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Add stiffness to Dalbello Lupo AX

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clorox
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After 2 seasons on my Lupo AX 120's I have decided that they are too soft. I currently run an ID Pro liner from some krypton pro's that my local ski shop had. My previous boots were Il Moros, which had a ridge on the inside back of the upper cuff, where you could slide these pieces of plastic that would restrict how much the boot could flex. My current boots lost that capability for the walk mode I presume.

I feel more in control in these boots than I have ever felt in any other pair and have had a significant amount of shell work, so I would prefer to avoid starting from scratch with a boot that has 5 more arbitrary stiffness points, or even more shell work to a narrower shell to get an extra 10.

I often find myself over flexing the boot in hard turns with my ankle nearly reaching its max foreword flex. I've also been told that I have the stiffest tongues Dalbello makes (They came with p tongues, but switching to B tongues didn't help much and did not have the quick tongue removal switch, requiring me to pull parts from my Il Moros)
Oct 3 2019 2:49PM
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animator
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Dalbello makes 130 flex tongues, it's just tough to find them. The walk mode does indeed mean that the capability to restrict the flex is gone.
Oct 3 2019 2:52PM
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jca
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Put some PowerWraps in there. Makes a huge difference. I use powerwraps inbounds and the stock liner for touring in my Lupo Carbons.
Oct 3 2019 2:56PM
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clorox
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jcaPut some PowerWraps in there. Makes a huge difference. I use powerwraps inbounds and the stock liner for touring in my Lupo Carbons.

My current ID Pro's are rock solid. Before those I had the ID liners from my Il Moros and they were much stiffer than the stock liners, still much softer than the current ID Pro's. Maybe I have overly flexible ankles or some strange reason why I like stiff boots, but I've become such a fan of the 1 boot quiver, having the
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makes 130 flex tongues, it's just tough to find them. The walk mode does
indeed mean that the capability to restrict the flex is gone.

Tongues are not the sole contributing factor to boot stiffness. The TI line lacks a layer of overlapping plastic that wraps around the tongue, found on typical Kr2 boots. That said, do you know id Dalbello makes them with the touring release for the tongues, or if I can order that individual mechanism? I have a second set of tongues that have the same spaces for the quick release switch to snap into.

I also figure that I may be able to fit something to the inside of the upper cuff by using a longer bolt for the walk switch, but I'd probably remove it if I was gonna do any significant tours.
Oct 3 2019 3:22PM
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B.Quincy
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finderMy current ID Pro's are rock solid. Before those I had the ID liners from my Il Moros and they were much stiffer than the stock liners, still much softer than the current ID Pro's. Maybe I have overly flexible ankles or some strange reason why I like stiff boots, but I've become such a fan of the 1 boot quiver, having the

Tongues are not the sole contributing factor to boot stiffness. The TI line lacks a layer of overlapping plastic that wraps around the tongue, found on typical Kr2 boots. That said, do you know id Dalbello makes them with the touring release for the tongues, or if I can order that individual mechanism? I have a second set of tongues that have the same spaces for the quick release switch to snap into.

I also figure that I may be able to fit something to the inside of the upper cuff by using a longer bolt for the walk switch, but I'd probably remove it if I was gonna do any significant tours.


The tongues from dalbello are kinda confusing the use a lettering system to dictate stiffness. Im coming of two years around 110-120 days in the boot and its a bit too big on my foot and too soft, keeping it to tour in but going back to a traditional alpine boot inbounds.
Oct 7 2019 12:57PM
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