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  1. 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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    One of the many aspects of why Miracle is such an enjoyable film to watch - the actors/players can actually skate. (well, maybe not Kurt Russell) Drives me nuts when actors play professional level athletes in films, and they look like complete beginners. It's just so distracting and takes me out of the movie. Also, in regards to Bombay, you should search for Jamie McKinven's take on the Mighty Ducks and Gordon Bombay. Pretty funny stuff...
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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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    Gosh. I used to have these in high school and thought these were the greatest gloves ever made. But compared to today's gloves, these things are like wearing bricks on your hands.
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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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    Amazin. As always...great great stuff! I think you’re now at the skill level where we can say “keep your head up!”. It’s a compliment to you that your feet and hands are good enough to start focusing on keeping your head up and working on that aspect of the game.
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    It does. Looks like it was an original part, since it matches the hex shape.
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    My tendon rivets popped out again. They were not flared as SkateWorks had previously suggested. Anyway, I ended up taking a helmet screw bolt and the bolt seat from old SB 4.0+ holder screws and was able to attach the tendon guards on that way. Looks good, sits pretty flush, and holding well now after a few skates. Had to open the tendon guard screw holes a tiny bit to accommodate the bolt seat, but nothing that harmed the integrity of the parts. Didn't use Loctite, but if they start to loosen, I'll probably add when re-tightening.
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    I have no idea how my rivets popped off, and quite frankly was very surprised that both of them failed around the same time. One completely popped out and the other, the rivet was still in place, but the burr had popped off. I wear shins over tongues, but do not put my socks over the tendon guard, nor do I tape/lace around the tendon guard, so I imagine I put very little stress on them. I also am very careful not to pull on the tendon guard when handling the skates, taking them off, etc.
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    The closest place I trust with skate repair is 35 mins away, and I have a handheld rivet gun which would work for this issue. With that said, I had time today to go to the shop and they put new copper rivets in at no charge (I bought the skates there). But if a simple issue like this arises again, I would rather not have to drive an hour round trip for a 10 min fix that I can most likely do myself. Not to mention, the guy who does skate repair there, isn't always there. Guy also told me that they've had a bunch of people needing rivets replaced on the True tendon guards, so I wouldn't be surprised if this were to happen again down the line.
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