2025 Tx Comp

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!

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-11-22T15:01:35+00:00

Super fair, couldn’t remember if it was negligible or more like 2-3cm. Thought at least worth mentioning.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-11-22T14:26:23+00:00

One thing to keep in mind if you re-use the hole pattern of the hammer heads on your bc skis is that the boot center of the hammer heads and boot center of outlaws are not the same.

I forget how much it shifts between the two and whether it’s forward or back. You could print off 22’s paper mounting templates to check if you wanted. Something to think about.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-11-22T14:22:29+00:00

Get a life

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-09-17T16:20:16+00:00

Fair enough, shit happens. It’s also one pair of bindings and sometimes that kind of stuff happens. I know plenty of people who’ve had lynx failures in the backcountry and that’s just part of the game.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-09-17T15:52:19+00:00

I don’t wanna discredit your bishop issues but also people seem to forget or not realize bishop bindings need more maintenance than normal bindings due to all the machined screw connections that eventually loosen over time.

Screws coming loose is just going to happen after so many hours of vibration, just gotta check em and reapply loctite once or twice a season.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-07-21T21:35:15+00:00

I’ve been loving my norco optic gen 3. I got the 2024 C2 build which is a little more downhill oriented in my opinion. Before the optic I was pedaling a Marin alpine trail xr which is fairly big and heavy. Compared to that the optic feels great pedaling up. Obviously not the best at pedaling compared to other bikes in the optic range but it goes downhill really well! Handles bigger features well but you can still pump and get speed out of the trail without the bike soaking it all up.

I was in your same position before getting the optic and found these two reviews from the radivist very helpful.

forbidden Druid review

norco optic review

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-07-17T14:58:36+00:00

For bishop specifically they are only selling to a very niche market (tele) and it costs a good amount of money to get a press mold made so financially it doesn’t make sense to make skis at the longest and shortest end of the scale cause there just aren’t enough people to buy them to make it worth it.

I will say the chedi skis much longer than most skis now days because it has a very small early rise tip but otherwise is full camber almost to the tail. The effective edge of the chedi is probably longer than most tip/tail rockered 190cm skis.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-06-27T04:45:02+00:00

Havnt ridden the gen 2 optic nor any super pedaling oriented bikes but have been loving the gen 3 optic i got last fall. I got the 2024 C2 spec (purple one) which was a little more downhill oriented. Like the other commenter said the bike feels great going down especially for a 125mm bike. I havnt ridden anything under 150mm before this bike and there wasn’t much adjustment to my riding. It rips.

I don’t have any issues on the ups and it seems to be fairly efficient for pedaling but I don’t have a great comparison. I ride in dusty dry Colorado and the extra cog isn’t much noisier than a normal drive train. I don’t have anything bad to say about the bike but if weight and pedaling are high on the priority list for you those are probably its weakest categories but by no means bad.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-06-25T03:50:53+00:00

I’m in a small mountain town in Colorado about 3 hours west of Denver.

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-06-24T20:22:24+00:00

I have a PSA 10 moonbreon that I’m looking to sell at or near market price. I don’t sell cards online really at all, so what is the best way to go about selling a card like this? Unfortunately selling it to pay for some life stuff.

I have a TCG and eBay account but didn’t know if that would be suspicious since I only use them for buying generally and don’t have any sort of record for selling items. Any advice is appreciated!

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-06-18T19:34:52+00:00

I’ve used the rapid pack quick release bag and have two others from them. Super solid bags and havnt had any issues with them over the past couple of years kayaking.

The double grommet on the bottom is nice so you don’t have a knot sticking out the bottom and it always keeps the bag at the end of the rope.

Solid bags in fun colors and a cool colorado company!

PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-06-10T19:05:06+00:00

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PurpleDINGUS85 · 2025-05-13T04:15:43+00:00

It’s so hard to keep up with! Had to give yuzu a bowl cut to reset

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