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Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?

Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?

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Started by Scapula in Ski Hardware - 59 Replies

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Scapula
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

ok liner is out...phew! deffo more than 2cm with foot in and toes at front more like 3cm..


here are the donor socks!!


ok sock fitted and tailored (this cant possibly work!!)


ok finished!!! boot back on foot and blimey!! it works..feels comfy and note the clips are not done up to last notch anymore!!
wooooo!

Obviously this is mad and DONT TRY THIS AT HOME!! but seems ok so far..yet to ski in them...more to follow...
its all going rapidly downhill!

Edited 6 times. Last update at 20-Jan-2011

Steverandomno
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

Nicely done! I hope they ski well.

OldAndy
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

But we must know whose socks they were?
Who sacrificed them for you Scapula?
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EmmaEvs
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

OldAndy wrote:But we must know whose socks they were?
Who sacrificed them for you Scapula?


:lol: I wonder if he nicked them off his neighbour's line!

10/10 Scapula (and credit to idea donors) I love an ingenious solution!!
I wish I could meet the person who first decided to strap 2 planks to their feet and throw themselves down a mountain

OldAndy
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

******NEWS FLASH******
Sneak sock thief hits Morzine ....
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EmmaEvs
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

... seen skiing away at great speed with a huge grin on his face...
I wish I could meet the person who first decided to strap 2 planks to their feet and throw themselves down a mountain

SwingBeep
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

Nice work Scapula!

The boot looks like a Head Edge+ 8.5, which is a very wide (104mm last) high volume boot often fitted to skiers with wide feet and large calves, so as well as it being too long it's also probably too wide and as your calves don't seem very large, there may also be too much room in the cuff.

As well as the fit issues there are also some performance issues. As the boot is so long, your foot will be positioned too far back so your shin will not be in proper contact with the tongue. This means you won't be able to flex the boot properly and as the boot is better suited to a person with large calves, your centre of mass might be to the rear of where it should be. You might be able to improve things by fitting a spoiler between the shell and the back of the liner.

A boot that is too long will also place you somewhat further back on the ski than you would be if the boot was the correct size.

Trencher
reply to 'Boot liners compressed!! can I wash them?' posted Jan-2011

SwingBeep wrote:Nice work Scapula!

The boot looks like a Head Edge+ 8.5, which is a very wide (104mm last) high volume boot often fitted to skiers with wide feet and large calves, so as well as it being too long it's also probably too wide and as your calves don't seem very large, there may also be too much room in the cuff.

As well as the fit issues there are also some performance issues. As the boot is so long, your foot will be positioned too far back so your shin will not be in proper contact with the tongue. This means you won't be able to flex the boot properly and as the boot is better suited to a person with large calves, your centre of mass might be to the rear of where it should be. You might be able to improve things by fitting a spoiler between the shell and the back of the liner.

A boot that is too long will also place you somewhat further back on the ski than you would be if the boot was the correct size.


That's deep! Good lateral thinking though. A boot fitter told me that everyone is different (referring to canting). Sometimes you have to fill in the gap, Sometimes you have to correct. In this case, might it also be that some filler in the front of the cuff, might work to pressure against, and prevent too much forward lean?

Topic last updated on 26-January-2011 at 10:48