by SkierSynergy » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:53 pm
You are right about the advantage of having your boots done vs strips under your bindings.
I will throw out three sources for alignment.
First, if you have alignment measured when choosing boots, you will find that some boots put you in a better position than others.
In a Dalbello CRX, I need about 2.5 degrees of canting even with accomodations done in my footbed. In an old WC version of the CRX, I need only about 1 degree on one foot. In the Head RDs I am almost dead on what I need.
So this issue should be looked at in conjunction with boot selection.
Second, some to a lot of correction is often available through footbed work. I get most of the correction that I need through the proper posting in my footbeds. However, one foot rsponds to accomodation in the footbed better than the other.
What is left, is addressed through boot planing. Another advantage of planing the boots and having new plates put on is that you can temporarily put in a little exta in between the boot sole and the plate for extra fine tuning/experimentation.
So, I would say equipment selection, then footbed, then boot planing, in that order.
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