Scarpa F1 strap buckle mod — max ROM

[frorider]

Got it. I will order some angle stock and advise.

ETA: What is the thickness of that angle stock? 1/8"?

Yup. I believe I noted that in the post above the pic didn’t I?

[frorider]

BTW the flange height of 12 mm is taller than really necessary. I may file mine down to 11 mm or so. I have about 25k ft of skinning on these by now, lots of transitions, and really dig this setup.

[GeezerSteve]

Yup. I believe I noted that in the post above the pic didn’t I?

Yes you did. I was looking at the pic. Is the slot 1/4" or 6mm or so?

Angle stock is ordered, might take awhile to arrive per Covid-19 shipping delays. It'd be nice to have an F1 boot for a realtime fit. Anybody in Seattle area, Eburg, Wenatchee got?

ETA: Price will be around $10/pair + shipping

[cravenmorhead]

I'm in for a set if you've got the capacity. Nice mod. I was considering trying to retrofit a buckle with a longer throw, but I like this setup more.

[jhyatt]

I tied a loop of paracord to the buckle and it helps, especially with thick gloves on unbuckling.
The buckle is so small... save weight?

I'm in for a set if you've got the capacity. Nice mod. I was considering trying to retrofit a buckle with a longer throw, but I like this setup more.

[frorider]

Steve, slot width is 5 mm. Sorry I omitted that. Thanks for taking on this project. I’d like to buy a pair from you. Btw I used 1/8” shaft pop rivets and so far they’re working great. I also dremeled the slot edge some more to provide a nicely rounded edge that wouldn’t abrade the Velcro.

Craven, I’ve been looking at mods from the day I bought the boots. Including a longer throw buckle. But in my field tests to simulate a longer throw buckle I still saw a noticeable range of motion advantage to the fully disconnected boot. Especially on sidehills .

[GeezerSteve]

I tied a loop of paracord to the buckle and it helps, especially with thick gloves on unbuckling.

Standard procedure for Dynafit UltraLock boots.

Steve, slot width is 5 mm. Sorry I omitted that. Thanks for taking on this project. I’d like to buy a pair from you..

Got it. I ordered 72" of stock, which should be enough to meet demand ; )

[jhyatt]

Standard procedure for Dynafit UltraLock boots.
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That's where the cord came from. My old PX One boots.

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[cravenmorhead]

Craven, I’ve been looking at mods from the day I bought the boots. Including a longer throw buckle. But in my field tests to simulate a longer throw buckle I still saw a noticeable range of motion advantage to the fully disconnected boot. Especially on sidehills .

Yeah, makes sense. Good work!

[biggb]

Long time F1 user here, 1st time TGR poster ... joined to say, I'd buy a pair.

[frorider]

What am I calling them? “The Strapper — Strap On, Strap Off”

[GeezerSteve]

I fabbed two pairs this morning. Pic below. I should send them somewhere to test on boots before I make more. I can mail them to frorider or maybe riff can stop by my place in Eburg. Other ideas?

I did not get a spec re protrusion of rivet, so I guessed long. Easy for the user to file if too long. Also, the strap slot is 1/4" (6.4mm) cuz that's the closest size end mill I had handy.

[turnfarmer]

I’m in for a pair of Strappers if any left.

[climberevan]

I'll also takea pair when the final shape is confirmed. Great project!

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[GeezerSteve]

Update: I mailed a pair to frorider this morning for testing.

[jhyatt]

Strapper pleez.

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[GeezerSteve]

Here's the plan:

If you want a pair, PM me and I'll give you my email address. That'll allow me to contact all of you with a group email. To date, I have emails from a couple of you. Be sure to mention your TGR handle in the email (Justin : ).

I await work from frorider re real world testing of my first pair, then I'll advise.

I'll likely take up jhyatt's offer to distribute.

[frorider]

Covid 19 impacted the field testing by our team of sponsored rippers, but got some time on them and Yup the nice looking version works great.

I think you guys will be pretty stoked.

I keep meaning to contact Scarpa to find out why they didn’t offer this obvious but highly effective solution.



Thanks again GS for the production run.

[GeezerSteve]

Update: I got two new inquires for strappers. Pretty sure I have enough angle stock to make strappers for all who have inquired to date.

I was away from the crib for a few days -- ski touring, but don't tell anyone -- and have been catching up on some projects. I hope to get back to this project on Friday or early next week. It should take me a day or so to fab max strappers from my angle stock.

jhyatt has offered to distribute the pieces. I will send him numerous strappers and let him handle shipping. I'll advise re payment when I get the order out to jhyatt.

The strappers will likely come with rivets a bit longer than necessary, which will allow the user to file down to rivets just enough to "snap" into the buckle.

Will advise when I restart the project.

[jhyatt]

Update: I got two new inquires for strappers. Pretty sure I have enough angle stock to make strappers for all who have inquired to date.

I was away from the crib for a few days -- ski touring, but don't tell anyone -- and have been catching up on some projects. I hope to get back to this project on Friday or early next week. It should take me a day or so to fab max strappers from my angle stock.

jhyatt has offered to distribute the pieces. I will send him numerous strappers and let him handle shipping. I'll advise re payment when I get the order out to jhyatt.

The strappers will likely come with rivets a bit longer than necessary, which will allow the user to file down to rivets just enough to "snap" into the buckle.

Will advise when I restart the project.

Standing by to strap one on.

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[GeezerSteve]

Got it. I'll answer my PMs later today or tomorrow. Or Saturday : ) jhyatt, thanks for offering to distribute

[GeezerSteve]

I have fabbed 8 pairs, 1 of which I sent to frorider. Pic of remaining 7 below. Looks that I have 9 (10 with frorider) requests. Hmmmm. I think I have enough stock to make a couple more pairs.

List of those who have requested a pair, in order of receipt of request:
jhyatt
andy m
cravenmorehead
wilcox510
blggb
turnfarmer
climbervan
Just Looking
teledad

jhyatt has agreed to distribute. I will mail the 7 (or maybe 9, if I get around to making 2 more pairs) to him tomorrow. I will PM each of you with paypal info. My estimated cost of materials is $10/pair. Per my standard routine, feel free to throw in extra, which goes in the tip jar to pay for shop supplies (abrasives, etc.) I will leave it to jhyatt to work out payment for shipping from him to end users.

ETA: You may need to file a bit off the end of the rivet to make them fit in the buckle slot.

[sb]

Kewl gadget.

[alive]

Nice work Flo and GS. Would be interested as well if a second round ever happens

[sb]

So I checked out the boots and wondering how the BOA thing works on a ski boot shell?

I have had bad experiences with BOA systems, disengaged multiple times.

Swore off of it years ago. I know BOA is used for SB boots and other stuff but I just can not trust it.

The boots look nice other wise.