I did a mod for someone to tighten their ankle and reduce heel lift. It will pull the boot closer in to the front of your ankle.
1. Remove cuff
2. If you have no punches, bake entire shell. If you have punches, just heat up the area in front of the ankle/instep with a heat gun. Go slow and you won’t damage the gaiter.
3. Put a semi rigid spacer under the ankle buckle cable. This is to stop the cable from digging into the soft plastic. But it needs to be flexible enough to allow the plastic to curve in when buckle is tightened. I made a strip out of the bontex shin that comes with the boot.
4. Put boot on. Without the tongue.
5. Put shim under cable and tighten cable until it feels tight on your ankle.
6. Let cool
This will reduce the heel-to-instep distance on this boot which is huge. It will make the shell actually wrap around your ankle and retain it better. I found the cable did little for heel retention because the wheel is so deep and there is no plastic in front of your foot.
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