A quick search turned up nothing I could see, so forgive me if I am walking down the beaten path.
I have a pair of Volkl VTA 98 skis I bought last year with a pair of Marker Alpinist bindings as a light weight traverse/hut touring ski. IE. for anything involving big vertical or long distances. I wanted to make sure I had a good fit in a pair of Tecnica Zero G Tour Pros that I was intending to be my main boot before committing to mounting.
This year, I purchased the Atomic Backland Carbon to pair with the VTA's with the thought that they would compliment the light weight objective better. Ideally, I want the bindings to work with both boots if possible, for versatility. With a 15mm travel in the heel, the Alpinist should just work as the Backland shells in the same size are quite a bit shorter than the Tecnica's, roughly 15mm. So, it will mean using the full range of adjustment in the the heel piece if it works. My first question is whether this is advisable.
Secondly, if it's possible to do it, my dilemma is whether I should find a compromise between the two mounting points for the boots, re the boot mid sole, or mount on the line for the longer, stiffer, heavier boot and have the shorter, lighter, softer boot a bit ahead of the line. It will end up being nearly a cm which on some skis is quite noticeable. I haven't skied these skis yet, so I don't know. My thought is the lighter boot may benefit from a slightly forward mount in easing turn initiation etc. or it may make no difference at all and I am overthinking this. Anyone else been in this position and what did you do?
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