Dynafit Toe Pieces

With a factory split board do these DF toe pieces need a plate adapter ? or do the factory screw positions allow a straight mount without such a plate adapter ?

What are the best DF toe pieces for a split board set up ? Thanks !

Can the Radical toe pieces be mounted without the base plate (with the 12.5mm Torx screws)?

I have a TLT Vertical needing a toe piece- which of these is compatible?

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Just wanted to get that out of the way ... now i'd like your opinion: Which toe piece would you choose between the Speed Radical and the Speed Turn for a lighter weight touring ski?

Thanks!

Will the speed turns or radical ST's work with the older TLT vertical heel pieces?

First off, Customer service was Phenomenal! I placed my order at 2:30pm and got and e-mail it was shipped about an hour and a half later, and they gave me 3 day shipping! You guys Rock! Anyways, I bought the Speed Turn toe pieces to mount on my metal edged cross country skis and they have performed very well! I did a 65 mile ski tour through Yelllowstone last Dec and they held up to all the backcountry abuse with no problems at all. Very reliable in extremely cold weather and light. In total, since I got them, I've toured about 150 miles and still have nothing but great things to say about them. I liked 'em so much that I ordered another pair for my girlfriend for her to try out this on her xc skis.

Hi, do you have the spare toepiece foor ther older FT12 available ? For the one with the rotated ski/walk change

which dynafit toes have the same hole patterns so you don't have to redrill your mounting hole?

Yeah, in case my previous question didn't register when I hit the wrong key there... I'm looking for a replacement toe piece for Dynafit Vertical FT 12 bindings, plus I think I will also need the screws and the plate for under the toe piece that allowed the ski crampon to slip on. What are my chances?

Radical toes are, IMO, the standard from which others should be judged. Everything out there seems to be variations of the same thing, with differing spring tension, leverage, and hole patterns, however Dynafit stands alone (to my knowledge) in having side towers. This to me is the best part of building a frankenbinding. Get a heel that suits your purposes and combine it with the best available toes -- at a slight weight penalty over race toes, of course -- for good resistance to lateral jostling that no other toepieces offer.

Wildsnow covers this feature very well, and Lou made a good video of releasing non-side-tower toepeices from lateral jolting. See here and here.

Five Stars to Skimo Co for enabling a price-point skimo race binding setup by offering the a la carte Dynafit Speed Radical toe, combined with either the Plum or Kreuzspitze race heels.
Going into the 2014-15 ski season, "normally" priced skimo race boots are now available from three different brands -- all carried by Skimo Co of course -- and I count at least half a dozen normally priced skimo race ski models carried by Skimo Co.
But no binding company offers an entry-level model along the lines of the boots and skis, i.e., a few more trivial ounces of weight at savings of hundreds of dollars.
Yet buy a pair of Dynafit Speed Radical toes combined with either Plum or Kreuzspitze race heels and your setup will cost as little as the least-expensive touring-oriented binding (yet at noticeable weight savings, and with the "half-step" race-style heel elevator plus very low heel > toe "delta").
Or add some fore-aft adjustment via the Plum 165 or one of the Kreuzspitze plates.
(And if you want to lighten up an already drilled touring setup but hesitate to Swiss Cheese your skis, Kreuzspitze even offers a plate that uses the traditional Dynafit heel pattern.)
My personal experience is with a basic Dynafit touring toe and a Plum 135/145 heel, which has worked out fine, even after almost 184,000' earned vertical.
The lateral release value will also probably be a bit lower, given the somewhat lower retention of a regular touring toe (as compared to a race toe with some combination of heavier pincer springs and/or a spring-loaded toe lever), so this Frankenrace approach is a good idea for lighter-weight skiers.
(Just beware that this violates ISMF regs if you have any World Cup racing ambitions!)

Would like to build a lighter franken-tele setup, trying to figure out the implications of the toe-lock situation with respect to the low-tech race toe.

I know that it will automatically go into touring mode (ie - locked) when I step in... what I have been unable to figure out is what the difference in retention is between the low-tech race toe and other tech toes when in *ski* mode (which it has, right? It's just that nobody uses it because racers like their toes locked?). In an existing franken-tele setup I put together with some speed radical toes I find the retention more-or-less perfect when in ski mode, and (presumably) leg-destroying when locked out.

Perhaps I actually want the speed-superlight toe, but automatic locking into touring mode sounds great... plus there's no stock and I'd like to start fiddling before the season really gets rolling...

Any insight?

Looking to set up TTS system and wondered if the Speed Radical has a base plate that extends behind the binding. One binding mounting video I watched replaced the Dynafit base plate as it interfered with the mounting block for the heel assembly. From the picture on your site it looks as if the Speed Radical in terms of fore and aft dimensions.

Thanks for any insight,

Nick

Do the Radical ST Toes come with plastic riser plates? Do they come with screws?

Is it possible to order the Speed Radical toe piece? I don't see that option in the pull down.

I love the Radical toe piece and the ability to swap out the radicals heel unit to a Superlite or Race heel to save weight and drop my ramp angle back to something i prefer.

Very cool offering by skimo.co!

Well accidentally posted my review as a comment on the previous post. I'll try to regurgitate what I posted above. I have a set of Vertical ST's on my skis and I've been real impressed with the design. Purchasing a Vertical toe may be a good idea as it seems that Dynafit is moving away from the Vertical binding and is focused on adding more weight to the Radical design. A spare toe piece is great for the spart parts box or as part of a repair kit in a multi day traverse. Leave the baseplate at home to save more weight!

The Vert St toe is hard to beat for durability. The classic 5-hole pattern fits most skis, even though fatter boards benefit well from the wider Radical toe piece. If you try hard, its possible to find heel pieces cheap from someone who only needed the toes (much more common than just needing heels), and build some cool combinations with different release and weight combos.