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Brennantsullivan

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I wear size 11 shoes and squeeze into 10.5 size cleats. My boots are 28.5 and my heel lifts just a tiny on nose butters. Are my boots too big or am I being too picky. It’s not painful and it doesn’t really effect my riding, it just bothers me that they lift.

(I can just about feel the front of my boots with my toes while standing with the boots on, if I lean back a little while standing my toes touch)

Any advice is appreciated :)
 
Your boots are too big. I wear size 13 shoes and wear a 28.5 boot. You should also probably get a footbed like the other people said
 
topic:Brennantsullivan said:
I wear size 11 shoes and squeeze into 10.5 size cleats. My boots are 28.5 and my heel lifts just a tiny on nose butters. Are my boots too big or am I being too picky. It’s not painful and it doesn’t really effect my riding, it just bothers me that they lift.

(I can just about feel the front of my boots with my toes while standing with the boots on, if I lean back a little while standing my toes touch)

Any advice is appreciated :)
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Take your issue to a fitter! Ski boots are not really made to hold a heal in during gnarly forward pressure as in a nose butter, but it must get better somehow, as folks do it all day long.
 
Boot fitter. But they sound too big for hard skiing. 27.5 and you may need a toe punch would be my guess. It’ll probably suck for a bit though. I wear size 10 and 9.5 soccer cleats and 26.5 lv boot with a few punches. Boot fitter even said if I wanted to haze myself could get in a 25.5. Also yea foot beds are the tits.
 
Thanks, I think I’m just stick with em and get my next pair smaller with a punch. Might see a boot fitter or get foot beds at some point this season just to see if I can get my heel to stay down a little better. It’s rlly not that bad tho, just lifts a little on really hard nose butters. They feel fine switch and I really don’t notice most of the time.

14231180:ericforman said:
Boot fitter. But they sound too big for hard skiing. 27.5 and you may need a toe punch would be my guess. It’ll probably suck for a bit though. I wear size 10 and 9.5 soccer cleats and 26.5 lv boot with a few punches. Boot fitter even said if I wanted to haze myself could get in a 25.5. Also yea foot beds are the tits.
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Yea sounds reasonable, I did the same thing my first pair was a bit big. As I started skiing harder and harder I noticed more and more and eventually got annoyed enough to drop those dollars.

14231182:Brennantsullivan said:
Thanks, I think I’m just stick with em and get my next pair smaller with a punch. Might see a boot fitter or get foot beds at some point this season just to see if I can get my heel to stay down a little better. It’s rlly not that bad tho, just lifts a little on really hard nose butters. They feel fine switch and I really don’t notice most of the time.
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Downsize your boots, I used to have the same issue and I hated it. I wear a 10.5 as well and use 25.5 boots. They’re tight but I have 0 heel lift when my boots are clamped tight enough.

If you don’t want to spend money on new boots then stop in your ski shop and see if they have any foam pads you can put on your liners. They will take up space and lock your heel in better, they do wonders. They’re called J-Bars. thicker socks wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
 
Alright thanks, I’ll take a look at j bars. But i feel like there is no way I’m getting in a 25.5. I imagine I could fit into a 27.5 with a toe punch though. I mean my feet are a little bigger than 28 centimeters with socks on.

14231250:weastcoast said:
Downsize your boots, I used to have the same issue and I hated it. I wear a 10.5 as well and use 25.5 boots. They’re tight but I have 0 heel lift when my boots are clamped tight enough.

If you don’t want to spend money on new boots then stop in your ski shop and see if they have any foam pads you can put on your liners. They will take up space and lock your heel in better, they do wonders. They’re called J-Bars. thicker socks wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
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Sometimes the volume your heel takes up just doesn’t match with the correct boot size. Downsizing isn’t always the answer.. I second the J bar advice. Did wonders for me along with a footbed, which has plenty of other benefits.
 
14231250:weastcoast said:
Downsize your boots, I used to have the same issue and I hated it. I wear a 10.5 as well and use 25.5 boots. They’re tight but I have 0 heel lift when my boots are clamped tight enough.

If you don’t want to spend money on new boots then stop in your ski shop and see if they have any foam pads you can put on your liners. They will take up space and lock your heel in better, they do wonders. They’re called J-Bars. thicker socks wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
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Same. Im in a size 10 shoe and I run 25.5s just to try to keep that damn heel lift down
 
Update: I took my old boots insoles and threw em in my new boots, then put the insoles from the new boots on top of those. Heels are locked down now.
 
14232318:Brennantsullivan said:
Update: I took my old boots insoles and threw em in my new boots, then put the insoles from the new boots on top of those. Heels are locked down now.
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If you are doing this, then your boots are definitely too big (wrong size or wrong volume or both). This will only work for a short time.

Do this test:

1. Remove the liner from the shell

2. Step into the shell with your bare feet and slide your toes to the front of the shell so they just barely touch.

3. Examine the space behind your heel. 1cm = super performance fit, 2cm = normal fit, 3cm = your boot is problematically too big
 
It’s just over 2 cm. The insole thing worked so I’m just gonna stick with that, maybe I’ll see a boot fitter later in the season if it gets problematic. Heels don’t lift at all now so I rlly don’t see a problem. I’ll just buy my next pair of boots smaller in a couple years.

14232484:onenerdykid said:
If you are doing this, then your boots are definitely too big (wrong size or wrong volume or both). This will only work for a short time.

Do this test:

1. Remove the liner from the shell

2. Step into the shell with your bare feet and slide your toes to the front of the shell so they just barely touch.

3. Examine the space behind your heel. 1cm = super performance fit, 2cm = normal fit, 3cm = your boot is problematically too big
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I just got a tape measure and measured it’s actually like 17 mm

14233065:Brennantsullivan said:
It’s just over 2 cm. The insole thing worked so I’m just gonna stick with that, maybe I’ll see a boot fitter later in the season if it gets problematic. Heels don’t lift at all now so I rlly don’t see a problem. I’ll just buy my next pair of boots smaller in a couple years.
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