about X-Bone Raichle Binding....

Post by **lobella** » Friday 20 December 2002, 12:30

I've bought one pair of used Raichle AF700TS and with the boots I've get
used Raichle X-Bone bindings ( not the carbon ones ).
I'd like to know if someone knows or have experience with this bindings.
They have a composite large plate that I assume can bend with the board,
but I've seen that the base bends a lot and I'm afraid that trying EC they can brake in some ways....some opinions ?
bye

Post by **joe** » Friday 20 December 2002, 15:46

Hi lobella,

i broke the Carbon X-Bone once, and the Carbon-part is just a fake.
So i think, the Carbon is not really stiffer than the "normal" X-Bone.
In fact it is a really soft binding.

And it is quite broad at the heelside, so it is hard to choose flat angles for EC.

But just try it!

Joe

Post by **lobella** » Friday 20 December 2002, 23:42

Hi Joe
thank you for the information....I've realized that the only difference between the "carbon" and the normal x-bone must be the central "X", and in fact I understand that it's useless for the binding's stifness.
Wich part was broken of your bindings ?
thank you

bye

Lorenzo

Post by **joe** » Sunday 22 December 2002, 20:35

Hi lorenzo,

i´m just back from boarding and must correct my number of broken X-Bones.
Now i broke two of them.

And it was always the part, where the Intec-part(heelside) is fixed.
This time it happened during "normal" high speed carving.
Last time it broke when i was trying to get back on my feet after loosing grip on the frontside.

In my opinion this binding is just a s..t!!

Now i use the f2-titanflex, which looks more stable.

Joe

Post by **lobella** » Monday 23 December 2002, 1:03

Wow...thank you very much for your advice !
It seems an horror story ! I've always had fear to broke one binding while I'm riding, but I think that I will not try the Raichke binding anymore after listened your story....now the bindings are in the original box !

bye
Lorenzo