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How about riveting a carbon back half to a pebax front half? Probably not worth the cost/weight trade off, but I think it would be cool.
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Originally posted by Dostie View Posthow might the sole flex?
It goes back to something discussed in previous threads: Adding bellows does not make a boot flex. Engineering the sole to flex makes a boot flex, and the bellows are there mainly to permit the rest of the scafo to change shape without getting all distorted and wrinkly. Yeah the bellows' durometer/thickness/stiffness can be tuned to resist/dampen/smooth out the flexion that the sole permits, but it all really starts with the sole. Who knows, maybe Scarpa has some magic geometry/molding tricks up their sleeve.
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poorly since the grilamid section would extend to at least the duckbut, but likely not under the bellows (it would need to end shorter than in the picture). But either way what i have shown wouldn't have as much sole flex due to not using pebax for the rear of the scaffo. Keep in mind, i do not know if you can do a co-injection of grilamidand pebax. but given pebax is an alloy of polyether and polyamide and grilamid is a polyamide, it seems likely they could be co-injected.
flip side, if you did the entire scaffo in pebax, it would just limit the weight savings.
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I doubt they'd discontinue the TX Comp that the racers use for a long time. People will buy it, the molds are already paid for.
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I think he's referring to the races hosted by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and I would think that's a smaller niche sport, but standing from my perch up here, my perception can be warped by what little I see firsthand.
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Originally posted by bauerb View Postso which sport is more niche: slalom racing on tele, or skinning/touring on tele? seems like the bulk of the market is touring, but I guess its hard to tell a pro racer that Scarpa no longer makes a boot for them, and they need to build their own...
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so which sport is more niche: slalom racing on tele, or skinning/touring on tele? seems like the bulk of the market is touring, but I guess its hard to tell a pro racer that Scarpa no longer makes a boot for them, and they need to build their own...
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my guess is they are testing in Solden Austria, they should be running lifts now.
and my guess is 2 boots. one that is analogous to the the maestrale, and will be the boot for most people. And one that is somewhere between an RS and XT, inclusive. I doubt we see two unique designs, one platform with two boots built off it.
but i think it all depends if the TX Comp stays in the lineup. I guess it does not. if it does, then we might only see on boot new boot.
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I spoke with a Scarpa sales rep on Saturday who said a new Scarpa tele boot is "being tested on snow by a few select skiers right now". I guess this means southern hemisphere.
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A three-boot line up (F1, Maestrale, Freedom) would be genius, but if they have to go with two, I'd scrap the Freedom (Tx Comp). The slalom racers could start Frankensteining their own boots.
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Xmatt, yup, should be very easy. A TXP with three buckles and no cuff lock is 1640g. If you undo all but the first buckle, it feels like a good ROM …until you try an F1.
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