Alright, I used to ski on a pair of
Raichle Flexon Comps, I skied them without a footbed for a few years,
and always thought they were a little bit too small. I don't remember
having any other problem with that boot. I sold them to my brother.
I then bought some Tecnica Diablo Magnesiums and had quite a few problems, althought they were generally comforatable. I begged my brother to let me use his Raichle Flexons (the ones I sold him) today for skiing at Alta. I did this because I was considering purchasing a pair of Full Tilt Konflicts.
My brother now skis the Flexon with an Orange Superfeet Footbed in them. The footbed seemed to work fine, although it feels a little tighter in the forefoot than I remember it. The boot worked like a charm, except ONE MAJOR PROBLEM. It seems that right in front of the shin, the blue part of the shell was digging into the liner, which was causing alot of pain on my shin. I have attached a photo for you to see what I mean.
http://media.nscdn.com/upload...717634boot.jpg
On the picture the bottom left is the entire boot (red square highlighting the problem area). the bottom right is the shell upclose where it pushes into the liner, the top right is when I pull the liner away from the shell in that same spot you can see where an indentation is left.
I don't remember having that problem before, but I almost couldn't ski because of it today. Is the liner just getting old, is it just molded to his feet now (he did get them heat fitted). Is the footbed taking up too much room and it causes that? Was I wearing the liner wrong? I really want some Full Tilts, but if this is going to be a problem, I will have to reconsider.
/ message controls I then bought some Tecnica Diablo Magnesiums and had quite a few problems, althought they were generally comforatable. I begged my brother to let me use his Raichle Flexons (the ones I sold him) today for skiing at Alta. I did this because I was considering purchasing a pair of Full Tilt Konflicts.
My brother now skis the Flexon with an Orange Superfeet Footbed in them. The footbed seemed to work fine, although it feels a little tighter in the forefoot than I remember it. The boot worked like a charm, except ONE MAJOR PROBLEM. It seems that right in front of the shin, the blue part of the shell was digging into the liner, which was causing alot of pain on my shin. I have attached a photo for you to see what I mean.
http://media.nscdn.com/upload...717634boot.jpg
On the picture the bottom left is the entire boot (red square highlighting the problem area). the bottom right is the shell upclose where it pushes into the liner, the top right is when I pull the liner away from the shell in that same spot you can see where an indentation is left.
I don't remember having that problem before, but I almost couldn't ski because of it today. Is the liner just getting old, is it just molded to his feet now (he did get them heat fitted). Is the footbed taking up too much room and it causes that? Was I wearing the liner wrong? I really want some Full Tilts, but if this is going to be a problem, I will have to reconsider.
