footbed?

I have posted on here before about long standing problems with my boots and in particular my right foot!! Crushing, pins and needles sensation after about 2-3 hours wearing them. Suprise suprise it happened again the beginning of last week in Mayrhofen where I again was having to take my boot off every 2 hours or so just for a minute to relieve the discomfort and then suffered for about 30 seconds pins and needles when the blood returned to the rest of the foot.
Cem this seeemd to stop after about the 4th day, now was it my foot had just given up trying to tell me I was damaging it, or could it have been the fact that I had to loads of walking in Mayrhofen to the gondollas and chalet there with the damn things on that even though the boots are 3 years old that I have finally broken in the foot beds to the proper shape of my foot. I keep my fingers crossed that this is the case as I am off back to Austria for a cheeky week at the end of January!!

it doesn't suprize me if this was the first days in the boot this season, most people wear loose fitting shoes for 50 weeks of the yearthen put their ski boots on and the feet need to get used to the feel, wearing them round the house can help to aclimatise the foot but the true solution is to spend much much more time skiing

cem gives us justification to ignore the recession and head for the snow :D :thumbup:

cem wrote:....... the feet need to get used to the feel, wearing them round the house can help to aclimatise the foot but the true solution is to spend much much more time skiing

I have just taken delivery of my new footbeds. However, when i took the lining out of my salomon cf mission boots, i found there to be some blue heelpads stuck to the black plastic base of the boots inside. Can anyone tell me whether these are standard fit or is it likely that they were added by the previous owner of the boots? I'm just not sure wether or not to remove them...

xt600 wrote:I have just taken delivery of my new footbeds. However, when i took the lining out of my salomon cf mission boots, i found there to be some blue heelpads stuck to the black plastic base of the boots inside. Can anyone tell me whether these are standard fit or is it likely that they were added by the previous owner of the boots? I'm just not sure wether or not to remove them...

they are not standard they are an additional heel lift added by a fitter for the previous tenant.... and i could probably narrow the shop down as to were it was fitted if i saw the pad :wink: [which is very worrying]

you may need a heel lift in the boot for any number of reasons but i would try without first

cem wrote:
they are not standard they are an additional heel lift added by a fitter for the previous tenant.... and i could probably narrow the shop down as to were it was fitted if i saw the pad :wink: [which is very worrying]

you may need a heel lift in the boot for any number of reasons but i would try without first

Thanks Cem, yes, very worrying indeed! They are pale blue wedges that obviously tilt the heel inwards, towards the inside of the boot. The previous owner must've had strange shaped feet and enormously fat calves as the buckles were adjusted to the outer holes! I have now put these back to the original position, and removed wedges and installed the new footbeds. Certainly feels more comfortable and i have 7 weeks now in which to get used to them before my ski trip.
Do you know if i should heat up the whole boots a little to get that 'custom fit'?

xt600 wrote:
Do you know if i should heat up the whole boots a little to get that 'custom fit'?

I have seen cem heat up boot shells and liners separately. He uses a special oven for the shells and what looks like a fan heater for boots liners.
Then he works very fast to get it all back together and the owners feet in the boots!. I would say that this is not a job for the faint hearted or unskilled hands. I "think" that the liner moulding is also activated by foot heat, but takes longer.

liner has been skied in so it probably will make no difference