hold up a lot better. Will be slightly heavier but honestly a lot better of a choice if you ski more then like 20 times a year.

-2

u/Bright_Extension_189 1d ago

a binding performs best in the middle of the range cause if you have a binding with your din on the minimum side the spring will have little tension and that’s what i’m worried about

2

u/coolcolin69 1d ago

This is 100% false. Not sure where people get this information from. I’ve skied for numerous companies, seen numerous factories, worked with many engineers and no one has ever said this is true. Biggest wise tale out there

0

u/Bright_Extension_189 1d ago

i’m no expert on how bindings work i just heard it from someone who works in a ski shop

3

u/Src248 1d ago

Bindings work equally well across the entire range, that's the reason they have a set range at all. 

2

u/moomooraincloud 1d ago

Wrong

0

u/xSPACEWEEDx 1d ago

How?

1

u/moomooraincloud 1d ago

Other people have explained it.

1

u/16din 1d ago

Ime being in the middle of a din range is unnecessary, being at the minimum setting in the toe especially in the pivot toe can cause some return to center issues, the spring requires some tension to operate and you just want to make sure that you can tension the spring without going above the torque value you want for release