For years I’ve considered 22 Designs spring loaded climbing post to be the easiest to use. Just hook your ski basket or the handle beak under the wire and lightly pull up. The bar snaps to attention. Climbing bars like BD’s O series, the classic G3 Targa, or Voile, offer two climbing bar heights, but...
Telemark Tech Norm – Another one?
There’s a move afoot to develop a new “norm” for telemark boots, a Telemark Tech Norm (TTN), to account for the presence of tech inserts in NTN boots. Whether such a norm will be approved and adopted remains to be seen. According to Pierre Mouyade, the man pushing the new norm and Meidjo’s inventor, Scarpa...
Update: 22D’s Lynx, 2020 revisions
It’s the end of the 21st century’s teenage years and tele tweaks keep marching on to the future. The bad news is early adopters of Lynx might be envious of the changes for 2020. The good news is those who thought they missed it will be glad they were forced to wait. According to 22...
First Look: 22 Design’s Lynx
One thing is clear after checking out 22 Design’s Lynx. Some of the details may change by the time Lynx is produced by the thousands but Lynx confirms that the core components of a 2-pin tech toe and spring tension on the 2nd heel yield the best tele sensation I’ve ever felt in over 30...
22D’s Lynx – Low-tech powered by NTN
22 Designs is breaching the world of low-tech pin bindings with the Lynx, a telemark binding with 2-pin touring efficiency, a second heel NTN connection, and the classic Hammerheel spring activated climbing wire. The Lynx uses composite flex plates and compression springs to deliver tele tension like a leaf spring, only lighter. As you would...
