MadRiver
New member
A while back we were discussing the advantage and disadvantage of setting the crampons to the flex or rigid position. Most people held that if you are wearing regular hiking boots (non-plastic) you should set the crampons to the flex position to alleviate any stress on the metal sizing bar. I have done this but I find that the crampons do not “fold-up” for carrying very well since the sizing bar can no longer slide all the way to the end. Before I reset them to the rigid position, can anyone give me an actually example of where someone’s crampons in the rigid position broke due to the stress on the sizing bar?