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 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been skiing on Dukes the last few days and have super sore calves. I mainly but this down to lack of ski fitness but wonder if there is a significant difference between Dukes and Rossi/Look Axial/PXs which is my alpine binding of choice in ramp angle?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Pretty sure P/PX's have huge ramp, and the duke is mildy positive to quite negative ramp if you're on the longer end of the bsl. So yeah, your ankle is far more open skiing in dukes so your calves won't be used to being used in that manner. I'd assume you'll adapt to it quickly though, muscle strength in a vaccum isn't affected, it's just a new motor pathway. I found dukes quite odd, but I've only skied them on original Praxis anyway...

(I'm going to disclaimer this that my interest in muscle adaptation is from a bit of reading this summer, could be wrong)
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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?

fatbob, Look/Rossi's have 4/5mm of delta depending on the model. Marker advertise the Duke/Baron's as having zero but, like some other manufacturers, what they publish is somewhat different from reality & they have 1/2mm of delta depending when the toe height has been correctly set for an alpine boot. I would assume that the lifting of the toe will give a greater range of flex that you'll feel in your calf but Id defer to CEM/SZK for the proper biomechanical affect.

Just MTFU wink


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fatbob, nah, your just unfit.

Sorry.

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Where you skiing this year, BTW? If you're in the Geneve/Chamonix?Champoluc neck, do drop in for a beer, or 2.
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I compared my Marker M12s (on my Volkl 5*) to my Dukes (on Volkl Gotama) :
ski base>toe sole : M12 : 49.3mm Duke: 50.6mm
heel both 52mm.

So there u go! (or there I go, you may get sore shins. I did get sore shins too first 3 hours in Castleford, no soreness after.
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