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Okay so I got my boots but still not rockin' the socks yet.
all the over the calf ones are just too tight and I can't get them up high enough. I've only got crappy tube socks at the moment - but doing a season and really need something that fits!
czk or other boot-fitters....any brands with extra stretch for us fatty-calves?
thanks!
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queen_sheba, depends how stretchy you need them...the teko range are pretty good in the calf department, and if not them then i am sure falke make a sock in their ski range with a sensitive (non elasticated) top ..they do for walking
BTW it holds up with small silicon beads whcih grip the skin...just in case you wondered 
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well my calves are about 47cm around at the widest part. most socks just don't do it. but i need them primarily for the support within the boot - so I suppose I could cut a few small bits at the top and maybe stitch some elasticated fabric to give them more stretch,
mega nightmare I've never really dealt with till now..
thanks CEM
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I have pretty ordinary size calves but I found some socks I bought from CEM, though lovely socks, are only JUST big enough.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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queen_sheba, the thorlo SL (as much as i hate it as a sock) should stretch out round that no problem.... we used to use them as a fitting sock and they strech like nothing else..i am a uk 11 and could wear the 5-7.5... they stretch round the top as well as in length)
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okay great - do you sell them or do i need to internet it?. just as a matter of interest - what do you hate about them?
thanks!
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| pam w wrote: |
| I have pretty ordinary size calves but I found some socks I bought from CEM, though lovely socks, are only JUST big enough. |
I found the same, but I do have big calves. Nice socks CEM but not quite big enough for big girls  I agree about the Thorlos, I have those too and they stretch well, I think Falke are better.
However I have had the most success with the Smartwool socks in one size bigger than I would have normally got, they are not too big in the foot as I thought they might be, they are really long and so come up over my fat calf and fit nicely just under the knee. Very stretchy top and slightly 'cushioned' in all the right places.
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queen_sheba, i don't sell them...what i hate about it is the amount it stretches 
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teehee. sounds promising then. so the padding around the ankle etc is still as good as the other brands?
sarah
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queen_sheba, yeh it is fine, they are a man made fibre so i don't find them as warm as the smartwool or teko but i skied in them for many years
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Mine are well under 14"
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hurtle, I haven't dared to yet 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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and?
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Poster: A snowHead
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pam w, 14" - too fat for my height. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hurtle, do you do ankle raises at the gym? 'F'so, 14" is -nothing-.
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14" - too fat for my height.
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who says? how high are you?
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pam w, that's enough information (ed.) 
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I've got 15" calves and have no probelm at all with socks - I just can't remember the type I've got - they are smarwool with a cloverleaf pattern around the top.
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19" Calf muscles so more or less the same size, can't remember whose socks they are but they are propper technical ski socks (one left one right) Red, Grey and Black the different colurs being different thicknesses of material, very comfortable even arround my calf muscles, but they were expensive
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All the socks I've ever had have been fine - never thought of it at all till that last pair, which do seem a bit tight.
Any advance on 19"?
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I have big calves (around 40cm) and wear semi-compression socks as they have a tendency to swell while skiing (up to 45cm). Bought mine from Mountain Warehouse. They are actually a technical walking/climbing sock but seem to do the trick fine for me and cope very well with sweaty feet too.
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A meagre 18" I'm afraid. Can't beat the Orf.
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| pam w wrote: |
All the socks I've ever had have been fine - never thought of it at all till that last pair, which do seem a bit tight.
Any advance on 19"? |
mm, next time you are around we need to look at those, may have been from the run before they changed a few things
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