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  2. The brands don't care. They are trying to make two fit offerings that cover 90% of players, and anyone who needs something more narrow or wide can order custom. Basically, we are going back to the two standard retail fits like we used to have previously. lol
  3. Removing pitch is easy. Any decent pro shop should know how to remove pitch from a template. I typically do not add ANY pitch unless a customer requests it. With a profile with an aggressive toe, the steel will already feel pitched since you will in fact be more on your toe as there is less material.
  4. Yesterday
  5. Ouch! That must have been a crazy amount of pitch, poor knees. I'm glad you were able to fix it. Sometimes we really create our own suffering. I remember playing in skates that had a lot of forward pitch and my lower back would be very tired after games. I thought it was normal until I changed skates and it went away, turns out it was the pitch of the boot causing it the whole time.
  6. I asked for extra forward pitch because I had never actually skated on a ProSharp profile and that's how I'd always do my goalie skates (though this was for player skates). If you have too much forward pitch, it shifts your center of mass from its proper alignment, to your knees. I ended up having some swelling of the knee sack, called synovial plica syndrome, which I needed an MRI to diagnose. It went on for months before I went to get the MRI (during covid). Once I got the diagnosis, I went and had the default quad put back on new steel, and the swelling went away practically overnight. It really forces you to bend your knees to compensate. The other symptoms you'll recognize are sore butt and sore lower back. All telltale signs that your body isn't aligned properly over your feet.
  7. What template? You mean the list? Scroll up, I linked it in one of my posts. It's direct from ProSharp.
  8. Yes correct! I had both the Zuperior and Quad profiled with the built in pitch, which is stated as -20mm pivot point. Skating on them however, the Quad is significantly more forward pitched. When you lay the quad on top of the Zuperior , you can even tell with your eyes that it is much more aggressively pitched. How did you adjust pitch and what were the detrimental consequences?
  9. Where did you get that template? Everything I've seen, even stuff from official prosharp sources, never mentions this. Thanks for sharing.
  10. Worth the drive up anyway. The store is massive.
  11. I believe the Quad 2 has minus 20mm pitch built in to the template, unless you expressly request to have them adjust it (which I mistakenly did once, with very detrimental consequences to my knee long-term until It was fixed).
  12. If they add volume to the those fits, doesn’t that mean that people who fit well into fit1/tapered will get pushed out the other way, and skates will have too much volume?
  13. Pitch and profile are two different things. Unless specified, I'd imagine the shop gave you a neutral pitch, well, unless they pitched the profile without you knowing. Assuming, you're on a neutral pitch, you may naturally balance yourself forward on you toes more than you're supposed to. The super smaller radii on the forward section of the profile makes it super easy to rock forward and get up on your toes, which is by design. Because I have super small feet, I used to have issues with getting onto my toes too much. I went to a 13/26 profile with a negative 1 pitch. After a bunch of years on that and lots of practise, I was able to corrected my issues and went to a 13" neutral pitch.
  14. I have been skating on Quad 2 (280mm runners) for the last month, and while I like the profile, it has a lot of forward pitch, much more than Zuperior M, which I find has a good amount of pitch. The Quad 2 feels a bit extreme due to this. It is immediately noticeable as soon as you take off your skate guards, you feel like you are standing on a hill. I do like being forward pitched, but this is just a little too much. Q1: Does anyone know how much mm/degrees of pitch you should remove to make them feel more like Zuperior? Q2: Would a Quad 1 be less pitched forward on 280mm runners or about the same?
  15. Bauer and CCM are both trying to phase out the Wide and FIT3. Both brands have been adding volume to the FIT1/FIT2/Tapered/Regular options. I would imagine by 2025 you will not be able to buy a FIT3 or Wide skate at retail, and it will require a custom skate order.
  16. Last week
  17. Except that custom doesn’t work for many people. Custom is essentially a pair of stock skates, individually sized to each foot in width and length. with a bit of pressure and heat applied. If your feet are far from Bauer shaped, the result will not be a good fit. If you have Bauer shaped feet, but there’s a bump or two that makes stock skates painful, or you are just a bit off Bauer shaped feet, then custom is ideal.
  18. Custom Bauer don't come more narrow and with less negative space than their retail options. The Ultrasonics are fine for me, but I probably won't be able to fit into anything else going forward if they just keep getting wider and wider.
  19. Anyone happen to have a free shipping code? Was thinking about picking up a second set of R1 for another boot
  20. From a retail fitting perspective Bauer's 3-Fit system is better than the previous 3 line single fit lineup. For those that have issues there's always custom.
  21. I more narrow toe box isn't necessarily an "issue" for some people. I actually downgraded from the Machs to the Ultrasonics because of the wider toe box in the former. Bauer moving towards roomier skates has become an annoyance for me. I think it's time they offered a fourth option - Fit 0.
  22. Can confirm it's Quad 0, not XS (for 252). I know because I have both profiles.
  23. Yes they did, I've been in contact with Base a few times since they relaunched before and after I ordered
  24. Yes. I got the Matrix as well. The ribcores feel vastly different. Heavier and bulky feeling but without question then more stable skate for fast forward to backwards transition like a defensemen would make. It requires more effort than any Supreme skate I have tried for side to side moves. The thing is a tank compared to the Matrix. Straight line power transfer is outstanding for the price.
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