Hey all!
I'm writing this for a friend of mine who is getting back into skiing. She just bought herself a pair of Dolomite CY3-X4 womens ski boots from eBay. However when she tries to try them on, they aren't opening up fully and thinks it's pertaining to the "Heel lock" setting on the rear of the boot.
Being that I'm a boarder and haven't skiied in 10+ years, does anyone know how to make these adjustments for the boot to fully open up so she can put them on. Are there any manuals? Any advice?
Thanks!
Brad,
Welcome back to DCSki! I was thinking about you while driving near Wardensville last Tuesday on my way home from 5 amazing days in Canaan Valley. Where are you living these days? Is the fight about eminent domain over? Did they take your place? Last time you posted you were planning a short term move to Nebraska, if my memory is correct! We older DCSkiers miss your posts, and construction info about Corridor H.
Sorry I cannot answer the boot question, but any major ski shop should be able to answer the question.
BTW, did you check the contact info at dolomiteusa.com ?
The Colonel aka Morgan B
Thanks! I have been in lurking mode for some time here on DCski. Still reading, keeping eye at things, but simply have ran out of daylight hours to sit down and do those thoughtful posts. I gotta admit, I miss doing those and giving the CH report as I did years ago! I'll have to share some photos I took about 12 years ago when current portions of CH were under construction and I would ride my bicycle on them on weekends.
I'm still living in Lost City/Lost River area of Hardy County at the moment. Thankfully the family estate and neighboring properties haven't been condemned... yet. However we have lost all of our court cases against eminent domain as well as against the project of building a dam/lake here. The state entities that are pushing the project currently are out of money, but still pushing the project forward the best they can. Technically they could condemn the property today, without the funding to build the dam. But that would be a PR nightmare for them I assume, thus most likely they are getting their ducks in a row, so to speak.
Snowboard wise, work has cut into that over the years. As well as the friends have all grown up, married, families, and they themselves never go anymore. I never even managed to go last year and haven't went yet this year. Although my friend who just got the boots, we are planning on taking my first trip to snowboard in Colorado in March. I do want to catch up on some runs hopefully at Whitetail or Wisp before then. Gotta knock the rust off.
How have you been since we last chatted on here?
Thanks for the info on the boots, I'll pass that along!
Bradley
The Colonel wrote:
Brad,
Welcome back to DCSki! I was thinking about you while driving near Wardensville last Tuesday on my way home from 5 amazing days in Canaan Valley. Where are you living these days? Is the fight about eminent domain over? Did they take your place? Last time you posted you were planning a short term move to Nebraska, if my memory is correct! We older DCSkiers miss your posts, and construction info about Corridor H.
Sorry I cannot answer the boot question, but any major ski shop should be able to answer the question.
BTW, did you check the contact info at dolomiteusa.com ?
The Colonel aka Morgan B
Not much on the net to specifically answer your question becasue this appears to be a pretty old pair of boots, but it appears that the second (from the top) cuff buckle activates the heel lock. Ergo, if the buckle is unbuckled, then the heel is not locked.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTEwMVgxNDY4/z/MM0AAOSw0HVWEd~~/%2524_3.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dolomite-Ski-Boots-Size-10-Mens-11-Womens-CY3-X4-Elle-T-Mondo-28-5-324MM-/191708406585&h=600&w=800&tbnid=sMMwhc4pdZU6-M:&docid=kq_VFT8saycSsM&itg=1&ei=_zWtVqHtEsusjwOjg56QCQ&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwjh6Lvpx9LKAhVL1mMKHaOBB5IQMwgkKAcwBw
http://www.skinet.com/ski/gear/1998/09/dolomite-boots-1998
My guess is that you are simply dealing with normal boot stiffness. Pry the tongue open as far as you can and try to insert foot. You might want to try a boot dryer/warmer to allow he boots to more easily flex.
I'm on a pair of Lange 130 stiffness boots. When they are cold it may take me 1-2 minutes/boot to get my foot into the boot. When it's at or below zero, it's almost impossible to get them off after a day of skiing.. I grit my teeth, pry open the tongue and pull for all I'm worth -- making all sorts of funny faces and occassional grunting sounds.
Bob, You are not the only one with this "on/off" problem. I am trying to relearn sking in new flex 90 Solamon boots after having skied in stiff boots for many decades. Regardless, getting the darn boots on/off is a real struggle! But I have found that heating helps with "on", and really pulling the tongue forward while pushing down on the back of the helps tremendously with "out." Likewise pulling younger forward and pulling on the boot strap helps with the "on." Also sprinkling baby powder on sock can help.
The Colonel
Thanks for the baby powder suggestion, Colonel. Hadn't heard that one before.
Are you getting out to Summit County this season? I seem to recall that you and JimK got in a few turns together at A-Basin last winter..
