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Appealing to the wide band of SH knowledge.
Does there exist a make of boot which will work with both touring (pin) bindings and standard alpine bindings without requiring the touring attachment to be fitted to the heel?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lots but technica cochise 130 to name one
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Any boot that has Tech/Pin toe fittings will also have the required heel fitting already in place. Tech/Pin bindings such as the Marker Kingpin doesn’t require a boot to have the tech heel fitting, as it has a more standard looking heel piece, but it will work with boots that do have the tech heel fittings.
You can get boots like the Scarpa Freeride that have swappable soles to work with either.
https://www.scarpa.net/en/freeride.html
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Atomic Hawx does one
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Big Paua, do you mean a boot with tech/toe pins but specifically with an ISO 5355 alpine sole (not a touring, gripwalk or WTR sole which are different shapes)?
A lot of bindings now are ‘multi norm compatible’ and will accept different sole types.
As said above, any boots with tech/toe pins will have the moulded heel for the heel pins. The “touring attachment” you mention may be the additional metal piece that the Dynafit Beast binding needs, but that’s only for this binding.
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Thanks all.
@Themasterpiece, Yes, I’ve got the Beast “touring attachment” on my Technicas but (after tears and tantrums) have ditched the Beasts and fitted Dynafit Radicals.
The reason for my query is long and boring involving a back problem probably restricting me to the piste this season, quiver killers and the resurrection of some alpine bindings from down the back of the sofa but I guess it all comes down to the following issue:
Do you find touring bindings don’t flex backwards and forwards or absorb impact as much as alpine bindings and therefore deliver a much harder and juddering ride in the turn on hard snow?
Or is it my imagination? And bad technique?
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@Big Paua, the Shift doesn't 
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Juddering more to do with the ski than binding, I would think.
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@Big Paua, If you're skiing Radicals then you can remove the Beast Power Inserts from your boot heel and replace them with the standard inserts that came with the boots. If your skiing the Radical 2's then they got as much elasticity as the vast majority of alpine bindings but if you're skiing the Radical (1) then that has a fixed in-line toe and only minimal rearwards absorption in the heel so they will give you a harsher ride on hardpack.
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Sat 2-02-19 15:15; edited 1 time in total
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@spyderjon, Thanks for that 
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