Hostage Bindings

[Wallace]

I was going through my old collection of skis in my garage last week and found an almost new pair of Rossi CX 80s. They are missing the bindings that go with the captive plate on the ski. The skis are flat enough for a set of regular bindings if the plates are removed. Has anyone had any experience with mounting a non captive binding on a captive system? The physical part of the job is easy and straight forward, my concern is will it effect how the skis will handle.

 

[Philpug]

The CS80 was a great ski. That plate will come off of it, it is a flat ski with a adjustable binding, you are not captive with the CS80. I always thought it would be great to put a Marker Piston plate and M16.0 on the CS80 and it would be a rocket of a ski. Do it.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Definitely do it; I've done it for several skis e.g. Nordics, and never felt performance suffered.

Qualifier: I was mounting free heel bindings.

 

[Bill Talbot]

The title 'captive' binding threw me...

Most call what you meant to say HOSTAGE binding!

You want the ski, you get the binding, if you want it or not!!!

 

[Philpug]

The title 'captive' binding threw me...

Most call what you meant to say HOSTAGE binding!

You want the ski, you get the binding, if you want it or not!!!

Changed.

 

[Wallace]

Yes, hostage was the word I was looking for. Not sure which bindings I will use, got lots of choices. I just wanted to be sure that the skis will perform well enough for my kid to use as a rec ski.

 

[cantunamunch]

You want the ski, you get the binding, if you want it or not!!!

I would actually call that a hostage ski or hostage plate - I would cast the binding as the hostage-taker(s). But anyway, back to putting Piston plates on things, because we can.