I have these. The liner is really squishy. So much so, that I now have the the old liners from my Nordica's in the boots. The boot is great otherwise.
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Boots: Seeking advice
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I have these. The liner is really squishy. So much so, that I now have the the old liners from my Nordica's in the boots. The boot is great otherwise.
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Root's new boots arrive today! Just in time, as Root was having some major shin bang in his old boots yesterday.
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Dave got the Tecncia Dragon 120.
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Oh hell yeah!
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Boots arrived yesterday while I was in class. I got them off o2gearshop.com for $429. I had noticed that yesterday, the dropped the price to $399, so I emailed their customer service and they promptly issued a $30 refund to my CC. I'd definitely buy from them again. Low prices, fast shipping and good customer service. What else could one ask for? Now I'm super-stoked to take them out on Saturday.
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If we were in Jan/Feb, I would of had it done already. Now that the warmer weather is here (at least in NJ/PA) I'm going to hold off a bit to figure out if I have any hot/pinch spots.
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Ok, time for a Monday morning update.
Saturday - I had adjusted the canting on the boots (as indicated in the book) for someone who pronates, but left the stock footbed in there. I never felt a boot so comfortable and responsive as I did on my first few runs. It felt like my feet were in bowls of jello. Ahhh. After about 2 hours of hard skiing, I started to feel some pinch spots on the outsides of both my feet by the 1st buckle. I'd qualify that pinch at 2/10 when it started and 5/10 by the end of the day. After wearing them for over 5 hours, my feet were downright cramping up.
Sunday - After talking with KT from Nestor's at Bump-n-Jump, he suggested I put in my Superfeet Greens, and reset the canting to neutral, and give it another day. I could feel the same pinch spot much sooner in the day, but the overwhelming comfort and support the rest of the boot provided, quickly outpowered that. I could feel that if my arches were supported a little more, my feet would be in such a position where I that pinch would be greatly reduced. Anyway, after 4 hours, my feet were cramping up a little. Overall I'd rate the pinch at 4/10. Not bad.
After skiing, I went to Nestor's to meet up with KT. He got a good laugh at my voodoo work of adding heel lifts and a roll to the Superfeet's. He measured the effectiveness of them and confirmed my assumption that they were not providing enough support. He measured each foot up for a set of semi-custom Aline Footbeds. Very cool concept behind these. Anyway, these felt great and really seemed to address the hot spot on both feet (at least in the store). I'll give them a try out tonight and stop back at Nestor's to give KT a report on how they feel. He'll also transfer over my heaters for me. KT is a super nice guy. I never really realized how close Nestor's is to Blue (since I really don't have reason to travel that way), and it kinda puts me in a good spot for the ride back home. Overall, this is turning out really well!
Saturday - I had adjusted the canting on the boots (as indicated in the book) for someone who pronates, but left the stock footbed in there. I never felt a boot so comfortable and responsive as I did on my first few runs. It felt like my feet were in bowls of jello. Ahhh. After about 2 hours of hard skiing, I started to feel some pinch spots on the outsides of both my feet by the 1st buckle. I'd qualify that pinch at 2/10 when it started and 5/10 by the end of the day. After wearing them for over 5 hours, my feet were downright cramping up.
Sunday - After talking with KT from Nestor's at Bump-n-Jump, he suggested I put in my Superfeet Greens, and reset the canting to neutral, and give it another day. I could feel the same pinch spot much sooner in the day, but the overwhelming comfort and support the rest of the boot provided, quickly outpowered that. I could feel that if my arches were supported a little more, my feet would be in such a position where I that pinch would be greatly reduced. Anyway, after 4 hours, my feet were cramping up a little. Overall I'd rate the pinch at 4/10. Not bad.
After skiing, I went to Nestor's to meet up with KT. He got a good laugh at my voodoo work of adding heel lifts and a roll to the Superfeet's. He measured the effectiveness of them and confirmed my assumption that they were not providing enough support. He measured each foot up for a set of semi-custom Aline Footbeds. Very cool concept behind these. Anyway, these felt great and really seemed to address the hot spot on both feet (at least in the store). I'll give them a try out tonight and stop back at Nestor's to give KT a report on how they feel. He'll also transfer over my heaters for me. KT is a super nice guy. I never really realized how close Nestor's is to Blue (since I really don't have reason to travel that way), and it kinda puts me in a good spot for the ride back home. Overall, this is turning out really well!
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