With the very good discussion in the thread on ankles, I figured this might be a good place for me to post some questions given that I have a fused right ankle that requires a 20mm heel lift in that boot (Lange RS 130 in 28.5) to open up the ankle enough keep from hitting the end of my ROM in bumps.
Skiing with last year's setup was pretty darn good on groomers/spring corn and not bad in a couple inches of powder but as soon as it got deep like some 12-24" days on really steep terrain, my quads were absolutely screaming as those heel lifts had me so forward that I was having to literally push my body back as if doing a leg press the entire run. The tall heel lifts are throwing me forward so what I'm wondering is if gas pedaling my skis would counteract that without closing the ankle or offsetting what my heel lifts need to do? Would gas pedaling my bindings rotate my boot backwards essentially making them more upright and possibly putting me in a more balanced position, especially in deeper snow?
When I get out West in January I'm going to use 2mm, 3mm, 4mm etc shims under the toe pieces and experiment with this to see if I can get into a more balanced position? Is there any wild guess as to a decent starting point for someone with tall heel lifts like my 10mm on healthy ankle and 20mm on fused one? Once I figure out what height is best, am I better off having a boot fitter gas pedal my boots or shim each of my 4 pairs of skis once I figure out each height since they may require different heights? Unfortunately, only one of my pairs of skis has demo bindings and I think the mounting position is going to need a lot of experimenting as well unless the toe piece shims get me back to a normal stance where the recommended mount position works as last year I had to slide my bindings way back on the one with demo bindings to have any chance of keeping the tips up. I'm guessing that I'll need more of a gas pedal on my powder skis so maybe I end up with a small amount on my boots for my piste skis and then various additional ones on each of my other skis.
Thanks for the help!
Skiing with last year's setup was pretty darn good on groomers/spring corn and not bad in a couple inches of powder but as soon as it got deep like some 12-24" days on really steep terrain, my quads were absolutely screaming as those heel lifts had me so forward that I was having to literally push my body back as if doing a leg press the entire run. The tall heel lifts are throwing me forward so what I'm wondering is if gas pedaling my skis would counteract that without closing the ankle or offsetting what my heel lifts need to do? Would gas pedaling my bindings rotate my boot backwards essentially making them more upright and possibly putting me in a more balanced position, especially in deeper snow?
When I get out West in January I'm going to use 2mm, 3mm, 4mm etc shims under the toe pieces and experiment with this to see if I can get into a more balanced position? Is there any wild guess as to a decent starting point for someone with tall heel lifts like my 10mm on healthy ankle and 20mm on fused one? Once I figure out what height is best, am I better off having a boot fitter gas pedal my boots or shim each of my 4 pairs of skis once I figure out each height since they may require different heights? Unfortunately, only one of my pairs of skis has demo bindings and I think the mounting position is going to need a lot of experimenting as well unless the toe piece shims get me back to a normal stance where the recommended mount position works as last year I had to slide my bindings way back on the one with demo bindings to have any chance of keeping the tips up. I'm guessing that I'll need more of a gas pedal on my powder skis so maybe I end up with a small amount on my boots for my piste skis and then various additional ones on each of my other skis.
Thanks for the help!