supinatingfragilisticexpiankledocious#

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000

I tabbed my left boot on the inside (using carefully shaped bits of non-slip pvc tape: I am being slightly but perhaps not sufficiently paranoid about the possibility that it will all come apart), to remove some of the builtin ten degree cant. The difference is ... interesting.

First observation is that I'm having to learn where my edges are all over again: if I setdown normally I'm on centre edge not outside - at least, I think I am. The good news is that it's now much much easier to skate one-footed on that side (and this is before I've done anything particularly meticulous about getting the frame alignment right at the front) and judging from the effect of 15k or so (last night's outing) in that configuration, the pressure on the ankles seems fairly even on both sides. Today my right ankle feels more tender than the left - in fact I'm wondering about tabbing that frame too, for symmetry if nothing else

Other change: stopped using the neoprene sock things, and now using some "invisible" socks with very thin material under the heel. I think this is allowing my heel to sit slightly lower in the boot so that the ankle bone fits better into the recess the boot provides for it.

I spent lots of time reading various web sites on the construction of the knee/foot/ankle. More about that some other time, but I will note in passing that Human Anatomy Online has some really good pictures of (parts of) dead people with knives stuck in them.