These are bomber

By NickW Ranked #23 - Alpine Touring Bindings September 16, 2008

What more can be said about these bindings. They work well switching from in-bounds, to slackcountry, to sidecountry to backcountry.

The Freerides are tortionally stiff (drive my Gotamas nicely and will be throwing them on Megawatts). Easy to switch to touring mode from ski-mode. Biggest sell for me v. the Dukes is the climbing mode. They had 3 levels (walking and 2 climbing modes) which raise your foot much higher than Dukes appear to. This makes climbs w/ skins MUCH more comfortable.

If you are hucking 60 ft cliffs or have another reason for a 16 DIN, get the Dukes. Otherwise, I would recommend the Freerides.

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