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From: stan@clyde.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.ski
Subject: Ski Boot Ankle Adjustment Question
Message-ID: <313@clyde.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 17:30:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  7 17:30:04 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:28:58 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ
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I got a pair of used Raichle ski boots, which have an "ankle angle"
adjustment.  I haven't found anybody who's really sure why the
adjustment is there, so that's why I'm asking here.

One theory is that when the ankles are bent more, the knees will also
be bent more, assuming that your weight is in the same place.  If that
is the case, why is skiing on bent knees more desirable, and which
position is better for me, an beginning average skier?

Please mail responses directly to me, and say whether you would like
the answers summarized & posted.

Thanks,

		Stan King			phone: 201-386-7433
		Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ		Cornet:  8+232-7433
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