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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Everyone should read this, i can't fault i just wish i could make things read as clearly.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, my Tecnica Diablo Fire's aren't listed. Would you say they're basically a slightly softer flexing Magnesium or are the forward lean & ramp angles different as well?
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spyderjon wrote: |
SMALLZOOKEEPER, my Tecnica Diablo Fire's aren't listed. Would you say they're basically a slightly softer flexing Magnesium or are the forward lean & ramp angles different as well? |
If memory serves me right, it's the same shell, just a different colour cuff(i think) and a different liner.
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spyderjon, Cheers for that - interesting reading
Re the Magnesiums vs Fires - The different liner sounds right as I tried on both and found the Magnesiums fitted slightly larger for some reason. The Magnesium in a size 25 felt the same as the Fire in a size 25.5.
The Magnesiums were definately stiffer than the Fires though. The Mags with the flex on soft felt about the same as the Fires on stiff FWIW.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, You ought to get rockyrobin over to your shop.
He's a 'skibootaholic'. You'll make a fortune & be retired by the end if the season
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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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I belive ankle flex is where it happens, but it starts in the shoulders. I think, we all have enough mass to flex any boot out there. It's often mis-represented. It's a trickey one to debate. Requires alot of testing, and even with some of the big W.C. boys its hard to monitor accuratly. phsycology plays such a huge part.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Cheers mate. Now all I need to figure out is how to persuade the chemist I don't have a shooting up habit
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Poster: A snowHead
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, I'm happy with my Fire's in size 27.0 with custom footbeds. The shell fit gap is 21mm on the left boot & 20mm on the right boot when checked with different diameter dowels. When standing upright (difficult as they have plenty of forward lean) I can just feel the front of the liner but I can't feel the hard shell. When flexing them in my bindings there's no heel lift although I can feel a bit of heel lift (I guesss at about 5mm) if I deliberately push down on the balls of my feet whilst trying to lift my heels - as this isn't a skiing 'move' I assume it's ok & it's probably just movement in the liner.
They've had four weeks use so the liners are well bedded in & I can confortably ski in them all day & don't need to unbuckle on lifts or at lunch etc. I've just realised that I've never tightened the buckles at all from when they were set when the boots were new so I've just given the mirco screws two/three turns each to allow for the liner packing out. I'll be trying them out next week at LDA.
I'm weighing up the options of more performance versus less comfort so I was going to try a 26.5 at the Ski Show tomorrow. What do you think?
Am I right in thinking that the 26.0 & the 26.5 are the same shell but the 26.5 has a slightly higher volume liner?
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rockyrobin, Neither do I. I think Wasser's just got bandy legs
BTW, I tried some Fire's in 26/26.5 yesterday at the ski show. Only had 10mm shell gap & way too much pain. My 27's are most definately the correct length (good ol' Profeet). Nipping up the buckles a couple of turns to allow for the liners bedding in makes them now feel very snug.
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