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!
Booker C . Bense 22 March 2005 04:01:41 [ permanent link ]
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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.
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In article <1111448935.896885.147250@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,> <johnspeth@yahoo.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.>
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
a wrote:> "Booker C. Bense" > <bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Mar.21.05@telemark.slac.stanford.edu> wrote > in message news:d1nn95$9o7$1@news.Stanford.EDU...>
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In article <1111448935.896885.147250@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,>><johnspeth@yahoo.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.>>
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
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.
I used to have a pair and they were beautifully made (apart from the footbeds, which might as well have been newspaper, but they were easily replaced). Unfortunately they just had a different shape around the heel to my feet and skinned me, so they had to go. That was bad luck with the particular shape of my feet rather than any fault with the boots.
Now the challenge to buying the Alico tele boots is: What ski do you> match to it. Good luck to any buyer!
If you go hut to hutting in Norway about the only folk in plastics you'll see are foreigners like me. I use original T3s because they fit me beautifully and never give me problems, but leather would be better in many respects if I could be assured of the same fit. And all those folk in leather boots don't seem to have any trouble matching them with classic nordic touring metal edgers.
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