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  1. shoot_the_goalie
    Hmm. I really liked the CCM RBZ pants. Super light, protective, and fit really well on the waist and hips for me...but then again fit is subjective. Sadly the stitching came apart on mine after only a month, so I got it replaced under warranty, but since the RBZs were no longer being sold, I got QTL in exchange. (which are good, but not as good as the RBZs imho)
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    AS1 & AS2 lines pretty good, but ST was indeed such a mess. Ultra Tacks was my all time favorite. Next gen, they should just re-release the old Ultra Tacks w/ new graphics. Call it like the Super Ultra Tacks...lol.
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    Not when back in the day you covered all the logos by mummifying your ankles with tape!!!
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    That was a sweet skate too. Grafs were the bomb when I was growing up, but they were kinda hard to find unless you special ordered them where I grew up.
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    I had the Micron Mega 10-90s and they had the white "Power Clips". They were totally gimmicky and it was a real problem if they broke cause the eyelets were a part of the clip. That said, I wore those things for almost 7 years (playing 3-4 times a week) before one of the clips broke and I had to trash them. They were indeed a fantastic skate. Comfortable, durable, and looked good (though I wasn't a fan of the blue Tuuks, but they were all the rage then cause of Gretzky). Think Bauer eventually bought them out?
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    I've been playing since 1990 and I gotta say my current True Skates are the best piece of equipment I've ever owned, and worth every penny. Never had a skate fit this well, this comfortable, and this level of performance. 2nd place is probably the CCM Ultra Tacks stick.
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    Yes. It's jaw-dropping playing against elite talent in any sport (who are probably not even trying their hardest if you get the opportunity to play them)
  8. shoot_the_goalie
    God, I love this thread Amazin'. You have really shown the MSH community what one can do when someone who clearly loves the game, put their heart and mind into it. And to your credit and to the MSH communities' credit too, people have given you great advice and feedback, and you've just taken off with it... kudos.
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    If you do take off the tendon guard for repairs, you might as well flare the copper rivet when putting a new one in or change out to a bolt. In my experience, the copper rivets at the tendon guard fail pretty easily.
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    Yeah. Those aren't great. Is that out of the box or post bake? I had very small glue "blemish" areas, but nothing like the ones in the pics. Call True. They're pretty good at responding to e-mails, but phone is even faster. Their customer service department is very helpful.
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    Certainly can't hurt, but not absolutely necessary I think unless you play a lot or you sweat heavily. I just take my insoles out to make sure the skate dries out fully, usually overnight.
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    I've had mine for over 2 years now, playing about twice a week. Normal wear and tear, and all pretty good with the exception of the copper rivets in the tendon guards. They kept popping out until I replaced them with hex bolts.
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    Concur with Sniper9. I've never seen this happen unless they're really cheap wax laces or the wax laces were baked with the skate. I use Elite Prolace waxed laces and never had a problem with my Trues. Probably don't need waxed laces with the Trues (as I barely tighten my laces), but it's just a preference thing.
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    They definitely are on the heavier side of the skates out there, but at this stage of my hockey playing life, the difference in weight is negligible. I also have the shot blocker protection, and that's definitely worth the extra weight considering I've gotten pucks to the foot and have felt very little. Also, I might be wrong, but seems a larger portion of the weight differential is from the use of Step Steel in Trues. Also, the new Trues are supposed to be around 15% lighter than last generations?
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    Pretty surprised on the customer service note. Every time I've contacted True, they have either e-mailed or called me directly pretty quickly. Usually, they call, since it's easier for them to understand/explain situations. And yes, what your LHS does is vital to this process. My fitter at my LHS did the 3d scans, took pictures, took down my info for my previous pair of skates (what I liked, didn't like about them, any mods, etc), and noted a bunch more information about my feet and my fit preferences. My skates were pretty much spot on when they arrived (except for a toe insert in one of my skates which made my toes a little too close to the cap, but was easily taken out). Like most things, it's pretty important that the fitter knows what they're doing and is very thorough.
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    Yes. You can contact True directly (via phone or e-mail) and request to purchase different tongues. I think they're around $80 USD for a pair?
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    What OTG28 said... you'd be surprised how many holders on skates have slight deformities.
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    You don't need to necessarily take out the red insole. You can cut out the part where you are having arch pain. There's a video of SVH doing this.
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    I didn't like the feel of pushing the tongue forward into the toe cap more, thus why I use Powerfeet. The fit was good before Powerfeet, but I like to feel compression on top of my toes... prevents me from curling my toes in my skate (which used to be a bad habit)
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    I use wax laces with no problem on my Trues. If you have minor heel slippage, contact True for some of the toe cap inserts that they sometimes use. Also, using Powerfeet can help. You may want to mess around with insole combo too - using red and blue, etc.
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    1) Stores charge for baking skates cause they ideally want you to buy the skates from them. That's why if you buy from them, baking is usually free. I bought my Trues from Pure Hockey, and since they have me in their records, to this day (they're 2 year old skates), they've never charged me for a bake, rivet repair, eyelet repair, etc. My previous skates I bought from Pure, and those too, they never charged for bakes, punching/stretching. 2) Again, it's at your own risk, but with a convection oven, the heat dynamics are much different than a regular oven. 3) Absolutely recommend a shoe horn so your liner doesn't slip. 4) If you're going to do the shrink wrap method, it is really helpful to have another set of hands to help you. Just watch the True Academy video, and you can see why.
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    I believe the True Academy videos are more recent than the How To videos.
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    To be safe, follow this, but in my experience, Trues typically need to be in the oven a bit longer to get ideal malleability. I also had each skate baked separately. Also, remember, convection is a lot different than your standard heat.
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    Yeah...just rebake and compression wrap again...
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