lonbordin Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) What?! No BOOSTER strap? Edit- It's all clear now... I was bamboozled by the boot doctor. Edited January 22, 2018 by lonbordin now I'm in trouble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckmann AG Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 ^See edit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 For the UPZ boots, I find switching to the softer red tongues on,early season first day or so, powder days or days when I am riding lower speed gives that feels softer, a bit like walk mode, (it is noticeably softer) however I do not feel the boot is really designed to ride in walk mode all the time and in the case of the UPZ there is a spring system both forward and backward. It's about easily softening the entire set up while still getting good heel hold. But once my riding clicks a bit (as I only ride a bit each year) then the entire system benefits from stiffening it up, particularly on firm groomed and higher speeds, and so I change to the standard tongues. The softer set up really is beneficial though in the powder and really bumpy chopped up terrain, also when I am not getting timing quite right, it has a wider range of movement before anything happens. Which isn't needed in when I am riding better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckmann AG Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 1 hour ago, lonbordin said: I was bamBoozted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) For 23 seasons, I've been in a Raichle/Deelux Hardshell as my main hardboot. In that time, teaching often over 150/days/yr., I've rode 80% of my Hardboot days, doing this: I put my boots in 'walk mode' by having the rear slide-lever folded Down, but I turn the 'knob' 90*. This gives me the 'forward lean' I'd get in 'Mid" locked position (3), yet Lets my Ankle Flex Forward as Needed to create a 'soft-touch' on Toeside Carves and Slid turns, too. What I've done to add-or-subtract Effort/Leverage is use either Softer or Stiffer Tongues, as Raichle and DeeLux made these available relatively easily. I have owned only one set of RAB springs (and sold them, DoH?!) that I used for less than one Season, so, the Bulk of My Riding in Hardboots is the settings I describe above. All I can say is this; It works, at least for me. But, then again, I only carve 'moderately', and suck doing it switch... Edited January 22, 2018 by Eric Brammer aka PSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I have ski-carve-walk switches on my Dalbellos. I use all combinations, depending on what I'm doing, in what conditions and on what board. Most often I find myself on walk/walk, or front ski, rear walk. My previous pair of Dalbellos I have modified for BTS. Eventually, I figured that I preferrd 3x3 stiffess settings readily available at a turn of a knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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