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my ski bud who in spite of being a learned professional able to pronounce all kinds of big words is still in touch with his inner 10y old and delights in pronouncing it
Tit anal
back to boots.
Was in chopstick shell fit for too long and other than big toes getting demolished the rest of the fit was sublime. Went size up as I just couldn't take it any more. I too wished I'd done it sooner as I don't know if I can even recognize a performance difference (maybe in another 100 days on the liners?) but the warmer toes was an added bonus.
Speaking of colored plastic--which color makes the best helmet for shock absorption. And don't give me that red BS. That's exactly the wrong thing for a helmet.
I'm an "advanced" skier, so worse than most here. 5"10 180lbs. Went from a 100 flex to 130 boot this year. I was worried at first, but the shop were confident putting me in the 130.
Overall it's been a game changer. More stable and supportive in the rough stuff, on landings, and when I do fuck up. Can still flex them in a turn fine.
So much better than 100s. My old boots allowed me to get forward a little more easily, but I think part of that was 15 degree forward lean, vs 12 in my new ones.
130 is the new 120
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you could just change the binding delta and make it perfect.....
again you shouldnt have to flex you boots to be in balance. There is no objective reason that boot has to flex to transfer power, and seeking power transfer IMO is doing it wrong. the reality is the ski and boot are pressing into you, and you are just resisting that force.
Huh!
Regular RS and RX liners are a little different but not all that significantly so - you don’t get laces/cork liner until you’re in the World Cup RS Z boots
And according to lange website both current RS and RX 130s are “polyether dual core” shell and cuff (and switch to “polyurethane dual core” in rx120 and rs110)
You can easily put a forward lean spoiler (or 2) in your boot to get more forward lean. Test it out. See if your boots forward lean is correct for you.
You can also try a booster strap if you have a "fixed" or non-elastic power strap on your boots. That may give you slightly softer forward flex and/or more range of motion.
Having skied soft boots, free heel (negative 130 flex, soft fore and aft) and real boots. I prefer a stiffy for alpine. Nothing like being locked down and dialed in.
This is an interesting discussion. Does the firmer flex and ability to drive weight toward the tip matter and when? A lot of good technical skiers ride more upright and IMO rely on good footbeds / properly fitted boots. Personally, I like the front of a ski and stance is often low & forward. My Head Vantage 105's skied pretty good for a lighter flex but I never pushed the tongues that hard. With good fitment and insoles, it felt like getting tip sensitivity was more about distributing weight, not how hard I pressure the tips via stiffer cuff. Different ski's and desires at the higher end of things change this. I had a guide once out of Blackcomb that duct taped his boots (broken buckles) & did fine but it was a foot of pow so maybe tennis shoes would have worked? My conclusion is stiffness may not be as essential as some think. If you're a hard skier though, firm flex wins every time because of the moments you really want it.
Despite every one always shitting on Bushwacka for personality BS, he is one of the few who actually knows what the hell they are talking about. Boot flex is primarily for shock absorption rather than turning. For turning, the amount of boot movement needed is minimal.
The other thing people don't talk about much is if you bend your ankles too much it gives you a false sense of how a boot should flex. You either think the boot is too stiff because you are constantly trying to bend your ankles and 'get forward' or you are trying to bend your ankles and you just lean on your boots, causing you to overflex your ankles and solely rely on the boot to hold you up, causing you to bottom out the boot.
Yes, it’s just that without the benefit of working with a high level coach and boot-fitter, or just plain dumb luck, most skiers are never going to experience that combination of personalized boot fit, hinge point, delta, forward lean, cuff alignment, abduction, binding ramp, ski mount-point etc that permits the biomechanics necessary for uncompromised ski technique. Focusing on just boot flex (in which the quality of flex through the range is a more helpful way of thinking about it) is simplistic. I don’t know if BW’s assertions about leg length ratio to ramp angle are actually universals, I suspect it’s more complicated.
anecdotal and n=1, but as a 6'4 guy with short torso and long legs, ramp angle is the #1 predictor for me with #2 being forward lean. Stiffness, 2 piece vs 3 piece, even fit can all be compromised by the skier. For me, balance point cannot. Longer levers (tibia, femur) is real.