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@swag
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Just got a new pair of custom boots, I noticed after only a dozen or so days riding on them that they have an imprint on them where the binding grabs the boot at the toe and heel, sort of diveted in on two pieces of the toe and two pieces on both heel tabs where the binding grabs the heel are wearing down and have small divets, is this normal? Don't want to be wrecking my new custom boots

The boots are lange rx100s
Jan 12 2014 11:44PM
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TheDetectives
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this could just be becauss these peices are taller then what the binding is designed for, when u start to realease early thats when u should start worrying
Jan 12 2014 11:47PM
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srg_bchkv
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It's pretty normal. The bindings are made of harder plastic than the boots so most boots have small markings at the contact points.
Jan 13 2014 12:04AM
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ThaLorax
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Do you actually know that, or did you just pull that fact from your ass?

I know those boots. You got them from SureFoot. What kind of marks are they? Are your bindings leaving deep indentations/press marks in the plastic or just superficial scratch marks from breaking in new boots?

Also, it could be the bindings. Is there play in your bindings if you wiggle your feet around while your boots are clicked into the bindings? If so, they bindings might not be adjusted correctly. That shouldn't be an issue with 99% of bindings though unless you have something like the Salomon Lord.
Jan 13 2014 12:46AM
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brenker
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The Lord is a ski, I bet you're referring to the wing adjustment on Salomon driver toe pieces. Which probably wouldn't leave more than a surface scuff on a boot anyway.
Jan 13 2014 1:14AM
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onenerdykid
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The binding interface areas of the boot on the toe and heel are normed to be a certain shape and also hardness. This hardness is usually a bit softer than the binding, so it is fairly common to get small indents from the binding on your boot, especially in the heel. It is something that normally you shouldn't worry too much about, unless the boot starts to chip or crack in this area.
Jan 13 2014 2:04AM
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ThaLorax
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I realized my mistake afterwards. I think I was actually thinking of a binding that Marker came out with at SIA this past year that was an alpine binding with adjustable toe height to accommodate for boots with rockered soles.
Jan 13 2014 2:46AM
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shr@gler
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jesters perhaps?
raped my last boots, but it aint really a problem to be concerned about.
Jan 13 2014 2:58AM
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@swag
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Yeah they where jester schizos, there's no play in the bindings, I got the forward pressure set at the shop, and they are the boots from surefoot
Jan 13 2014 4:59AM
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zyzzbrah
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Prob normal brah. My tecnica cochise 110s have the same thing if I understand what you are explaining correctly. My bindings are pivots 14s
Jan 13 2014 8:23AM
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@swag
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Jan 13 2014 6:09PM
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brenker
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^This is completely normal
Jan 13 2014 6:10PM
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will_powder
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I am currently holding the exact same boot in my hand, also has some scratching from my px 14s. Not an issue
Jan 13 2014 6:25PM
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@swag
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But there is some of the boot that has actually chipped away on the heel plates , about a millimetre or two of material?
Jan 13 2014 6:26PM
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snowpocalypse
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Normal, end of story, nothing to see here, get over it, your boots are fine
Jan 13 2014 6:35PM
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brenker
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It's just as normal as edge wear/cracks from skis grinding on rails.
>Two man-made objects with large amounts of constant force between each other = one of them starts to deteriorate. In your case, boot plastic is weaker than binding plastic.
Jan 13 2014 7:32PM
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Caleb.E
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weird....
Jan 13 2014 7:35PM
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@swag
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do yours have chipping on the heel plate tabs as well?
Jan 13 2014 8:23PM
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a_burger
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I have lange boots, same exact thing happens to them. Have not had an issue yet.
Jan 13 2014 8:28PM
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@swag
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Wonder if the chipping on the heel plate is happens on boots other than lange?
Jan 13 2014 10:40PM
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brenker
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It happens on virtually all boots.
Jan 13 2014 10:42PM
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@swag
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Jan 13 2014 11:16PM
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@swag
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Jan 13 2014 11:17PM
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@swag
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^ picture shows the chips on the heel tab better
Jan 13 2014 11:18PM
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onenerdykid
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This is fairly normal. I would just keep an eye on it. As I said earlier, the boot shell is a softer plastic than the binding, so it is common to see exactly what you have shown.
Jan 14 2014 3:25AM
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@swag
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Alright cool, and if it where to get worse its easily fixable?
Jan 14 2014 3:46AM
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onenerdykid
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The chipped areas would be epoxied or fixed otherwise depending on how bad it got. But 9/10, there is a fix.
Jan 14 2014 3:59AM
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Turd.Ferguson
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all my friend does is complain about them and calls them shitzos
Jan 14 2014 10:08AM
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zahava
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This is common with sloppy dukes, my afd plates's are shakey and it definitely wore down the toe on my full tilts after 50 or so days of heavy use.
Jan 14 2014 11:15AM
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