 Poster: A snowHead
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A question for the boot fitting gurus
You tend to find twin cuff adjusters on top end boots. I assume the extra adjuster gives more range of movement, is that right?
My experience of boot fitting is that the fitter assesses your skiing standard/style and aims and together with foot shape selects some models to try for fit. The process goes on until you get down to one. Then its footbeds and lastly cuff adjustment if its done at all.
If the boot selected only has a single adjuster and this doesn't have enough range, should the bootfitter start over with a higher spec. boot? or modify the the one they've spent the last hour sorting out?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Would it not be better to do cuff adjustment before footbeds?
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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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rich, chances are the double adjuster will not give you much more either, prehaps a little but certainly not a great deal. it all depends on the shape of your lower leg and the relationship between the foot and ankle as to how acurate you can get the cuff adjuster. It may take a clever bit of adjustment to alter the cuff angle of the boot a little further than it goes rioght now
petemillis, no........ the foot will sit on the footbed in the fitted boot so you need to set the cuff up for the foot in the position it will be in whilst skiing
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| CEM wrote: |
petemillis, no........ the foot will sit on the footbed in the fitted boot so you need to set the cuff up for the foot in the position it will be in whilst skiing |
Ahh merci, je comprend. Do you do the footbed with the cuff loosened right off then sort of close the cuff up and adjust according so it doesn't alter the position of the foot?
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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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petemillis,
firstly i would put the footbed in the empty shell, put the feet in and have the skier stand in their normal stance, loosely clip the top clip to close the shell shape then adjust the adjusters ultil the leg is central in the shell. ie. equal air space either side of the leg in the cuff.
certain adjusters can be adjusted by having the skier standing flexing in the complete boot with the adjusters loose then tightened in a flexed position, i still prefer to do these the first way i described as i can see what i am doing clearly.
if there is not enough adjustment then the use of padding in the liner to fill the extra gaps or sole canting can be used....at this point it starts to get a bit more complex
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CEM, I had an idea that twin adjusters wouldn't do much more than a single.
Currently both adjusters are on maximum with a packing to even up the gap in the right hand boot and I'm experimenting with canting the bindings slightly but this makes the skis handed so not ideal, I would prefer to bet more boot adjustment if possible.
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rich, head up the A34 to Bicester and see CEM!
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