To save weight I decided to not wear skate socks, a jock/cup, undershirt, helmet and elbow pads. I timed myself and saw a .00000001 improvement in my speed tests. Totally worth it.
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If I'm understanding your idea correctly, then the blade would flex too much because it would only be attached to the holder at the ends. The blade needs to slot into the holder somehow to give some resistance to flex.
Going with vapors would have been even worse because of bauers ridiculous side stiffness. They are simply to stiff.
your best bet is to have the CCM skates reprofiled to the same profile as your old RBK skates.
if you are used to having softer skates and skate good on them, there is no benefit of going with stiffer skates.
I agree with you in regards to everyone’s help (especially Scott). I’m just picking the game back up after stepping away for a few (20 ish) years and things have changed since 2000/2001. A lot of good Info to digest and sift through. Skates have been challenging. Skates last in 2000 CCM 952/tuuk steel/graf 703/705 tuuk or Bauer Comp everything has changed so drastically. Very stiff skates to adjust to……jofa shin and elbow pads still good. Sticks (came from z bubble) have changed in a great way. Excited to be a part of this game again.