The new series was marketed as the Easy Go, and was obviously an attempt to take back market share from Fritschi, who released the excellent Diamir Titanal II upgrade that same year. Such springs have since been found to be unnecessary but are still favored by some backcountry skiers, and bindings such as the Fritschi models still have them, thought they’re easy to remove and are thus frequently taken out. To that end, Silvretta came up with two bindings that were nearly identical in function to the 404, but made much greater use of plastics and carbon fiber. ![]() Return springs are intended to give some resistance to the up and down hinging of the binding, so the user has some control of the ski. The small slotted screw visible in the black plastic of the toe area adjusts tension of the return spring, which is the pink spring to the front of the screw. This bail moves up and down to adjust for different sole thicknesses, but all lateral (side) release is in the heel, as noted elsewhere herein. The bail is prone to detachment and loss during heavy use, but is easily replaced, and the binding works fine without it.Īs for the 404 toe, the ski touring boot is held by a simple wire to bail as in photos above and below (fits some mountaineering boots as well, use for “approach” skis for climbs). ![]() Touring lift is elegant for backcountry skiing - it’s a simple wire bail you flip up as shown in photo above.
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