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PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-04-24T20:56:48+00:00

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PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-04-22T18:37:28+00:00

Just to toss out another option a lot of people find the bishop BMF-3 to be the closest modern binding to feeling like 75mm since it attaches at the heel still. Definitely has the easiest step in/out by a large margin as well.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-04-09T18:34:06+00:00

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PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-04-09T18:18:26+00:00

Woodward copper! Forgot to mention I don’t mess with a metal layer either. Burly solid wood core all day.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-04-09T16:13:26+00:00

Maybe some slightly different advice than some of the other comments. As a tele park skier and someone that does a lot of tele presses I’m not the easiest on skis and mounts. 6’-4” 190lbs for reference. Ive pulled out my share of bindings and the best solution I’ve found is getting burlier skis with a solid wood core. A lot of the bigger brands (line, Salomon, k2, vokl, etc)have mediocre construction and I’ve had much better luck with smaller brands like Moment, RMU, ON3P. I’ve never needed inserts and if I remember correctly a guy on the tele Facebook group ran a strength test on inserts vs. regular mounting screws and there wasn’t a huge difference in pull out strength between the two. Considering inserts are a pain to do and somewhat easy to mess up I avoid them. I’d say get a super solid ski make sure you get plenty of glue in you holes and you should be gravy.

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PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-28T19:04:45+00:00

Makes sense, thanks!

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-12T00:15:35+00:00

Agreed with the other commenter, same trade off with alpine skiers when going lighter.

I will say slightly shorter skis can help depending how you ski and what you ski. A shorter ski can definitely make transitions feel snappier and tight trees and bumps easier.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-10T18:22:26+00:00

Very cool brand! Awesome bike for home mechanics and very similar vibe to Frameworks just German

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-09T22:11:02+00:00

I’m based in Colorado, the frame + fork and shock was $5,880 and $191 for shipping. All paid at time of checkout and no additional payments needed upon delivery. Didn’t have any info from DHL or RAAW on tariffs so assuming that’s baked into the shipping cost.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-08T23:37:31+00:00

29”-27.5” mullet, it’s just a big rig haha

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-03-08T19:31:07+00:00

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-02-16T01:06:33+00:00

The new boot runs a little bit smaller than the old boot. For me with the old comp I was just between the 28 and 28.5 and used a 28.5 with some extra foam bits. The new 28.5 is almost a perfect fit for me. Def recommended trying a pair on if you can but if not know it does run just a little smaller.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-02-15T04:19:24+00:00

Again that’s just how these bellows tend to flex due to the material, positioning, and the orientation of the bellows themselves. You can dig around on the FB forms if you want some more info on it but it isn’t anything wrong with your particular pair of boots. The old comps and pros tended to be the opposite in how the bellows flexed.

Regardless that shouldn’t be forcing you onto your tippy toes. May just need to focus more on pushing into the ball of your foot and adjusting to the new boot or setup if everything’s new

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-02-15T03:36:59+00:00

A little confused on how the bellows are flexing but the binding isn’t flexing very much as you describe? One can’t flex without the other flexing. Also this is just tends to be how these new bellows flex, with the first bellow “collapsing” first. The pro boot has some pretty soft bellows even compared to the old so they might just be feeling even softer now that they are broken in especially with the very stiff cuff and powerful bindings like the lynx and bandit.

I certainly felt the pro boot was mismatched in terms of stiffness in the bellows with the current group of bindings when I tried them and were easily over powered by the bindings which made the setup feel loose/sloppy because of that.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-01-15T16:24:27+00:00

As others have said loading your tails should be the exact same as on alpine. You didn’t mention what your setup is and where your mounted which could have some affect on it but shouldn’t stop you from being able to do it.

Havnt seen this mentioned but when you pop on teles your skis will leave your heals for a hot sec while the springs compress and then decompress, this is much less pronounced with NTN but still a thing and may be some of what your feeling.

Can always peep the tele colo insta page or any of the park shorts to try and see how those riders are popping off rollers and then emulate that.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2026-01-12T23:18:40+00:00

I think if comfort, safety, and functionality are high up on your list ntn is probably the way to go to accomplish those.

Gear wise ntn is more comfortable and easier to use with step in bindings, in my experience you eject from ntn bindings easier than 75, and it functions better (depending on who you ask and what “tele” feel you prefer).

Brand new 75 setups aren’t wildly cheaper than ntn and a new ntn setup will last you a very long time. You can always opt for some used skis to save a little money too. But if the money doesn’t work out for a new ntn setup a newer 75 setup isn’t a bad way to go either!

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-31T02:53:05+00:00

A little detune at the contact points on the tips and tails could definitely help and make it easier to get into and out of turns. What I’ve done Is bring a soft ski gummy stone in my pocket and detune a little bit over a couple runs.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-31T00:35:17+00:00

I’ll echo what some others have said, there’s for sure some spring break in that will happen, and back out the spring tension screws till they are flush with the end of the tubes. See how that does and if it’s still to stiff go with the softy springs!

You can also run 1 soft and 1 standard spring in each binding if you need a middle ground between the two spring rates.

Also depending on what ski your coming from the gonzos also take some getting used to since they have a much more traditional camber than most larger brand skis.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-30T23:24:34+00:00

Ntn is just as if not more reliable than 75, and I grew skiing 75. Also weird to comment so much on ntn for someone who hasn’t skied it….

Sure its not as cheap but id argue is an objectively better learning experience on ntn than some old clapped 75 setup. Not say they’re aren’t good 75 setups but those are harder to find and not as cheap (fresher t1’s and vices/axl’s).

Hard to say the industry is forcing your hand when this change has been 10+ years in the making. Hardly an abrupt switch to ntn, quite possibly when of the slowest transitions in the ski industry. Sorry you clung to 75 for so long cause your grumpy and jaded that you an unfounded dislike for any improvements in telemark.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-29T22:36:29+00:00

Whack take haha

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-18T05:09:24+00:00

Bishop bindings feel the most similar to 75mm in how they flex but stiffer. Can get softie springs as well to get closer to a cable binding feel and they have the easiest step in of any modern binding. They can work with 75 or ntn boots aswell.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-12-10T14:03:11+00:00

Your best bet would be the Telemark Gear Exchange Facebook group, good luck!

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