Anyone switched from a 4 buckle overlap to 3-piece boot?

[Uncle-A]

I did not read all the posts but did anyone suggest an Intuition liner NO Tongue at all and does fit into a three piece shell. This is a 27.5 but only an 80 flex shell.

 

[givethepigeye]

Well..... another Summer has come and gone - didn’t do a dang thing about the boots. Work/Life got in the way this Fall and now snow it on the ground and stil haven’t down anything.

While a fittier recommended a 3 piece cabrio, I’m a little wigged as it’s “different” and don’t feel like a whole new set of parameters to deal with.

Any thoughts on maybe doing a Lange 97 130 - which seemed a bit more volume and maybe higher instep than Mach 1 and just getting flamed? I really don’t mind paying for that if it gets it done.

Second Q - had planned a trip out of the country in late Nov/Dec but that maybe cratering at this point so annual pilgrimage to slide on snow for my birthday first week of Dec might be on - who do I see for boots? Given history we usually head to CO.

 

[Brian Finch]

I did not read all the posts but did anyone suggest an Intuition liner NO Tongue at all and does fit into a three piece shell. This is a 27.5 but only an 80 flex shell.
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Seriously, if you are getting “bit”, this is a answer. I’ve got a 12 tongue FT & it is fantastic for comfort.

 

[Josh Matta]

If your lazy the Mach 1 sucks, I am to lazy and prefer a stiffer boot to hold me up.

 

[givethepigeye]

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Seriously, if you are getting “bit”, this is a answer. I’ve got a 12 tongue FT & it is fantastic for comfort.

Well - I guess I'm going down this road.

If your lazy the Mach 1 sucks, I am to lazy and prefer a stiffer boot to hold me up.

Never had an issue with the flex - just the instep parameter

 

[givethepigeye]

Update - saga over, I'm in the blue boots. Turns our the throat of the clog is a couple mm larger than Tecnica - and that was enough. Skied a couple of days last week in CO, no issues so far. The RS 130 is a totally different deal than the OG RX130 LV (translucent orange solid lug). Much tighter fit and might actually need a bit of a grind down the line - which is very different than having to add layers of foam to the liner on the ol' orange ones in post #3 above. Thought I wouldn't like the power strap either, but I don't see any reason to swap it out for a Booster just yet.

 

[givethepigeye]

Update - another couple of days on the RS130 out in Aspen. Still working well. Love the stock power strap, Have had nothing done to the shells other than the soles planed and canted to suit my anatomy. Did crack one of those screw on 3mm soles that they add though. No issues with leaking at toes (you know the ol' Lange ducktape thing). Just really like them and should have tried them earlier.