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11-11-2019, 02:18 PM #1401Registered User
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11-11-2019, 03:25 PM #1402Registered User
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I have above average dorsiflexion, I have had it checked by a few boot fitters.
I can get my heel to stay in place with lots of add ons, but then I feel all those things and don't like how my tendons and bones feel with all that foam or plastic pressing in different spots, it doesn't feel natural. Haven't had a shim in over 5 years.
Is there a highly custom liner, much more custom than Intuition and a bit more even than ZipFit (warmer too)? Foam? I shell fit fine in the boots, it's the liners not fitting me and making everything feel shitty. I have never had a custom spacefoam liner.
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11-11-2019, 03:43 PM #1403
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11-11-2019, 08:40 PM #1404
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12-01-2019, 07:18 AM #1405
the answer to "WTF is wrong with my boots?"
My last 3 pairs of ski boots have given me numb/cold toes.
Don’t know if its blood flow related or a nerve issue.
My feets are warm when i remove the boots, but my toes are cold.
It’s like the toes are ”shut off”
I have acording to bootfiters a ”non problem” feets. No need for shell work etc. Skinny feets...
Currently in tecnica cochise 130 with custom footbeds. No difference with standard footbed. When i was younger I never had this issue... (maybe too big ski boots or I am getting old)
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12-01-2019, 09:06 AM #1406
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12-01-2019, 10:11 AM #1407
How skinny are your feet? First guess is you're overbuckling the instep buckle to reduce volume (Cochise is not low volume, especially in the instep), putting pressure on the deep plantar artery which carries most of the blood to your toes. Fix is to find a lower volume shell that you don't have to buckle as tightly for control, not easy if you want a tourable boot with 130-ish stiffness (only real candidate is the Hawx Ultra XTD). Pressure on the metatarsal ridge might also be a contributing factor, which might be solved by creating a deeper depression under the ball of your foot in the footbed and possibly doing some creative posting under the toes.
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12-01-2019, 10:27 AM #1408Registered User
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12-01-2019, 02:17 PM #1409
the answer to "WTF is wrong with my boots?"
If inside with the boots I can get a tingling sensation in the small toe after awhile, not always (this is just by sitting down on the sofa inside and the feets/toes are very warm when removing the boots)
I do get a slight redness on top of the feets, it does not hurt or feel strage when the boots are on. Looks worse in the picture than it is.
think I will try to grid down the footbed 1 or 2 millimeters. The custom footbeds are as thick as the standard ones.
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12-01-2019, 04:46 PM #1410
yup,
next test:
do you get the same effects with looser toe buckles?
how about toe buckles off?
so why not ski with the toe buckles off/looser?
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12-01-2019, 11:50 PM #1411I Like Snow
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12-05-2019, 10:42 AM #1412
Skimmed through a bunch of this thread, but didn't find an answer.
Have Cochise 120's in 27.5. Normally I'm a 28.5, but sized down and then had the big toes punched a bit in order to make it work. When I'm just skiing they work ok, and I don't have any major issues, but when I'm in walk mode it feels like the liners are just a bit too short on my right foot. I feel the end of the liner, but I think there is still room in the shell.
There are 20-25 days on these boots so I don't think a reheat would help. Any good ways to add length to the liner like this?
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12-05-2019, 11:49 AM #1413Registered User
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I had to reheat the toe of my liner and remold it half way through a season. when i originally baked the powerwrap my toes had been kind of curled up in the toe cap you are supposed to wear. The second time around i stuffed the toecap with a couple extra socks so even if my toes curled, there would be enough room once the liner molded and cooled down.
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12-05-2019, 12:16 PM #1414
1) thin, but supportive footbed? (foot collapses when you take a stride/walk)
2) thinner sock
3) did the liner get stretched? heat with hair dryer, push out with end of broom stick where you want more volume made
4) cut open the seem of the liner, between the toe cap and the liner above the toe, and then #3 again
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12-05-2019, 01:08 PM #1415
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12-05-2019, 01:18 PM #1416
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12-05-2019, 09:20 PM #1417
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12-06-2019, 02:40 PM #1418
Get the liner stretched/lengthened. Stretch out the material in the toe with a rounded 3/4in - 1in dowel. If this isn’t enough heat up the sole of the liner until you can peel the vinyl covering back. Peel this back a few inches (past the ball of your foot area. Slice open the card sole perpendicular to the length of the boot and then use a hydraulic press to lengthen the liner. Let it sit for a while and then spray adhesive the vinyl cover back on and remove the press.
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12-06-2019, 03:03 PM #1419
Don't do this. Failed experiment...well, not experiment, rather; absolutely necessary emergency liner toebox amputation in the middle of a long ski tour day. Length is improved but toes get cold. Too lazy to do the proper fix via trimmed strips of extra intuition foam to fill the gap and glue gun it all together again, so the toes are just gonna have to deal with it for now.
Master of mediocrity.
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12-06-2019, 08:21 PM #1420
^^ seems legit....
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12-08-2019, 10:53 AM #1421
the answer to "WTF is wrong with my boots?"
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12-08-2019, 12:00 PM #1422
numb/cold = lack of blood flow.
red points = pressure
pressure = lack of blood flow.
maybe just try without any footbed for a few runs, yes the lack of support will suck, but see how the other problems are?
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12-09-2019, 06:08 PM #1423
The scarpa intuition liner on my f1 meet in front with the laces all the way tight and I want it tighter. Yes I have skinny calves. Is there some sort of foam I could stick in the inside of the liner behind my calf to make up space? I should get a wrap liner, but these are comfy except for the slop inside on the up. Maybe tuck my long underwear into my boot?
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12-09-2019, 06:28 PM #1424
1). Eliminator tongues are your new best friend
2). Or remove tongue from old/dead liner
3). Cheese burgers and calf raises
4). Try to catch the rustlers
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12-10-2019, 08:04 AM #1425
Thanks. . Eliminator tongues go on the sock side, right? Do they affect forward flex during uphill?
Is there anything like that for behind the calf that would stick on inside the liner? So I could get a bit more forward lean, rather than less?
I am going to order a pair anyway just to try them. cheap experiment
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