Bill Bollinger sends over a cool adjustment plate. Other guys mod big while I sit here whining about legal issues. Sturgill Simpson is turned up LOUD. I have the best workshop of my life. Here goes.
B&D adjustable mount plate for Dynafit Superlite 2 at lower left. I’d used an old TLT heel with the Superlite toe due to the extreme vertical release spring shipped with the Superlite (I couldn’t step in). B&D plate uses the same ski screw holes as the standard original Dynafit TLT Low-Tech as well as Speed Radical and many other tech bindings, gives forward-back boot length adjustment to Superlight 2.0, lifts binding to same height as TLT, anything not to love? A few more grams…
ramp created by using TLT heel with Superlite 2.0 toe. B&D plate brings me to virtually same height.
28 grams for easy mounting and a bit of adjustment for different boots. Up to you.
Nice to have holes match up. If not, use a mechanical or paper jig for the ‘classic’ Dynafit 4-hole heel pattern. Hint, same as Speed Radical.
Bill Bollinger machine work is amazing, check out these screw thread necks that increase thread count, thus solving a common problem with these types of adjustment plates (to few threads, stripping).
I used plenty of epoxy, including use as thread locker (adjusted for boot sole length before epoxy cures, reverse with heat).
Who cares about screwdrivers, get out the grinder! Dremel with grinding stone makes quick work of adjusting release tension. I have no way of measuring exact release setting, but with the stock spring I could not step into the binding without looking like some guy stomping invasive rats. I ground the inside of the arc down to 4 millimeters and the step-in feels right, lever test feels like about release value 7, perhaps 8. Warning, use water spray to prevent overheating and messing up the steel temper.As mentioned in some previous comments, I’m not convinced this mod is entirely wise (the spring could break), but it’s what I needed to make the binding functional for day-to-day skiing. Interesting how the ‘U-spring’ type vertical release mechanism keeps coming back more than 30 years after Fritz Barthel invented it. It just, works.
4.5 mm was still too stiff for my taste, so I took it down to 4.
In case you’re wondering how you get the U-spring out of the binding, easy operation with a pin punch.
More fun than a brake job on a 1982 Ford F-250, easier than a transfer case rebuild in a 1947 Willys, more fun than, skiing?
No stopping. Bollinger is also making a nice little lift extender.
Lifter fits over OEM lift, snugs down with a couple of screws. All this stuff is on long-term loan for durability testing, and we also have some anti-rotation gadgets that Bill came up with. We’re waiting on installing those until we feel the need.
Oh, also got some “anti rotation” gadgets from Bill. We’ll see how it goes without, then install if needed. Check out WildSnow supporter B&D Ski Gear.
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
