Adidas Carbon skate boots. Made by Salomon in Romania, basically an RS Carbon with Adidas refinements. EUR65, shipped to my door, including matching overboots. Awesome kit. No-one will ever need better.
Also, after a long legal struggle with a web vendor, I got in the Swedish style skates I bought 2 years ago. I mounted on the the Profil Automatic binding s off a pair of cheap classic skis I shouldn't have bought (luckily little more expensive than their bindings). As it turns out, the Automatics are the not-so stiff variety, due to the campling being spring-powered, not a clamping mechanism.
Anyway, I got it all put together, wore my new Adidas boots, and tried them on the frosen field that is the ice club. I never ice skated worth much, but these skates make it easy! The clap mechanism of the bindings makes all the difference. Such a natural feeling... And, no cold or hurting feet or ankles!
I never even considered long-distance ice skating, but with this setup, it will just be a fun outing, just like an XC trip over fast flat snow, yet faster still. I can do this for hours, in any shape, I think.
When you shop, such swedish skates are just great to have, especially if you already have XC skate boots, of course.
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