boots welt wear

[IceIceBaby]

Is anyone experienced a welt wear down to a point that the crampons starts slipping off the boots…it happened once or twice on my 6 years old Nepal Top ( that still looking like they just came out of the shopping box despite wear on the front welt (the crampons bail in cut))

Anyway to deal with that?

[snoboy]

Yeah, I've had the same problem witht the same boot. Look at a new pair, you'll see they have modified the toe on the newer models.

 

I had mine repaired at Quick Cobbler and they did what seems like a schweet job, but I haven't had much time to try them out since the repair to see how it holds up.

 

I might be able to post a pic of it sometime soon.

 

 

[IceIceBaby]

yeah, but I live in Seattle

[snoboy]

They do mail order, and if I can get you a pic you can get it done there.

 

You have cobblers in Seattle right??

[snoboy]

Ok Icebaby, here it is:

 

 

If you look close you can see that the green part of the midsole is ground away at an angle. It is a little harder to see that there is a wedge of hard material glued in there, before the new sole was glued on. The sandwich is like this:

 

Green mid sole

Wedge of hard material

Vibram sole

 

The wedge extend slightly furhter than the original toe did, so affords a more secure platform for the bail.

 

As I said, I have not got many miles on these boots since the repair, and I think, zero pitches of kicking. I have a friend who had the same thing done, and it worked for him though.

[IceIceBaby]

thanx !!! I will look for one

[Lambone]

use G14's

[layton]

I had the same thing happen to my Nepal Extremes but I pretty much drove those baby's into the ground so it was a good excuse to buy a new shitty pair of boots.