While you are at it you might as well figure out if your lateral alignment is good or not. The boot flexes perfect now although if you are ramped/forward lean correctly a ski boot does not need to flex all that much.
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Once I got mine ramped the correct way I went back to the stiff tongue with a stiffening shim at full stiff. Do not put heel lifts in the boot asit does not do the same thing as rising the entire boots 2mm in the heel. and then the Kr2 will have the same ramp angle as the old one. I think you need 2mm of rise in the heel. The solution is to ramp the new one like the olds one. I couldnt flex the new ones with soft tongue and no plugs no matter what I tried because the stock delta is really upright and put people who have long femurs in bad postion. If you have longer femur ot tib ratio the old one probably worked better for in bumpy terrain. The Kr2 has much more upright delta than the old one. After starting my season feeling completely fooked in the boots, I can seriously sympathize. That will allow considerably more flex by letting the halves come together more. You might have the firm one installed and if so try the softer one, or don't put one in there at all.
Different than the forward lean adjustment. There's also a stiffening shim that goes between the two halves of the upper cuff and the back piece inside the boot. I see you're in SEA, so if you ski at Xtal go see Joe in the boot shop. As you probably know, you should have a little room to move your foot side to side in the shell with no liner in place. Not saying that's your issue but maybe at least do a shell fit and see how much room you have in the forefoot. Once the punch was done the change was extraordinary, and I'm not really a new when it comes to boots and fitting, but this one was a real puzzler.
He punched out the forefoot, and I think I'll still do a little more of it. Had a hard time IDing it until we did a shell-fit and realized my forefoot was wall to wall without the liner, so I was getting badly squished side to side cutting off circulation. Made me feel like I couldn't flex or find my center of balance. I thought they felt like they fit right too, but I realized my entire forefoot was falling asleep. Has anyone else made this same transition and had trouble? Will I get used to it? Is there a softer tongue Dalbello has available? Something else I can do to soften? I'm 6'2", 165, pretty aggressive skier but not the burliest. It feels just like skis I have been on which were too stiff for me. These new ones feel great on hardpack but any time I get into bumpy terrain I feel like I get thrown into the back seat and can't get out. I'm definitely locked in better than the old boots, the heel pocket is awesome and this liner is a true Intuition Power Wrap, burlier than the last one.īut! I can barely flex these mofos! I have the most aggressive forward lean chip installed (which I realize is a little more upright than the old ones), no stiffening insert, and the soft tongue (has the same letter as my old boots, I think it's 'C'). After heat molding the liner and putting in a nice custom footbed, they fit me really well. The shell is cracking and I assume the liner is pretty packed out. But after many years I had to admit they were on their last legs. I LOVE my old Krypton pros, with a Full Tilt Intuition liner.