Time to revive this...I finally had the chance to rent some Scarpa T4 boots to use with my S‑Bound skis. There was a very noticeable difference between them and my leather boots. I was able to turn the skis almost like they were alpine skis. No more feeling of the tails washing out from underneath m...

Cool...What are they like? Leather at the base and metatarsal flex area? Do the laces extend to the top of the boot? What is the sole flex like? Not having any experience with other types of boots like this, I won't be the best at explaining this...but there is leather around the metatarsal area, e...

The binding is slightly in the way, but previous measurement is still pretty accurate. Pins are 1/2-3/4 inches in front of chord center.

Chord length is measured from tip to tail with measuring tape flat on the floor, correct? If so, pins are 1/2 inch in front of chord center.

It's a little hard to define running length, but I measured 60 inches. The red lines in the image below show from where to where I measured approximately. I have the 169cm skis. The 30 inch/middle mark was right at the ball of the foot, or the back part of the 3pin bindings. The boot itself covered ...

I think what I have is close, except for possibly the boots, and the weight issue you mention. But the weight issue is not something I've been able to notice, falls into the "I don't know what I don't know" category. And the boot problem is challenging, because I still want to kick and glide. What y...

Is there anywhere you can demo a plastic boot like the T4 or Excursion? Maybe, I'll look into it at some point. Also, when did you start skiing Alpine? This is my 6th season. Although I didn't get serious until my 3rd season, and didn't get good at it until 2 years ago. Also, not sure if we asked, ...

Hmmm... any particular reason you bought these skis? Had you tried anything else? Got them for low angle touring as well has cross country on groomed trails. Wanted something that fit between cross country and alpine skiing. Have not tried anything else similar. Were your expectations that it would...

This depends on which generation of the Fischer BCX6 we are talking about...Nemesis- are your BCX6s current? Yes they are, the shop had to order them for me because they didn't have my size. Went out this morning on groomed XC trails to practice telemark technique (I got that book that was mentione...

Dennis at Ragged Mountain in Intervale is my go-to for these issues, he's mounted & re-mounted a bunch of bindings for me, great guy and a telemark expert from back in the day. That's actually where I bought this setup from. Quite a fan of that store, they seem to be the only ones around here that ...