Re: The Mod 8.5 Buckle Revisited

Bob Cardone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> Supposedly they were going to change the buckle for  2004 ( at least
> that is what they told me in an email quite awhile ago) , but decided
> not to. Instead they are now  saying that if the user "uses the buckle
> correctly" there won't be a problem. If you don't use it correctly,
> then I suppose it's your fault if it strips and not theirs.

Not to belabor this, but this is the same buckle as on the 2001 Mod 8, 2002 
Mod GT, and 2002 Mod GX, yes/no?

I think I would just have a ski shop rivet a beefy snowboard boot 
buckle+strap on there, and fret no more.  (Then mount the old buckle-strap 
setups to your headboard, to get a chuckle from the wife/GF--LOL!)