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Did full tilt have to pay raichle anything for, ya know, like, taking a raichle boot, scratching off the label and writing FT?
From my understanding what happened was Dalbello bought all the patents from Raichle, then sold the original moulds to FT. This is why the FT boot is basically unchanged from the original Raichle yet Dalbello use a very similar 3-piece boot design as they have the legal rights to change and mess with the patented design from Raichle.
You'll notice that a few years ago loads of vintage Raichle boots got bought up in real quick time when park rats realised how good the flex pattern was for park riding. It's also why I noticed my old Panterras giving me way more lateral stiffness and performance than my current FTs. Because they could beef up the boot where they needed to.
milo-mcsendersonFrom my understanding what happened was Dalbello bought all the patents from Raichle, then sold the original moulds to FT. This is why the FT boot is basically unchanged from the original Raichle yet Dalbello use a very similar 3-piece boot design as they have the legal rights to change and mess with the patented design from Raichle.
You'll notice that a few years ago loads of vintage Raichle boots got bought up in real quick time when park rats realised how good the flex pattern was for park riding. It's also why I noticed my old Panterras giving me way more lateral stiffness and performance than my current FTs. Because they could beef up the boot where they needed to.
Damn. Do your panterras have the liner that sort of circles around on top or the more typical liner with a tongue? I noticed some panterras had the ft style rolled liner and others had the typical tongue liner
Lmfao this dude has no idea how molds work or how many design choices there are to be made even if the main shape of the boot is the same
And yes, FT may have either paid good money for the mold or paid less money to use the mold but not have exclusive ownership of it
DolanReloadedDamn. Do your panterras have the liner that sort of circles around on top or the more typical liner with a tongue? I noticed some panterras had the ft style rolled liner and others had the typical tongue liner
My Panterras had a standard tongue liner not an Intuition wrap liner. Incidentally after months of pain and liner tweaks they were perfect. About half a season through they liner shredded, I replaced it with a wrap liner but the boots were troublesome again, the Full Tilts are comfortable with liner tweaks. I know that I have the panterras as a back up if needed but the buckles are wrecked from dry slope riding.
milo-mcsendersonMy Panterras had a standard tongue liner not an Intuition wrap liner. Incidentally after months of pain and liner tweaks they were perfect. About half a season through they liner shredded, I replaced it with a wrap liner but the boots were troublesome again, the Full Tilts are comfortable with liner tweaks. I know that I have the panterras as a back up if needed but the buckles are wrecked from dry slope riding.
