Bindings for EXTREMECARVING > Review: F2 Race Titanium

Post by **Whitey** » Friday 18 November 2005, 7:41

Melvin,
thanks for informing! I'll keep that in my mind.

Post by **fivat** » Friday 18 November 2005, 20:54

Rietzschel wrote:Last year I've bought the F2 Titanium bindings too. Along came a disk and a few rubbers which I've placed with the theorie in mind not to disturb the arc of the board during the turn.

How is your disk? I have got nothing special with the bindings.
There is only a rubber ring and two other rubber pieces. Here is a picture shot by Arnaud (for a post in the French Forum):

Rubber is important for dampening. The ring is not bad, but there is no comparison with bindings that have a real central disk. However, the disk should be not too thick. As said in the review, the bindings that are too high are not recommended for extremecarving. There is an optimal geometry

Patrice Fivat

Post by **jogi** » Sunday 20 November 2005, 13:15

i like my f2 titanium!
i d never problems with the binding, and i ´d bad crashes

the price is good ,and never had problems with ice!

which Degree number, do you have on Swoard boards?

Post by **rilliet** » Sunday 20 November 2005, 13:51

F51° / R46° with Northwave 285.

Jacques

Post by **RicHard** » Sunday 18 December 2005, 15:13

Eheheheheh! Yes... great bindings, the race titanium... but...
look below what happened few days ago while I was carving a nice slope!!!

The heel bail... SBONK!!!! Broken!!! I was thinking it could never happen to me!

And... I suggest you to unscrew the toe and heel screw to check the metal components that they screw on: they tend to break after 30/40 days of riding.
You can change them but... the problem is that... you cannot see if they are damaged without unscrew the screws from them!
Good luck!

Post by **Paia** » Monday 19 December 2005, 17:47

No comment

Post by **drzone** » Monday 19 December 2005, 18:08

Ouch! What is your weight?

Post by **kelvin o** » Monday 19 December 2005, 21:22

Is it my imagination or are the diameter of those bails a LOT smaller than the ones on Cateks or Bombers (6.35mm)? It looks like 1 to 2mm smaller from the photos.

Post by **The Blitz** » Tuesday 20 December 2005, 15:54

Yes, F2Ti bails = 5mm

Post by **rilliet** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 20:18

The Blitz wrote:Yes, F2Ti bails = 5mm

I remember 6mm...

Jacques

Post by **pokkis** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 20:21

Diameter depends of year model, they increased diameter in some phase.

Post by **DaTaz** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 20:48

On my F2 Carve RS, bailed are supposed to be 5.5mm. I must admit that they are really thin compared to my Phiokka PH1 which are supposed to have 5mm bails (unless The Blitz forgot to tell me there were 6mm bails when he sold them to me).
I think that on my PH1, I have 6 mm bails and 4.5 mm on my Carve RS.

Post by **SITO** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 21:56

Hi Guys!

Really I have measured my F2 carve RS bails they seems thin ,but they just have 5.5 mm.

The model probably is 2002 or so.

Sito

Post by **Paia** » Monday 26 December 2005, 11:31

?!?!?

Post by **RicHard** » Monday 26 December 2005, 13:25

Paia wrote:?!?!?

Uooooooooooooooooooohhhhh!
Welcome to the world of the race titanium t-nut breakers!!!
I changed them every year.
Few posts above, you can see two red rubber pads, under the toe and heels. If you pull out them, you will see the the t(like)-nuts. If you unscrew the screws that tight them to the bindings, you will surely notice that they are broken.
Feel free to ask to F2, they should send you the replacement.
DON'T SURF IN THE CONDITIONS WE CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE!
Good luck.

ExtremeCarving FORUM

Bindings for EXTREMECARVING > Review: F2 Race Titanium

F2 disk

Yep... great bindings...