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Downhill focused touring boot

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Distancedave
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Hi, pretty simply answer but can anyone give me a list of boots that fit the following criteria. I want to avoid changing my binding set up (older Cast touring with alpine afd) and don't want to give up downhill performance but still want a tech capable touring boots. Criteria:

Sole: Iso 5355 Alpine (So NOT gripwalk, wtr, or touring sole)
Flex: 130 (or stiffer 120)
Tech: Officially ridable tech toes since I also have Fritschi Tectons

All I have found for this are the:
Lange XT Free
Tecnica Cochise
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tomPietrowski
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You can add the K2 mindbender to the list. They walk really well and ski so so well without being to heavy.
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crustyboot.420
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Salomon qst pro?
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sashko
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DistancedaveHi, pretty simply answer but can anyone give me a list of boots that fit the following criteria. I want to avoid changing my binding set up (older Cast touring with alpine afd) and don't want to give up downhill performance but still want a tech capable touring boots. Criteria:

Sole: Iso 5355 Alpine (So NOT gripwalk, wtr, or touring sole)
Flex: 130 (or stiffer 120)
Tech: Officially ridable tech toes since I also have Fritschi Tectons

All I have found for this are the:
Lange XT Free
Tecnica Cochise


is it possible to buy new AFD for your cast set up? It costs 15$. and you could use almost any crossover boot you want.
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jca
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Lupos. Alpine soles are available seperately.
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Bdoobz
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tomPietrowskiYou can add the K2 mindbender to the list. They walk really well and ski so so well without being to heavy.


Can confirm this. The 130 is properly stiff and responsive.
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Distancedave
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jcaLupos. Alpine soles are available seperately.

Been looking at those as well actually. Do you have any experience with the Lupo 130 C and the HD Pro? How do they compare? Can the 130 C compete with the boots I mentioned at the top in terms of downhill?
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meadows69
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tomPietrowskiYou can add the K2 mindbender to the list. They walk really well and ski so so well without being to heavy.


Mind Bender is grip walk I think. But a fantastic boot from everybody i talk to that has it.

To OP, there are a lot of downhill focused boots that can tour well but most of those have grip to walk right now.
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tomPietrowski
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Alpine soles are available so you can easily convert them to alpine.
meadows69Mind Bender is grip walk I think. But a fantastic boot from everybody i talk to that has it.

To OP, there are a lot of downhill focused boots that can tour well but most of those have grip to walk right now.
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LukeTheWaffle
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Dalbello Lupo. mine came with alpine soles that i could swap to
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Trefin
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DistancedaveBeen looking at those as well actually. Do you have any experience with the Lupo 130 C and the HD Pro? How do they compare? Can the 130 C compete with the boots I mentioned at the top in terms of downhill?


I have the Lupo pro, you do need to buy the alpine soles from Dalbello as they didnt come in the box. But i think the difference is only that the pro is all PU so slightly burlier plastic with like 200g extra weight where as the 130c has grilamid (besides the carbon spoiler)

I only have a few days on the pros but they ski like a performance alpine boot, im loving them.

but other boots to check out would be Technica cochise, Atomic Hawx, Lange XT

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jca
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DistancedaveBeen looking at those as well actually. Do you have any experience with the Lupo 130 C and the HD Pro? How do they compare? Can the 130 C compete with the boots I mentioned at the top in terms of downhill?


I have the Lupo Factory but no experience with the HD or any others. Previous boot was a Krypton and the factory is very comparable on the down. Stiff and that classic progressive 3 piece flex.
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OhJay
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freeballer
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I really like my Nordica Strider for this purpose.
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anders_a
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technica cochise dyn 130 as you have listed is pretty awesome, imho the lange doesnt come close for the touring aspect of it.



the cochise dyn 130 are 1950-2000 grams though, so amongst the heaviest, but with the best downhill performance probably

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