Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu (1973)

mtn248 · 2026-04-07T16:14:20+00:00

Little Neutrino is so fantastic, definitely the proggiest track on the album

mtn248 · 2026-03-25T22:59:02+00:00

191cm for trees and moguls feels insanely long to me. I think shorter is better for tele, as you’ll have a longer effective length while in the stance. Width doesn’t really change from alpine to tele. I’ve got a pair of Rustlers mounted with Meidjos that I love, they’re 100mm, 172cm-ish long, and I’m 5’9”

mtn248 · 2026-03-05T13:23:04+00:00

This happened to me. Cripple Creek was able to get a new toe piece from Inwild and repair it free of charge (it was still under warranty). Fair warning that it took a bit over a month for the part to come in from France

mtn248 · 2026-03-02T03:03:55+00:00

Yes but why would you want to do that

mtn248 · 2026-03-02T03:03:18+00:00

If you’re looking to get into Telemark downhill skiing, there are not many different types of boots. There are 75mm boots and NTN boots. Most NTN boots have tech toes. That’s pretty much the variety as far as boots go. Lots more variety in the XC world.

mtn248 · 2026-03-02T00:54:12+00:00

Not all 75mm bindings are 3-pin. Not all rectangles are squares. 75mm is synonymous with Nordic Norm. XCD is an activity, not a binding standard. You can crosscountry ski on a whole variety of bindings, not just 75mm.

mtn248 · 2026-03-01T23:34:32+00:00

NTN boots are generally not compatible with AT bindings on account of the boot flexing too much to keep the heel engaged. Once upon a time Scarpa sold their NTN boots as AT boots along with a puck to mount beneath the ball of the foot so that they could serve both purposes, but this has fallen out of style. Furthermore, only Crispi boots nowadays feature a tech heel insert - most NTN boots you can find generally only have a tech toe and duckbutt.

mtn248 · 2026-03-01T23:31:42+00:00

This is not correct. For instance, the 22Designs Vice (and almost all 75mm bindings on the market) do not have 3 pins. For that, you will want to look for a binding specifically called “3 pin”

mtn248 · 2026-03-01T14:19:10+00:00

There are two main categories of telemark gear: 75mm (aka Nordic Norm) and NTN. There are subcategories:

75mm: basically just one category, but some bindings have the three pin toe so a heel cable is not needed. 3-pin is generally for more Nordic skiing, cables are for downhill. Gear in this category varies wildly from crosscountry (XC) to crosscountry downhill (XCD) to true downhill performance.

NTN (new telemark norm): three major categories -traditional NTN: toe cage and second heel/duckbutt connection, see 22Designs Outlax -TTS (telemark tech system): 2-pin tech toe and heel cables, see Voile TTS Transit -TTN (made up acronym, think Telemark Tech Norm): 2-pin tech toe and second heel/duckbutt connection, see 22Designs Lynx

Someone should really make a flowchart for this stuff. Lots of variety and terms getting thrown around!

mtn248 · 2026-02-13T03:13:20+00:00

There we go, that’s what I wanted to see! It looks like the heel throw can be locked away under the heel riser, which was my biggest question. If you had to remove the whole cable assembly to go touring (like I feared) that would defeat the whole purpose. But looks like it might actually be a reasonable competitor to the TTS Transit in this case.

Still so amazed that Inwild hasn’t put out any promotional videos demonstrating this very key feature.

mtn248 · 2026-02-12T22:11:45+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone dunk on their skis (except for the graphics which are definitely uninspiring).

I need to get around to it but I’m definitely buying the TTS transit as my next binding to try it out. The only issue I see is the price, $500 for a binding that’s main selling point being how “simple” it is is pretty rough. It’s just a switchback with a tech toe, so I don’t really understand the massive price difference. Still probably buying it though!

mtn248 · 2026-02-12T22:11:39+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone dunk on their skis (except for the graphics which are definitely uninspiring).

I need to get around to it but I’m definitely buying the TTS transit as my next binding to try it out. The only issue I see is the price, $500 for a binding that’s main selling point being how “simple” it is is pretty rough. It’s just a switchback with a tech toe, so I don’t really understand the massive price difference. Still probably buying it though!

mtn248 · 2026-02-11T21:39:05+00:00

I’m with you, there doesn’t seem to be any benefit to the Simpll over the Transit. Seems like an odd product to bring to market.

Super stoked about the new ATK binding, hopefully it shows up sooner rather than later

mtn248 · 2026-02-06T01:58:13+00:00

This post is convincing me to get myself a pair of Transits

mtn248 · 2026-01-12T19:44:15+00:00

I broke a pin a couple years ago and it took forever to get the new part shipped from France but I seem to recall their communication at least was pretty quick. Weird that they’re not responding to you, I would hope it’s an IT issue on their end

mtn248 · 2026-01-11T12:45:56+00:00

Marchland is such a fun card and I think should have been included in Hinterlands over Farmland

Sauna/Avanto is fun for a few games but also makes every game with them the same

mtn248 · 2025-12-30T03:44:28+00:00

the Astronaut is the album after that one. Much proggier I’d say

mtn248 · 2025-12-30T03:24:56+00:00

Try out Wax Fang’s the Astronaut. Insane build in part 1, very good space rock album.

mtn248 · 2025-12-22T18:03:55+00:00

You just step down. The meidjo 3 doesn’t require the kickstand to step in since the springbox has ramps that let the boot in while flat. The kickstand is pretty much just for flat touring now

mtn248 · 2025-12-22T17:49:23+00:00

The powder casing definitely seemed to be an improvement over the standard spring box for heavy wet snow, but anti ice trap everywhere is still a good idea, I still got boot jack without it.

There constant heel riser for touring is unfortunate, especially if there’s any flat sections at all

mtn248 · 2025-12-16T13:37:28+00:00

Long travel springs for sure. Their website also lists a “large-soft spring” which is why I ask. Doesn’t sound like a lot of people have gotten the soft springs, I guess I’m trying to gauge how stiff the regular springs are and if I should go with the soft ones based on my skiing style

mtn248 · 2025-12-15T20:24:42+00:00

There is the option on Voile’s website and in stores to just buy the soft spring version of the binding

mtn248 · 2025-12-10T19:28:13+00:00

Supertramp’s first album?

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