Does anyone have backup boots?

I've been having Telemark boot troubles (stuck in walk mode), and I was thinking about ordering a backup pair of boots. The out of commission boots are 2012, so about 100 days on them I'd guess. The new boots would be a stiffer model (TX Comp vs. TX Pro), so I could use them mostly for resort days and use my other comfy boots for backcountry (I realize I'm trying to justify something here).

I've always had a few pairs of skis, so if one is broken, I can switch. I had never thought of doing it for boots (even though I have broken multiple pairs of Alpine and Tele boots).

Basically, I guess I'm asking, should I buy new ski boots? Does anyone else use multiple boots?

Do you have backup boots?

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I do. But really they are my old boots.  T2s.

Yeah, I keep around my old Tele boots, but unfortunately, they aren't compatible with the NTN.

If anyone should have an extra pair of boots MC it's you bud.

Good question. I have backups for everything but boots - skis, goggles, helmets, poles, gloves, jackets, shells, bibs, etc. - because buying a replacement mid-season can be expensive, let alone whether it's even possible. I've been worrying about boots lately for just that reason.

My backup tele boots are alpine boots. And vice-versa. Well, there are also the old Merrell lace-ups but that might be stretching i on the Sick Birds.

I actually ski in two different alpine boots.  A race type on firmer snow days and a Panterra 120 to teach in and for softer snow days and in spring.  On my stiffer skis I like the race boot better and vice versa. I started doing it last year and think I will continue.  I have skied in both already this year.

I just move my footbed between them.  The are within a mm different in sole length so I don't need to adjust my bindings.

You should definitely buy another pair of boots. 

I have kept my old alpine boots and my old AT boots but I have no intention of ever using them again. Though I can't bring myself to chuck them "just in case" I need them in a pinch. I would never purchase a "backup pair" though.

tBatt wrote

You should definitely buy another pair of boots.

You need to tell the GMD to get you a bigger room so you have room for more skis.

I'm not buying backup boots... These are my "new" boots... Yeah, that's the ticket...

mattchuck2 wrote

aren't compatible with the NTN.

See, that's the problem.

To quote Imelda Marcos, buy the boots

I don't have a pair of backup boots, but I both ski and snowboard, so if one of my sets of equipment is messed up, I can use the other till it is fixed.

Adk Jeff wrote

mattchuck2 wrote

aren't compatible with the NTN.

See, that's the problem.

Says the guy who has never used NTN...

Check out freeheel life. Sells used and new from Salt Lake. Josh Madson is righteous. Met him at the telegram. He is putting a huge effort into the freeheel lifestyle. Follow him on Facebook,Twitter,Instagram.

Darkside Shaman wrote

Adk Jeff wrote

mattchuck2 wrote

aren't compatible with the NTN.

See, that's the problem.

Says the guy who has never used NTN...

Change frightens me...  

Adk Jeff wrote

Darkside Shaman wrote

Adk Jeff wrote

mattchuck2 wrote

aren't compatible with the NTN.

See, that's the problem.

Says the guy who has never used NTN...

Change frightens me...  

It's the $ flipping for boots and binders at the same time that frightens me

freeheeln wrote

Check out freeheel life. Sells used and new from Salt Lake. Josh Madson is righteous. Met him at the telegram. He is putting a huge effort into the freeheel lifestyle. Follow him on Facebook,Twitter,Instagram.

I do follow him on those platforms, and I appreciate the work he's done, and I met him at a ski movie in Albany, and he seems like a good guy... But no way am I paying $700 for boots. That's insane. I wouldn't pay that even if I didn't get my "special" pricing.

Yeah, the equipment cost of converting to NTN has really been rough over the last few years, but now that I have 2 sets of bindings (3 soon) and 2 pairs of boots (I ended up buying them), I should be set for the forseeable future (knock on wood).

freeheeln wrote

Adk Jeff wrote

Darkside Shaman wrote

Adk Jeff wrote

mattchuck2 wrote

aren't compatible with the NTN.

See, that's the problem.

Says the guy who has never used NTN...

Change frightens me...  

It's the $ flipping for boots and binders at the same time that frightens me

Try as you might, you can't take your $$ with you into the afterlife

mattchuck2 wrote

Yeah, the equipment cost of converting to NTN has really been rough over the last few years, but now that I have 2 sets of bindings (3 soon) and 2 pairs of boots (I ended up buying them), I should be set for the forseeable future (knock on wood).

That's where it all starts.

I got my bindings and skins for my new ski but I need another set of bindings for my other new ski and an alpine boot to drive them and kinda want to get a 3 pin fish scale tele setup but that would need new boots and there's a nice skate ski track that goes up the summer road but it's almost biking season and I need a new back brake but living outta the 'Rester is so tight so I'll probably need a van but they're hard to find in 4wd but what about a biodiesel conversion...?

Life is hard.

Darkside Shaman wrote

Try as you might, you can't take your $$ with you into the afterlife