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Main Boards => Gear => Topic started by: BuzyG on 17:35:52, 11/09/19
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Every silver lining has a cloud it would appear. I grabbed a great pair of bargain winter boots a few weeks back. Size 49. Today I thought I would try them with my Crampons. They don't fit. The old boots where 48s and just fit them.
Does any one out there know where I can get crampons to fit size 49. That's 13 UK or 14 US.
Other wise I will have to put my engineering head on and create an extension bar.
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What make are they?
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What make are they?
The Boots are Scarpa. The crampons are Grivel.
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Grivel sell long and extra long bars that go between the heel and toe pieces. Have a look online someone will have them in stock. I think I got mine from Braemar mountain sports.
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Grivel extension bars. They do/did solid ones and springy ones.
Depending on which crampons you've got, putting an extension bar in can make the front plate of the crampon a little too far forward on the boot sole. I swapped my G10s for a pair of G12s because of this. Not enough spikes on the G10s, and they were to far forward.
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Have the same problem, I'd learn towards hybrid crampons with extra spikes if you have a boot to use them as I found C1s with long bars quite unstable at times. I do believe Climbing Technology do a slightly larger crampon which may fit those between large/xlarge feet but other than that there are little options.
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Grivel extension bars. They do/did solid ones and springy ones.
Depending on which crampons you've got, putting an extension bar in can make the front plate of the crampon a little too far forward on the boot sole. I swapped my G10s for a pair of G12s because of this. Not enough spikes on the G10s, and they were to far forward.
Yes, I can see that being a possible issue. They are 10s. I'll split them tomorrow and check where the spikes sit on the sole, before I go any further.
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Split them and they do sit a bit forward on he front section. Measured up and just ordered some 190mm extension bars. Should do he trick.
Thanks all.. O0
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The 190mm bars arrived today. They are slightly more meaty than what was there. All the better for that. The Crampons now fit my new boots perfectly.
Thanks again. O0