Messages posted by : SwingBeep
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Are the tongues on the Zipft liners thinner than the tongues on the liners that came with the boot? If they are then there could be too much room at the front of the boot (fig a.). This could have allowed your feet to slide forward until your toes made contact with the front of the boot (fig b).
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Rack o' t'ee should suffice, but if you want to be precise a plumb bob or one of those new fangled laser line generators. :wink:
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Some places in Valais have up to twice as much snow than is usual at this time of year
http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo/schneeinfo/hsm/gross/index_EN If it snows any more at Lauchernalp they won't be able to find the measuring stick! 
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To bend em like Trencher does you need to be well centred over your skis, so it's a good idea to get someone to check that the centre of your shoulders, hips and the backs of your knees are roughly in line with the mid sole mark on your boots.
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Tspill, Navada Sports are pretty good.
Tin pot, brand and model are immaterial its all about fit. Sadly Pavel Montebelluna is no longer the force it was in ski boot manufacture. Production is steadily being shifted to Eastern Europe; by 2013 Bulgaria will be the world's largest producer of skiing equipment after Amer Sports (Atomic/Salomon) have completed their plan to move as much production as they can there. |
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The nearest boot fitters are in Chamonix, try and get an appointment with either Jules Mills or Damien Amblard at Sanglard Sport in Chamonix http://www.thebootroom.fr/eng/Home.html what these guys don't know about ski boot fitting you could write on the back off a stamp!
If they can't fit you in try Mark Festor at Total Feet in Archamps just outside Geneva, Gilles Marquette at Aux Pieds des Alpes in Chambéry or Bruno Bornica in Serre Chevalier. Even in the Alps good boot fitters are few and far apart. Lots of the locals here in German speaking Valais undertake a 4 1/2 hr journey to get their boots fitted by Hans-Martin Heierling in Davos http://heierling.ch/index.php |
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All that matters is if they fit and function correctly (appropriate flex forward lean etc.), how they feel in the shop is no indication of how they fit, so if the fitting process only comprised of "do you like it?" then they probably won't. If you want them to fit properly this is roughly the process the shop should follow http://www.foot-works.fr/fitting_process.asp?id_fitting=5 if they don't go somewhere else.
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Snowchains.co uk have Weissenfels Clack and Go snowchains (about the best mid price range chain) in stock in that size.
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