DayTrip
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Based on feedback on VFTT and other websites I purchased a pair of Grivel G10 crampons for the winter season. They seem like a popular and reliable model.
I went through the instructions and I do not understand how to adjust the width to fit my boots. In the instructions there is a pin in the front section of crampons that you adjust by bolting through one of the holes in the track (I have a little package with two bolts in it). However my crampons do not have a hole in the front section. The front section "floats" on a tongue shaped extension of the metal bar with the holes. They have a hole through the heel section. And this part of the crampon does not move because there is a fixed stud pinning it in place through the hole.
Do I pop that fixed pin out and the use my included bolts in the hole that fits my boots? That is not how the instructions describe it (assuming I understand them correctly). If I push hard enough on that fixed bolt and flex the steel plate it is molded to it feels like I could get it high enough to then slide the adjustable rail under it and put in a different hole but I didn't want to break it. And if that is how you adjust then what are the two included bolts for? I searched YouTube and found numerous videos about adjusting the Grivel crampons but they all gloss over this critical part without showing.
Another question I had was on the sharpness of the points. There are two spikes on the heel section that seem sharp and pointy but all the other spikes on thee front section are pretty rounded and dull. Is that normal? Does your weight drive those points in? Based on all the articles about people tearing their hiking pants to ribbons with crampons I was expecting much sharper points than that. The points on my Microspikes are sharper. I see nothing in instructions about sharpening. I assume this is normal??
Could use a little help on this if anyone out there has that brand of crampon. Thanks.
I went through the instructions and I do not understand how to adjust the width to fit my boots. In the instructions there is a pin in the front section of crampons that you adjust by bolting through one of the holes in the track (I have a little package with two bolts in it). However my crampons do not have a hole in the front section. The front section "floats" on a tongue shaped extension of the metal bar with the holes. They have a hole through the heel section. And this part of the crampon does not move because there is a fixed stud pinning it in place through the hole.
Do I pop that fixed pin out and the use my included bolts in the hole that fits my boots? That is not how the instructions describe it (assuming I understand them correctly). If I push hard enough on that fixed bolt and flex the steel plate it is molded to it feels like I could get it high enough to then slide the adjustable rail under it and put in a different hole but I didn't want to break it. And if that is how you adjust then what are the two included bolts for? I searched YouTube and found numerous videos about adjusting the Grivel crampons but they all gloss over this critical part without showing.
Another question I had was on the sharpness of the points. There are two spikes on the heel section that seem sharp and pointy but all the other spikes on thee front section are pretty rounded and dull. Is that normal? Does your weight drive those points in? Based on all the articles about people tearing their hiking pants to ribbons with crampons I was expecting much sharper points than that. The points on my Microspikes are sharper. I see nothing in instructions about sharpening. I assume this is normal??
Could use a little help on this if anyone out there has that brand of crampon. Thanks.