"There are long and short rods, not standard." NOt sure about that Fish; the Voile site currently shows short, standard, and long rods available for the SB's. My 27 Excursions are at the smallest end of the fit range for the standards (27-31). And I think it's not good being all the way at one end o...

"They were popular in the Daks back in the 80's. I remember people skiing them with heavy leather boots. They were good turners." I first saw them in the 70's when I was in the Wasatch, and they were coveted by the XCD crowd back then. I was in the Dak's in the 80's and 90's, and they were the prefe...

"Try some loc-tite?" Wouldn't work for this issue, for a few reasons. I have resorted to duct taping the cartridge to the cable on my old BD 03's, but I think the issue with the SB's is different. Looks like I should be able to give it one more try this week to see if it's a permanent thing or has s...

"Makes my arms hurt thinking about it! It's like fast roping INTO a helicopter!"

I remember being barely grab the rope and hold my first few years; didn't help when it was covered in ice. Still not quite as bad as riding the t-bar with a full size person though.

Finally, a pair of Epoke's! I've wondered how they're never mentioned here; they were such a well respected and widely used ski for many years. Another one of those I should have kept.

What Montana said. As far as the toepiece adjusting width, the pivot point is fixed and so will limit the range the wings can adapt to. Nice bindings! Never skied them, but the basic design is similar to what I skied on as a little kid.

I've always enjoyed the smell, and the whole process. Satisfying to see some tired looking bases treated to a rich, dark finish. Most shops I worked in would complain though, saying it smelled up the whole store. One went as far as not offering any more; said it got into the retail clothing. And tha...

I re-tensioned them one more time, and they're wicked tight; conditions are getting pretty funky around here but I hope to try them out at least once more, and get thhe issue figured out. Thanks for all the input, and I'll check back with results at some point.

Probably not. Pine tar doesn't need to be re-done, if properly applied, until you see it's wearing off, as in the bare wood base starts to show. I you've got good coverage from your initial application, you should be good to go; not unusual to get a full season, or more. This is assuming you used th...

Al, are you sure the rods on yours are longs? Voile site says standards fit 27-31. I talked to them this morning, and we thought the issue may be that the boot sole length is right at low end at 27. She suggested I measure the sole length from the heel to the pins, the cut off measurument being 305m...