 Poster: A snowHead
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Needing to replace my aging ski boots I tried on a 2014 Rossignol Radical World Cup 130.
Oh my word, i thought my existing boot fitted well, these things were like a glove (in a good way - tight in all the right places and non of the wrong).
So one option is to buy these (they were new, just been sitting in a box on a shelf for 10 years).
But is here a current generation boot that has a similar fit?
This season I tried on Lange LX, Fischer RC4 LV, Salmon S/Pro Alpha 130, Rossignol HiSpeed Elite 120 LV and non were close.
Appreciate your ideas on the problems of buying a new 10 year old boot and/or opinions on the current gen boot.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@andymaxwell, sounds to me as though your "glove-like fit" => a shade too big 
Get thee to a decent boot fitter if you can and have them provide you with boots that actually fit your feet (and that are fitted to them).
You will find also, into the bargain, that boot tech has changed enormously in the last 5-6 years in terms of weight, comfort, etc.
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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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Agree with@under a new name, go to a good boot fitter. If you tell us your rough location we could recommend a decent one.
Hint, it won't be a Snow and Rock or Ellis Brigham
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Even if they've been well stored and in a box for ten years, there's still a good chance that the plastic might have started to degrade, which you won't be able to detect but may affect the stiffness and will shorten their usable lifespan.
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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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@Chaletbeauroc, and they still won't fit 
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@andymaxwell, All brands make even lower volume boots than those you tried, stiffer too if that is what you want.
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| andymaxwell wrote: |
Thanks for the replies folks, appreciate it. I promise you this is a correct fit  . I fitted ski boots for a number of years (a while ago now), have owned boots that are too big, and these boots are bob on. The stiffness though is indeed less than a "130" rating would imply due to their age.
It's bloomin' annoying that they're so good yet so old!
My main frustration with modern boots (or at least the ones I tried on) is the instep height being high, even in a "low volume" boot. I could use a volume reducer to decrease that (and it did have a positive effect in the Salmons I tried on) but it's not quite right. I'm probably shouting into the wind of modern boot designers though |
based on the list you provided in your first post there are boots there from all ends of the volume spectrum.... the LX for example is a high volume boot where the others are in the LV end of the ranges they still aren't really LV,
lange make a 95mm lasted LV boot in 140 flex, every brand makes a 96mm lasted boot in the 130/140 range
"shouting into the wind at boot designers" remember these guys are designing products to fit a spectrum of feet not just your very low instep, if they did that there would be a whole lot more people complaining that all the boots were too low. there are 101 things that can be done to change the volume in that area, be it custom liners or modifications to the stock liner tongue of the boot, but you have to be in the correct starting point and work outwards from the foot, the scattergun approach of trying on loads of stuff and complaining that it doesn't work, well you have proven to yourself that it doesn't work
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