 Poster: A snowHead
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I love my Salomon Evolution 8 boots which I've had for about 15 years, but last night was recalling an incident when one of our group had his very old boots break on him while belting down La Face in Val D'Isere. My boots have had quite a lot use in very cold (-30 and colder) conditions, so worrying about possible embrittlement of the plastic, do you think that they have much more life in them?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Posidrive, They're pretty old and not terribly fashionable any more.
IME, I reckon a set of liners gets around 120-150 days (i.e. A full season) and shells 2-3 times that ir until they become really unfashionable. YMMV.
Some boots (Technica TNT Explosion for example) have a reputation for exploding. Saw a pair of 15 year old Raichles explode on the first day of a heli skiing week. That was very nearly an expensive outing for someone.
Maybe change your title to, "Are my boots about to explode?" and one of the pro boot fitters may chip in with some proper advice.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Fri 16-11-12 11:13; edited 1 time in total
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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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| Posidrive, They're pretty old and not terribly fashionable any more. |
So just like me then 
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My hubbies Evolution 7 were only about 10 yrs old when one of the buckles broke in 2010. We were in Courcheval but none of the shops carried the part due to the age of th boot.
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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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NickyJ, I am speculating cos I can't recall the details of that boot but I have a perception that boots aimed more at intermediate/advanced have proprietary buckle designs to help with inbuilt obsolescence, whereas race boots f'rinstance have simpler designs that are more readily interchangeable (possibly as someone who wants/needs them is going to wear them out quicker and thus more profitably to the manufacturer).
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Depends on the number of ski days. I pack out a pair of linings in 2 years, or about 90 - 100 ski days.
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My last pair did 20 years at upto 25 days a year. Once the linings had compressed they stopped getting any worse. In the end the heals were just too worn.
Unfortunately in the meantime ski boots have become very wide and getting narrow fitting boots almost impossible.
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johnE, how much narrower do you need than 95mm?
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| johnE wrote: |
Unfortunately in the meantime ski boots have become very wide and getting narrow fitting boots almost impossible. |
think you might eb looking in the wrong places, there are more and more 98mm lasted boots available that are not full race boots then fo course there are the 95mm race lasts and if you need a very stiff very naroow boot Rossi/lange make a race boot in 93mm last
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think you might eb looking in the wrong places,
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Yes was. I now have boots that fit, but it took a while.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Anyone have any idea if you can re-use a custom footbed in new boots?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Providing the fit in the new liner properly and are still structurally sound, no reason why not.
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| Posidrive wrote: |
| Anyone have any idea if you can re-use a custom footbed in new boots? |
if well made then no problem, make sure it not only fits the liner of the new boot but is not thrown off level by any shaping of the base board, it (should) have been checked when fitted to the first boot and the base board material levelled out to get rid of any bumps/arch contour etc this needs to be done in the new boot too, many base boards are completely flat (excluding the ramp angle built into them) but others have all sorts of weird contours
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You know it makes sense.
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Unfortunately in the meantime ski boots have become very wide and getting narrow fitting boots almost impossible.
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You are missing the obvious solution - surgery. This is all part of a cunning plan by the surplus plastic surgeons to creat new 'sandel' orientated practices for the global warming era. Pimped feet will take over from vajazzles as the latest 'thing'. It's known as the 'Dr Scholl' initiative - ski boot 'fittings' are just a side line for them.
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