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2020 so effed up we can't keep track What's this steel? Pulse Ti? Do I get a HR monitor and titanium 😍

Conversion almost complete. *Edited for context* After trying to fit inlines by mail with no luck I decided convert some ice boots over. I spent hours searching for the parts, almost nothing available at the time. I reached out to JR for help. He didn't have a frame that would fit but he put me in contact with someone he thought might and sure enough they did. Classy move for sure. Thx man.

Leather wears to quickly. After lots of trial and error for a dirt cheap fix I used stick tape as the material and soaked it with an epoxy for each layer of stick tape I put down aka laying down sheets of fiberglass or carbon fiber. It takes a few days to build the layers up but once you reach the height and coverage you need it last for ages.

I second JB Weld. Had holes through my wear patches and simply made new ones. For about $5, it was a no brainer before: after:

Not sure if I’ve seen wear patches for sale separately, but they might exist. You could use two part epoxy(like jb weld) and layer it over the wear areas. Or the option I use on my outdoor skates is a small piece from a plastic cutting board. One of the cheap thin flexible ones. Just cut the pieces to size and glue them onto the wear areas. I used contact cement and it’s holding up really well. I like this option because the plastic is slippery and will slide across asphalt without getting too ripped up.

Going to take a stab at some items that came up over the past couple of posts. Thanks everyone for reaching out! Forefoot is very comparable. Heel start a little more snug (but still very much a "B" heel) and can move out to compare with the nexus heel if necessary. Rib EE has a higher instep measurement than AS3 Pro EE, so more volume and wrap🙂 Very good call out here. I'm going to attempt to link some photos clarifying the current fit lineup: Keep in mind that this 2nd image does not include the updated Super Tacks EE. Just imagine a little bit bigger yellow box 🙂 Same idea on Jetspeed. RFM composite is extremely thermoformable and especially so in a one-piece boot as the bottom of the skate is also RFM and lacks the glue and nails that can impact the bottom and immediate sides of a two piece skate from moving as much. Not sure what happened during your bake but regardless, the next step is to remold them (2 mins in a hot skate oven, no more) and tie them about how you would when playing. It's not necessary to tie them extremely tightly or really crank down on the eyelet row. Be sure to remain sitting until the skates are cool to the touch and don't get up and move around. This should take awhile, maybe 15-20 mins. Take care when molding to lace the skates back up after you've taken them off and leave a full 24hr (at room temp, but colder is better) before unlacing and skating. Good luck! Not sure if this applies to you, but when taking them off after normal use, loosen the laces down several eyelets before taking them off. It should be extremely easy to slide off and not require much leverage or effort. The skate goes under a lot of stress when being tied up and especially when being removed so taking an extra 10 seconds to really unlace them can help preserve the molded fit.