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Old men: FYI check out Sierra Trading post's current offerings of Alico and
Garmont boots. Cheeep prices on retro leather... Naw, I don'work for ST either ;-] |
a wrote: Old men: FYI check out Sierra Trading post's current offerings of Alico and Garmont boots. Cheeep prices on retro leather... Naw, I don'work for ST either ;-] Actually, they have the titles of the Alico boots backwards. The buckle boots are the tele boots and the non-buckles are the nordic boots. I have a pair of the tele boots and after 10+ years of use, they still perform real nicely. And since they're leather, they're oh so comfy. Now the challenge to buying the Alico tele boots is: What ski do you match to it. Good luck to any buyer! JJS |
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In article .com, wrote: a wrote: Old men: FYI check out Sierra Trading post's current offerings of Alico and Garmont boots. Cheeep prices on retro leather... Naw, I don'work for ST either ;-] Actually, they have the titles of the Alico boots backwards. The buckle boots are the tele boots and the non-buckles are the nordic boots. I have a pair of the tele boots and after 10+ years of use, they still perform real nicely. And since they're leather, they're oh so comfy. Now the challenge to buying the Alico tele boots is: What ski do you match to it. Good luck to any buyer! _ That's not the challenge it might have been a couple years ago. Since all skis have gotten fatter, you just need to move over one "class" to get skis that work fine with leather boots. i.e. what used to be "telemark" is now backcountry, and I have to say there are some mighty fine BC skis out there. Any of the Fischer S-Bounds skis would be a nice match for those boots. Alpina and Atomic also make BC skis that would work well with those boots. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQj9gZGTWTAjn5N/lAQFAVwQAm803+g5bL4N14OGXtEduv/rrqEMup8Er e8e21mpY2QamVWOSTcZ+X90mn96YLbxf4mBHRLBWVQfqlaNN9B DSKZSvfvliHyjb HNTpBXG2o6ol2m+QN/4ZZhHPecf3iyiqmf53+gds/cNzxFajmBFE0EUptVRKfzTR Pt0iO9BNCu4= =y052 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
"Booker C. Bense" bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Mar.21.05@telemark. slac.stanford.edu wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article .com, wrote: a wrote: Old men: FYI check out Sierra Trading post's current offerings of Alico and Garmont boots. Cheeep prices on retro leather... Naw, I don'work for ST either ;-] Actually, they have the titles of the Alico boots backwards. The buckle boots are the tele boots and the non-buckles are the nordic boots. I have a pair of the tele boots and after 10+ years of use, they still perform real nicely. And since they're leather, they're oh so comfy. Now the challenge to buying the Alico tele boots is: What ski do you match to it. Good luck to any buyer! _ That's not the challenge it might have been a couple years ago. Since all skis have gotten fatter, you just need to move over one "class" to get skis that work fine with leather boots. i.e. what used to be "telemark" is now backcountry, and I have to say there are some mighty fine BC skis out there. Any of the Fischer S-Bounds skis would be a nice match for those boots. Alpina and Atomic also make BC skis that would work well with those boots. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQj9gZGTWTAjn5N/lAQFAVwQAm803+g5bL4N14OGXtEduv/rrqEMup8Er e8e21mpY2QamVWOSTcZ+X90mn96YLbxf4mBHRLBWVQfqlaNN9B DSKZSvfvliHyjb HNTpBXG2o6ol2m+QN/4ZZhHPecf3iyiqmf53+gds/cNzxFajmBFE0EUptVRKfzTR Pt0iO9BNCu4= =y052 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Actually, I'm just waking up after a 25 year snooze. My woodies warped (hanging from roof of woodshed... fool!), and I've been looking at Karhu Ursa and Pavo 's as a possible compromise. Living between the WV border and the Blue Ridge Mtns of VA, my backcountry is mostly hiking trails with a meager 6-16" of snow on them (occasionally a bit more). A recent weekend out to Canaan Valley rekindled my interest in more backcountry excursions. Even my 'newer' backup (plastic) skinnies looked so old-fashioned. But yikes...the S-bounds still look like snowboards to me!! a |
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"Booker C. Bense" bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Mar.21.05@telemark. slac.stanford.edu wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article .com, wrote: a wrote: Old men: FYI check out Sierra Trading post's current offerings of Alico and Garmont boots. Cheeep prices on retro leather... Naw, I don'work for ST either ;-] Actually, they have the titles of the Alico boots backwards. The buckle boots are the tele boots and the non-buckles are the nordic boots. I have a pair of the tele boots and after 10+ years of use, they still perform real nicely. And since they're leather, they're oh so comfy. Now the challenge to buying the Alico tele boots is: What ski do you match to it. Good luck to any buyer! _ That's not the challenge it might have been a couple years ago. Since all skis have gotten fatter, you just need to move over one "class" to get skis that work fine with leather boots. i.e. what used to be "telemark" is now backcountry, and I have to say there are some mighty fine BC skis out there. Any of the Fischer S-Bounds skis would be a nice match for those boots. Alpina and Atomic also make BC skis that would work well with those boots. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQj9gZGTWTAjn5N/lAQFAVwQAm803+g5bL4N14OGXtEduv/rrqEMup8Er e8e21mpY2QamVWOSTcZ+X90mn96YLbxf4mBHRLBWVQfqlaNN 9BDSKZSvfvliHyjb HNTpBXG2o6ol2m+QN/4ZZhHPecf3iyiqmf53+gds/cNzxFajmBFE0EUptVRKfzTR Pt0iO9BNCu4= =y052 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Actually, I'm just waking up after a 25 year snooze. My woodies warped (hanging from roof of woodshed... fool!), and I've been looking at Karhu Ursa and Pavo 's as a possible compromise. Living between the WV border and the Blue Ridge Mtns of VA, my backcountry is mostly hiking trails with a meager 6-16" of snow on them (occasionally a bit more). A recent weekend out to Canaan Valley rekindled my interest in more backcountry excursions. Even my 'newer' backup (plastic) skinnies looked so old-fashioned. But yikes...the S-bounds still look like snowboards to me!! a When I first started xc/backcountry a few years ago I bought a pair of Outabounds thinking they would be good all purpose skis, but found they are too wide and glide poorly. Ended up with Fischer Cruisers as my gen purpose ski, mostly ungroomed hiking trails; the short length is a big plus. If you need boots, take a look at the Karhus. gr |
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