
Originally Posted by
djhutch
I know, I know that "one move transitions" and "pants down always" are the greatest boot innovations since buckles, but I kinda hate the Hoji Lock, and I do love these boots.
Transitioning from ski to walk doesn't provide enough ROM for how I wanna tour (without opening the cuff buckle and power strap) and I can't go from walk to ski, as tight as I want the cuff, without two partners pulling down on the lever with me. I always just unbuckle the cuff buckle completely and then can barely throw the lever down with the power strap still tight. I have other partners who find this move much easier. I'm not weak so I don't know if my boots are just weird.
I also wanna switch from the inelastic Velcro power strap to a cam style (Booster or Atomic Dual), but if I do that I want to divorce the power strap from the ski/walk lever.
I know ppl have sewn a Booster onto the existing strap loop but then it is still connected to Hoji Lock. And, just undoing the cable from the lever to the cuff buckle seems like the cuff may not tighten enough because the cable secures the cuff buckle's wire loop near the lever.
Besides "shoulda just bought the Radical," anyone try to de-Hoji the Pros?
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