I plan on calling him when I get home to let him know and possibly planning a day trip to Jack frost (if still open) to bring him cookies and beer lol.Congratulations! So glad to read this. Dieter will love the follow-up report.
Nothing wrong at all with easy little tweaks like that just to see how it affects things. If it doesn't work, you move them back. Bonus is it DID work.Today was a conpletely different experience after messing with cuff alignment. I felt like I could tackle anything, and had zero pain. Zero.
Before I messed with the cuff alignment, I realized that I was getting outer calf pain on my right leg because I was trying really hard to get on my edges on that ski and my leg was taking the strain. Once I turned it to the + on the inside and the - on the outside to an equal amount, it changed everything in a good way. I know that is not the ideal way to do that, but hey.... I had an Allen wrench, some pain, and a hypothesis. Lol it worked.
Today was a conpletely different experience after messing with cuff alignment. I felt like I could tackle anything, and had zero pain. Zero.
Before I messed with the cuff alignment, I realized that I was getting outer calf pain on my right leg because I was trying really hard to get on my edges on that ski and my leg was taking the strain. Once I turned it to the + on the inside and the - on the outside to an equal amount, it changed everything in a good way. I know that is not the ideal way to do that, but hey.... I had an Allen wrench, some pain, and a hypothesis. Lol it worked.
Not anymore since getting all the other issues taken care of. My edging was fixed by the cuff alignment, so it wasn't the boot stiffness at all.Nothing wrong at all with easy little tweaks like that just to see how it affects things. If it doesn't work, you move them back. Bonus is it DID work.
Do the boots still feel too stiff? It sounds like not.
I plan on calling him when I get home to let him know and possibly planning a day trip to Jack frost (if still open) to bring him cookies and beer lol.
Welllllllll, last day is ending a bit early. DH had a mishap. And literally broke his snowboard in half on a tree. Didn't make it to the peak. :(
He is okay, thankfully. It could have been way worse.
Welllllllll, last day is ending a bit early. DH had a mishap. And literally broke his snowboard in half on a tree. Didn't make it to the peak. :(
He is okay, thankfully. It could have been way worse.
You probably have instep room from removing the heel lifts. Still, if you feel more balanced, then keep them out.
Attacks are actually 5mm higher in the heel (I just recently measured all of my bindings and discovered this) whereas the Squire demos, at least the newer ones, are negative ramp, by just a hair. So, I'm guessing the Squires will feel better overall. I actually put Squire demos on my new Santa Ana 88s because of this, if you can believe that. I still have a horrible time stepping into them, but I'm so much more balanced in them, it's worth it to me.
I don't know for sure, but I'd be pretty confident getting the non-demo version and having them feel similar enough. And the Astrals are a hoot! Similar to the Santa Ana (same tip) with a different tail and different internal construction. I could easily own a pair for days when we haven't had much snow.@contesstant do you know if the regular Squires have that same negative ramp angle, or did you go with the demo binding specifically because of this? I got a really great deal on a pair of last year’s Nordica Astral 84 new on evo for $249. With the lack of fresh snow on the east coast right now, something skinnier than my normal has been feeling good, and I had an absolute blast on them at the demo. I’ve enjoyed many demos with Squires on them recently so I think I’m going to go with those rather than my usual Attacks, and curious if the non demo version and demo version are the same when it comes to ramp angle. Of course I can’t find this info from searching myself, so hoping you might know if you went through this exercise previously as well.
I don't know for sure, but I'd be pretty confident getting the non-demo version and having them feel similar enough. And the Astrals are a hoot! Similar to the Santa Ana (same tip) with a different tail and different internal construction. I could easily own a pair for days when we haven't had much snow.
I believe there is a chart on Pugski that shows the ramp angles, now that I think about it.