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Dawn Carrie:
> ...new boots, and I
> had 3 buckles break.  Actually, one buckle broke...during the 6
> miles from the finish to Lower Quarry, as I noticed it was broken when we
> got to LQ.  The buckle simply snapped in half, leaving just one of
> the little slots for the cable.  Brand new boot, first time
> used....
>  
> Anyone else had this problem?

Oh, me! me!

Actually, I did slightly better than you - I managed to
get two 50s and a 75 out of my boot before doing a 
two mile rocky walking ride and voila, the buckle 
snapped in half as you describe. This was one of
the "new style" buckles (not the upside-down ones -
just the slightly shinier, curvier ones).

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Interestingly, although I've done about 3-5 50s with 
him in EZ boots this year (fronts only, over shoes),
last weekend he started tripping in them really badly,
to the extent where he stumbled and didn't make a
corner/slight uphill and we both fell into a bank and
he sliced his legs up scrabbling around to get upright
again.

I was using some older, wider boots (I've now seen
three different widths for "0"s, depending on the year
of manufacture), so switched to some narrower 
different year "0"s and did a quick pre-ride on Friday
before Eastern High Sierra Classic. He was still
tripping really badly and just didn't look quite right
in the boots - his angles/breakover didn't seem to
match those of the boot. 

So I ended up taking them off and putting Hoof-It
pour-in pad in both front feet. Not only did it stay
in, he also didn't trip at all on the ride (something
I was thankful of, given the rocks and drop-offs on
that ride).

Not sure why this is. I guess his feet are changing
as the year goes along.

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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
elsietee AT foothill DOT net
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, CA
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