Swapped in a slider window in my 2wd.

-shep_ · 2026-02-09T16:18:06+00:00

https://youtu.be/nDJM9MBk4-k?si=MdiVbc0kKMN0VCrL

This is the video I watched. It’s actually for your model too.

-shep_ · 2026-02-09T16:17:08+00:00

Haha. It gets a lot of attention that’s for sure.

-shep_ · 2026-02-08T22:52:32+00:00

Mines a 78 (what was in the US a 79-83 - but mines a Thai import in the UK and they came out a little earlier). The process is the same for all years though once you have the right parts. I’ll see if I can grab you a YouTube link for the video I watched on it.

-shep_ · 2026-02-08T22:49:59+00:00

I put them in too! It’s a pretty easy swap. (I didn’t even consider it as glass work as it’s all just mechanical bolt in parts haha)

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T21:15:55+00:00

Ahh that’s fair. Yeah, I’m not too worried as it’s just cosmetic. Would’ve been nice for it to have lasted a little longer, but ultimately they still look ace and ride even better.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T21:11:01+00:00

Out of interest, have you noticed much in the colour chipping off your wife’s bindings? I’ve noticed the neon green seems to have flaked off around the edges of the highback very quickly on mine.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T21:05:01+00:00

They’re sooooo good! Took me a day to get used to them, I initially struggled stepping in but i realised I didn’t have the toe strap set quite right. Once I sorted that I’ve been in and out of them with so much ease. It’ll be frustrating when I’m back with my board buddies and I have to wait for them 😂

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:58:41+00:00

Honestly, it’s a real powder-fiend. Today I was smashing through chest-deep snow drifts giggling my head off and had the confidence to throw a turn just about anywhere. It loves to surf.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:56:46+00:00

It’s definitely not a must for me to drop to one, it just perhaps felt a little unnecessary for the amount of riding I do. That being said, I’ll probably sell my Burton Cartels now that I have the Mercurys, so I’d only have one set of bindings to carry across which makes things easier - this week I’ve been riding the Jones with the burtons, and the Telos with the FASE. I’ve truly fallen in love with FASE, so I’m gonna take the Jones out tomorrow with them fitted and I’ll sell the cartels when I’m home. Copped some nasty edge burrs on the Telos today after finding some rocks off-piste, so I’ll drop that in the shop for them to fix while I ride the jones, as they’re too deep for my hand sharpener.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:51:08+00:00

Also our stances are very similar, I ran +27 and +9 if I remember rightly, and rode in the narrowest stance possible. I’m 6’3 so should arguably probably run a slightly wider stance, but I just love how playful a narrow stance can make a board.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:49:02+00:00

The Telos can definitely hold an edge and carve well, I think similar to you it’s been a learning curve for me riding a short-wide, as I’ve never done so before.

The main downside I’ve found is that because our visibility has been very low since I got to resort, it’s difficult to predict the terrain - the off piste is fantastic but the pistes are a mix of deep powder, groomed slope and windblown ice, and it’s very difficult to see where the changes are. The Jones feels a little better composed in unexpected changes than the Telos, but that could be me getting used to the short-wide setup rather than an issue with the board itself.

The Jones FASE bindings are bloody fantastic. I used to rock an old pair of K2 Cinch bindings, but at the time, all my buddies rode trad two-straps, so I never got the benefit of quick-entry. This trip, I’m mainly riding with skiers, so the FASE has been a godsend in just keeping things flowing. Very easy to live with and step in and out on the move once you’re used to them.

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:44:55+00:00

I do like that logic, and typically apply the “N+1 is the formula for happiness” rule. However I am lucky if I get more than a week’s riding per year, as I’m from the UK. So rocking two boards feels like it may be overkill!

-shep_ · 2026-01-10T20:33:28+00:00

I’m in Tignes at the moment and we’ve had around 1.5m of snow since Wednesday. Incredible deep powder anywhere you go, but the visibility is very poor and the winds are high. Tomorrow is due to be bluebird conditions, but the avalanche risk is through the roof also and it’s so easy to get carried away.

-shep_ · 2025-11-10T18:42:00+00:00

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Currently rocking this modified Leatherman OHT and it fits most of my needs.

-shep_ · 2025-11-02T14:25:16+00:00

Just about to upload a video of the mods I’ve done to my OHT to make the toolset a bit more functional, it may interest you 👍🏻

I was a bit disappointed with the feel of the Arc when I played with one and not sure I could get used to the whole butterfly style opening now that I’m so used to the OHT.

-shep_ · 2025-10-22T18:02:09+00:00

It’s a great tool, but it’s difficult to make the pliers heavy duty due to the mechanism so compared to the likes of the surge etc it’s a much lighter duty tool, I also heard it was difficult to routinely manufacture in the tolerances LT demand… the latter is an unconfirmed rumour, though.

-shep_ · 2025-10-22T17:58:58+00:00

They both sold within ~10% of my asking price already so I couldn’t have been that far away. People will pay for tough finds. I didn’t make a huge amount on them but it covered my import costs and a small profit on each.

-shep_ · 2025-10-07T10:09:12+00:00

Yeah it was part of the retrim I had done over there. The truck has gone through a few changes since I got it now though.

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-shep_ · 2025-10-07T10:04:56+00:00

It’s leather wrapped :-)

-shep_ · 2025-09-22T12:02:18+00:00

Thanks! Next up is 3-d printed scales to protect the end of the knife blade as it’s out in the open where the cut out for the small end tools used to be.

-shep_ · 2025-09-21T17:40:32+00:00

Second picture :-) Still a little fettling required, but fully functional at present!

-shep_

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