kekoa

FOR SALE. Lightly used DeeLuxe Suzuka boots, size 26 on the liners, 25.0-27.5 on the tongue of the shell, 289 mm on the heel of the shell. Very good to excellent condition, I bought these a long time ago but only rode them a handful of days before getting larger boots last year. Moldable liners, molded once, should be good for several more moldings. I used these with step-ins, you'll get the unused standard heels. Straps, buckles, and forward lean adjuster all work great. $150 + shipping.

OK, never mind, I was able to get the old cables out by using a small nail held in vice grips to further widen the holes in the boot shells, working at the shells from the outside where the heels screw into the boot.

I have an old pair of Deeluxe Suzuka boots with intec step-in heels. I'm trying to move the heels to a new pair of boots, but can't seem to be able to get the cable housing to pass out of the hole in the boot shell. I remember it being really hard to pass the housing through the shell when I first put the heels on the boots, I might have widened the hole enough to help install the cables but now I'm having the darndest time getting the housing back out. Anybody else have this problem before? How did you solve it? Thanks, -Kekoa

I ride a Donek Axis with two-strap bindings and a pair of soft (but stiff) boots. My angles are 60/51. I haven't really had any problems over the five or so years of doing this. Using stiff boots is pretty important, it took me forgetting to bring my boots and somehow getting a really stiff rental for me to realize it. I've had hard boots almost as long as I've had the Axis, but I've had various issues with them, and also the soft boot setup works "well enough" that I haven't ridden the hard boots so much, maybe 3 half days in five years. (By well enough I mean that during the 75% of time I spend carving I probably fool most people into thinking I'm riding hard boots unless they look closely. And I enjoy the carve of my setup a lot.) That said, I'm thinking of giving the hard boots another shot the next time I visit the slopes -- and come to think of it that's probably why I started reading these forums again. :)