Comments on: New carbon ski boot: LaSportiva Stratos / Discussion about different carbon boots http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/ Skintrack.com - Adventurous touring, performance ski mountaineering and skimo racing Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Silitch http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Michael Silitch Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:11 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=722#comment-520 As far as sizing for Pierre Gignoux's go, what worked well for me and Nina and what Pierre recommends is to measure your foot in centimeters for the boot size. My feet measured 27.5 cm and I went with a 27.5 boot. Nina was a 24.5 which fit her well too. I dont know much about the outer sole length, but do know many binding maufacuterers now make a plate for the heel piece that allows the heel to slide back and forth and only adds 20 grams or so. As far as sizing for Pierre Gignoux’s go, what worked well for me and Nina and what Pierre recommends is to measure your foot in centimeters for the boot size. My feet measured 27.5 cm and I went with a 27.5 boot. Nina was a 24.5 which fit her well too. I dont know much about the outer sole length, but do know many binding maufacuterers now make a plate for the heel piece that allows the heel to slide back and forth and only adds 20 grams or so.

]]> By: Stano http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Stano Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:25:54 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=722#comment-519 Joey, thanks for the info about sole lengths for PG boots and comparing them to other boots. It is important to share this as people that want to order them are somewhat left wondering about the sizing they should go with. Also, I just published Micheal Silitch' "Look behind the scene" experience from Pierre Gignoux workshop, featuring great photos: http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/pierre-gignoux-444-behind-the-scene-of-the-lightest-ski-boot-in-the-world/ Joey, thanks for the info about sole lengths for PG boots and comparing them to other boots. It is important to share this as people that want to order them are somewhat left wondering about the sizing they should go with.

Also, I just published Micheal Silitch’ “Look behind the scene” experience from Pierre Gignoux workshop, featuring great photos:
http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/pierre-gignoux-444-behind-the-scene-of-the-lightest-ski-boot-in-the-world/

]]> By: Joey Dempster http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Joey Dempster Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:28:43 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=722#comment-517 Simon, The sole lengths of all the PG sizes are listed here: http://www.pierregignoux.fr/Data/Xp500.pdf 2nd page, table in the lower right hand corner labelled "tailles" and "longueur". The "longueur" is the length from the front pins to the end of the heel of the boot. The DyNA is actually pretty close, with with the 28.5 DyNA being approx. 294mm, vs. 292mm for the 27.5 PG. If you mount your fixed position bindings just right, it could work, but not optimally for either boot. Also, the 28.5 DyNA and 27.5 PG fit the same. A personal update (it's been a while): I ended up getting a pair of xp444 in late January. It seems that the order form I filled out last October was actually honored, even though I didn't send money with it (I couldn't figure out how to send money as there were no instructions on the website). One day an email arrived from Pierre himself saying "your boots are ready, they will be sent when payment is received." So I have been on mine for about 4 or 5 weeks now, including one race. They are awesome. It took me quite a while to dial them in, including grinding down the carbon in a few places, but now they are very comfortable, light (of course), and ski downhill very nicely indeed. As an aside, I need to sell my F1 carbons now. I would like to keep both, but that seems excessive, even for me! I have them listed at the Telemarktips "tele turnaround" forum if anyone is interested. They are size 29. Simon,

The sole lengths of all the PG sizes are listed here: http://www.pierregignoux.fr/Data/Xp500.pdf

2nd page, table in the lower right hand corner labelled “tailles” and “longueur”. The “longueur” is the length from the front pins to the end of the heel of the boot. The DyNA is actually pretty close, with with the 28.5 DyNA being approx. 294mm, vs. 292mm for the 27.5 PG. If you mount your fixed position bindings just right, it could work, but not optimally for either boot. Also, the 28.5 DyNA and 27.5 PG fit the same.

A personal update (it’s been a while): I ended up getting a pair of xp444 in late January. It seems that the order form I filled out last October was actually honored, even though I didn’t send money with it (I couldn’t figure out how to send money as there were no instructions on the website). One day an email arrived from Pierre himself saying “your boots are ready, they will be sent when payment is received.”

So I have been on mine for about 4 or 5 weeks now, including one race. They are awesome. It took me quite a while to dial them in, including grinding down the carbon in a few places, but now they are very comfortable, light (of course), and ski downhill very nicely indeed.

As an aside, I need to sell my F1 carbons now. I would like to keep both, but that seems excessive, even for me! I have them listed at the Telemarktips “tele turnaround” forum if anyone is interested. They are size 29.

]]> By: Reiner http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Reiner Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:57:23 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=722#comment-513 Just did a WC race and there wasnt 1 Dyna boot in the entire race! About 90% of the ISMF atheltes had PG boots with a few scarpas and the odd Sportiva Just did a WC race and there wasnt 1 Dyna boot in the entire race! About 90% of the ISMF atheltes had PG boots with a few scarpas and the odd Sportiva

]]> By: Jonathan Shefftz http://www.skintrack.com/gear-tech/new-carbon-ski-boot-lasportiva-stratos/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Jonathan Shefftz Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:29:49 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=722#comment-494 Auick note on DyNA durability: so far I have just under 52,000 vertical on mine, spread out over 14 outings. (Yes, doing the math, lots of little ski tours.) roughly split between backcountry tours on Manaslu and ski area skinning for groomers on cheap old Atomic MX:20 race skis. So far, absolutely zero durability issues, outside of that little weird sort of problem I noted in my WildSnow review regarding how sometimes the right upper cuff buckle doesn't quite lock in properly unless I carefully ensure that the little latch is pressed in correctly (which takes only a few seconds). Auick note on DyNA durability: so far I have just under 52,000 vertical on mine, spread out over 14 outings. (Yes, doing the math, lots of little ski tours.) roughly split between backcountry tours on Manaslu and ski area skinning for groomers on cheap old Atomic MX:20 race skis. So far, absolutely zero durability issues, outside of that little weird sort of problem I noted in my WildSnow review regarding how sometimes the right upper cuff buckle doesn’t quite lock in properly unless I carefully ensure that the little latch is pressed in correctly (which takes only a few seconds).

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