Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by fgd135 » Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:02 am

These templates should be a sticky at the top of the forum! Great info!
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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by fgd135 » Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:04 am

These PDF's should be a sticky at the top of the forum! Great info!
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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by Woodserson » Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:15 am

Jurassien wrote:
Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:57 am

Ah, yes………now I understand!

I have two of those, both waxless and both in 200cm. I don’t use the E89 much – only on tours which are partially on machine-prepared loipe. The E99 is my favourite and most-used ski, by far. It has covered more than 1,000km in the pastures/forests of the Jura and the mountains of southern Norway. If I could keep only one ski it would be that one.

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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by lilcliffy » Tue Dec 13, 2022 12:09 pm

phoenix wrote:
Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:31 pm
So, lilcliffy, are your skis mounted yet?
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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by phoenix » Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:59 pm

Lilcliffy, actually that was a bit of sarcastic humor on my part, with the extensive detour regarding the intricacies of risers and bindings. Since you bring it up though, we have but a dusting down here by the border, and no more than another dusting or two expected for the week. We'll just get it later on. Too bad for the areas that rely on the Christmas ski season to make it through, though.



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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by Jurassien » Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:23 pm

phoenix wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:59 pm
Lilcliffy, actually that was a bit of sarcastic humor on my part, with the extensive detour regarding the intricacies of risers and bindings.
Extensive detour?!!! The title of the thread is: “Rottefella 75mm with cable binding – riser or no riser?”, and the opening post reads:
lilcliffy wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:19 am
With riser or not- that is the question.

And- if so- which riser?
The binding in question in the “extensive detour” is a Rottefella 75mm Cable binding and the risers discussed are the only three that this author is aware of which are currently available on the market for this binding.

There were indeed off-topic posts regarding boots, skis and templates, but the posts regarding the 75mm cable binding and the available risers are very definitely on topic. That one of said risers should prove incompatible with the binding, as I maintain it is, ought to be of relevance to anyone considering the second of the two questions posed in the original post.



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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by phoenix » Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:57 am

I totally understand your interpretation Jurassien, and am not intending to come across as critical. There's a wealth of information added to the post, and yours, with the accompanying photos, has been most informative.
My post was simply some tongue-in-cheek humor, as to my simple old school self, the thread developed into such a highly technical and lengthy discourse.
Thus my simple question to lilcliffy, again, with my slightly warped sense of humor, to bring it back to basics. It's all good.



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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by Jurassien » Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:43 am

@phoenix Peace! Explanation accepted.



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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by mca80 » Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:36 am

Knowing all this, why doesn't Rottefella make a riser that can allow the cable to attach to the heel piece? Seems a simple and logical product.



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Re: Rottefella 75mm with cable binding- riser or no riser?

Post by fisheater » Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:35 pm

I am very pleased with my ST with cable mounted on the Voile 10 mm riser. Only a month and a half or so with the riser, but very pleased so far. I should have done it originally



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