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- From: colson@tc.fluke.COM (Gary Colson)
- Subject: xc heel positioner question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180359.323@tc.fluke.COM>
- Keywords: xc heel positioner
- Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:03:59 GMT
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- Reading this weekend an early 80's book on mountain/backcountry skiing where quite
- a thing was made about a "heel indexing plate" which provided exceptional control
- on xc skis. a variety of such products were said to be on the market any of which
- worked well. Basically a pin attached (protruding) from the rear of the heel that
- indexed itself into a small vertical "V" plate. Seems to be an ingenious idea...
- ...how come I've never seen or heard of such a thing (in my brief 2 year interest in
- xc skiing)?
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- Can anyone out there enlighten me on this.
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- Also on a post that was made a few weeks back concerning xc bindings for utilizing
- hiking boots on skis? I haven't seen any response as to the availability of such
- a binding for back country skiing. Seems like an entirely possible adaption
- however.
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- Thanks in advance for taking the time to pass on whatever you might know.
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- Gary
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