Instep height?

[shin-bang]

so I got fitted 'professionally' and so I have a snug fit around the base of my foot and have a custom footbed.

How much room should you have in the instep? When my foots flat, I have a solid inch, or almost exactly an inch Above the top of my foot right before my ankle. My heel often lifts up when landing heavily switch, and I have mad shin bang currently from skiing hard 3 days in a row.

so, how much room should I have in my instep? Do I fix this by adding shims? Will I be able to add shims myself?

Note im riding the 3 piece roca free bird. Is this a high volume boot?

 

[Deforestation]

I have mad shin bang

Yeah you do

Seriously though, and this is an obvious question, but how tight do you have the boots?? In an ideal situation, you shouldn't have any room there at all, and your foot certainly shouldn't be coming up that much when you land.

Personally, (and my boots are pretty packed out), I've had them fitted, molded, and fit with superfeet insoles and there's basically no room between the top of my foot and the boot. When I land switch, my heel shifts up a negligable amount.

 

[shin-bang]

Yeah you do

Seriously though, and this is an obvious question, but how tight do you have the boots?? In an ideal situation, you shouldn't have any room there at all, and your foot certainly shouldn't be coming up that much when you land.

Personally, (and my boots are pretty packed out), I've had them fitted, molded, and fit with superfeet insoles and there's basically no room between the top of my foot and the boot. When I land switch, my heel shifts up a negligable amount.

I think another part of the problem is flex. When I have them buckled down comfortably and still have good blood flow I mash the tongues. So I ratChet them down and it makes them stiffer, but makes my feet ache and makes my shins hurt worse.

But im a rather big dude ride soft tongues. So yea :/

Near my toes the instep height is fine. But like I said once you get closer to the top of my ankle the gap gets significantly larger.

maybe vaccum fits when I get

the $$$

 

[charmander]

sounds like your boots are too big to me.

expected this thread to be about not having enough instep height.

 

[shin-bang]

sounds like your boots are too big to me.

expected this thread to be about not having enough instep height.

I'm no bootfitter. But its a 1 finger shell fit, with booster straps, a couple shell stretches, and full custom beds. I think it's just the instep height.

Note. Inkline fitted me, so I trust the guys over there.

 

[Caucasian_Asian]

Fingers aren't a standard unit of measure.

15mm is a good fit. 10mm is aggresive, 20 is roomy. Over 20 is too big.

Cut some dowels of different diameter and place them behind your heel to properly measure.

Try adding a a small heel lift or shim under your foot bed.

 

[doitbig]

I have a similar issue in similar fitted boots (sized way down, punched to the max, custom footbeds, performance shell fit). I don't get any shin bang or pain, I just can't stand if my heel/foot move at all. As the boots packed out (3rd season on them), they got a bit too sloppy for my liking.

Currently rocking a shim under the heel and cut at the arch. It has helped a bit. Full boot board shim caused my toes to be unbearably squished.

Threads for ideas.

 

[shin-bang]

Fingers aren't a standard unit of measure.

15mm is a good fit. 10mm is aggresive, 20 is roomy. Over 20 is too big.

Cut some dowels of different diameter and place them behind your heel to properly measure.

Try adding a a small heel lift or shim under your foot bed.

16mm from end of my heel, to the inside of the shells heel.

How much of a lift should I try? A cm? .5 cm? Also cardboard or thin thin wood?

do I add it just under the heel indent in my liner? Or the heel and small portion under the arch of my footbed.



I know the best thing to do would be go back to inkline. But I live a ways away to make another trip.

Gracias

 

[Caucasian_Asian]

Try cutting some thin cardboard and placing it it under your liner. You can always adjust it or add more if you want.

 

[doitbig]

16mm from end of my heel, to the inside of the shells heel.

How much of a lift should I try? A cm? .5 cm? Also cardboard or thin thin wood?

do I add it just under the heel indent in my liner? Or the heel and small portion under the arch of my footbed.

Under line, on top of boot board. you can put a short screw in there to keep it secure.

 

[tomPietrowski]

There certainly sounds as thoug there is too much space over the instep. One thing to check though is place your footbed in the shell and then check the volume over the instep. The footbed hopefully holds you more neutral and that will usually raise the instep. You probably want 10-15mm over the instep so you can experiment addin lifts under the liner and also potentially in the liner. I'm currently running a lift under the liner and one in the liner of my current boots. Lifts in liners won't always work but if the hell pocket has room you may find it snugs up the fit. However addin lifts will allow you to flex the boots more easily. From what you described it sounds like you need to swap the tounges for somthing stiffer. If the only way you can get a good flex is by over tightening the boots you really need to change the tounge.

 

[shin-bang]

There certainly sounds as thoug there is too much space over the instep. One thing to check though is place your footbed in the shell and then check the volume over the instep. The footbed hopefully holds you more neutral and that will usually raise the instep. You probably want 10-15mm over the instep so you can experiment addin lifts under the liner and also potentially in the liner. I'm currently running a lift under the liner and one in the liner of my current boots. Lifts in liners won't always work but if the hell pocket has room you may find it snugs up the fit. However addin lifts will allow you to flex the boots more easily. From what you described it sounds like you need to swap the tounges for somthing stiffer. If the only way you can get a good flex is by over tightening the boots you really need to change the tounge.

Thanks. I've just had trouble getting stiffer tongues :/ im gonna get s stiffer boots sometime in the future. Would langes be ok to ride in the park and all Mtn?

 

[.lencon]

You will have shin bang forever until you change your name.