My trick for measuring Strada bindings

[Horton]

One of the bummers about double boots on one plate is measuring the distance from the rear of the ski to the heel of your front foot. Normally you would need to remove the rear binding to get an exact measurement. I had my Strada's apart the other nite so I took a few pictures of my trick.

 

Here I have my back binding off and you can see I am measuring from the back of the front boot exactly 12"

http://static-cl1.vanilladev.com/ballofspray.vanillaforums.com/uploads/FileUpload/73/650e98c08dba65b8128088a16cf9b8.jpg

 

http://static-cl1.vanilladev.com/ballofspray.vanillaforums.com/uploads/FileUpload/bf/06046961879b0a931323db7bb12940.jpg

 

At the 12" mark I scratch the plate

http://static-cl1.vanilladev.com/ballofspray.vanillaforums.com/uploads/FileUpload/24/fee8d73ffe74928bff7142017381e1.jpg

 

This last photo is with my back binding back on the ski. I am measuring from the scratch. 17 1/2" puts my front binding at 29 1/2"

http://static-cl1.vanilladev.com/ballofspray.vanillaforums.com/uploads/FileUpload/1a/bf5d9a12f3d5654b1a4bf2eb464d36.jpg

[Horton]

I hate to admit this but the steel roll I use for this was a gift from Eric Lee. I take it everywhere.

[JC McCavit]

I just draw a line 90 degrees from the top lacing behind the front boot across the top of the plate. Just measure from the line to the back of the ski and get exact numbers.

[Mateo_Vargas]

13" back from my size 11 boot is the center of that hole in the plate. I have a narrow tape measure the fits in the hole.

[Horton]

@JC McCavit

So you have to measure around the back boot?

Also I believe (Eddie please correct) that the bottom stitch is the standard measure point.

 

[Horton]

@Mateo Vargas

" I have a narrow tape measure the fits in the hole."

I am not going to say anything about your "tape" if that is what you call it.

[Mateo_Vargas]

@Horton wanna picture? I don't know why I tried to help all you double boot guys. As Mapple, Willy and Nate have shown that the RTP will once again rule the world.

[eddie_roberts_jr]

The bottom line of stitching is what we recommend so that we can all have the same reference point.

[Horton]

@Mateo Vargas Dork! We are talking about double boots

 

@eddie roberts jr. Thanks

[Horton]

@eddie roberts jr.

Yes I know I should use a pretty new plate for photos. I used what I had on hand....

[eddie_roberts_jr]

John, are you saying I need to send you a new plate?

[Horton]

Eddie,

Yes. please bolt a 67" Vice to a plate and send it down. Bill me for the plate.

 

:- )

[A_B]

I think it is time for a binding measuring tool with a cutout for the back boot, sort of like the EZ Fin tool. :)

[teammalibu]

I drill a small hole in the heel of my back boot. I then slide a 3/16th dia rod that I cut to 12" in through the heel of the rear boot until it touches the front heel and measure from the tail of the ski to the rod and add 12" Presto

[Steven_Haines]

I cut a big gaping hole out of the heel and cut the front of the boot off and run the tape right thru. d:-)>

[colo_skier]

I use a Penrad1500 xray machine data stream integrated through a logarithmic interpolation to locate the exact end of my foot and then scale the image to.... wait a minute that's what I use for looking inside Halloween candy!!! I like @Hortons method :)

[Horton]

Here is the old thread - I had to user Google to find it

[BraceMaker]

No distance from tip measurements then huh.

[Horton]

@BraceMaker

http://media.tumblr.com/fe497dd337d9af8479bb6398b9565d16/tumblr_inline_mg6n5ltl6X1rxe4lt.gif

[ForrestGump]

I laughed at that until I saw @Horton 's signature of "SkiResponsibly". Really?!?!?!

[scuppers]

@Horton, @BraceMaker, @colo_skier, @teammalibu, @Steve Haines, @AB, @Mateo Vargas - Thanks to you ALL! espcially @Horton - This is the funniest thread I have ever seen on BOS. I have been laughing hysterically for 10 minutes. The video of the Panda really caps it off. That's exactly how I felt after reading all the responses. You guys made my day!

[Sledgehammer]

My 5 cents for this discussion. I know it doesn't look perfect on the picture, but it's hard to measure and take pics at the same time. I think this is the easiest and most accurate way of measuring.

[MattP]

@ob or you can get complicated and use a plumbob... Talk to Reb... He keeps 2 in his kit...

[h2odawg79]

And I thought I had the easiest and most accurate method

[Mateo_Vargas]

Note my RTP prediction. Even Parrish & @shaneh have come back from the dark side. Fruit loops rule!

[A_B]

I am with @Horton on this one. I also put a mark on the back of my plate so all I need to do is measure from the tail to the mark and add... piece of cake. Speaking of cake...