Skiing in walk lock ?
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Rodbelan
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Re: Skiing in walk lock ?
I am also into it... since you do not seem (if I read behind the lines) to have a problem with the stiff front leg, there is no problem with this approach... The problem comes when the skier forget to flex the ankle of the front ski; very hard to carve this way... The ski mode put you in a forward slant determined by Scarpa... not always the most efficient. On my Black Diamond boot, the ski mode is adjustable... Like Al's saying, it's a pretty common thing to ski that way.
É y fa ty fret? On é ty ben dun ti cotton waté?
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phoenix
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Re: Skiing in walk lock ?
"I've skied my T1's in walk mode for many years. Taped them in place that way. Want an even smoother feel? I removed one buckle, moved another one, and have a much more balanced forward flex."
"Could you be more precise ?"
Sure. Took both buckles off the upper cuff, and then mount one of them back on the cuff, midway between where the two were. I preferred the feel of the older three buckle T1's, so turned the four buckle into a three. The boots are more than a dozen years old; I don't know how that might work with more recent models.
"Could you be more precise ?"
Sure. Took both buckles off the upper cuff, and then mount one of them back on the cuff, midway between where the two were. I preferred the feel of the older three buckle T1's, so turned the four buckle into a three. The boots are more than a dozen years old; I don't know how that might work with more recent models.
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Montana St Alum
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Re: Skiing in walk lock ?
I'm on Tx Pros and I don't ski in walk mode on purpose, but I have inadvertently. I don't care for it, but I have always adjusted forward lean on these (and T2 Ecos, etc) such that they are one notch more upright than how Scarpa ships them, which is my preference. But it seems like lots of skier use walk mode. You're gonna have to come up with a much crazier idea to be "out there".