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VegasHockey

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  1. 14 minutes ago, macmooie said:

    I was using the 2016 VH skate with LS2 and step steel, prior to them merging with True. Best skates I ever purchased. These got worn out and in Dec 2018 I bought a new pair of VH skates with the True holder. I noticed these new VH skates by True are drastically heavier than previous VH skates. Is the weight difference a result of the True holder? B/c if is I’m going to switch back to the LS2. Thx

    The holder and large Step steel are where the weight mostly comes from. If you change to the Tuuk with LS2 the weight will be almost the same. 


  2. 5 hours ago, Dave P said:

    I could have written that original post1    ( 280mm Tydan steel  Edge holder 1X Vapors )

    Got a quad II from Tydan and had the same issues, as I leaned back and started to tighten the radius I could

    feel the skates want to sorta straighten out. Talked to JR and went to a Quad O...it helped,after about 8 hours

    of skating on it I'm still not completely happy.  I can tighten up the turn but a lot of ice is being chewed.....just not

    clean carving around. I just got a  9/50mm/10.5 ....to soon to tell, initially though, it's better at the back for my 

    style.

    Planned on posting feedback after I get the next set of steel.....waiting on Tydan.

    Dave 

    I am not a huge fan of the Quad 0 unless you are playing at a professional level of hockey. I usually recommend the Quad 0.5 as a starting point if the customer wants to go with a quad radius. When possible I like to watch the player skate before making any recommendations but obviously, that's not always an option. The Zuperior (triple radius) is another great profile that many overlook as Quad profiles seem to be "the rage" as of late. If you modify the heel of it slightly it can be an absolutely fantastic profile giving a lot of agility, speed, and stability. 


  3. 20 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

    I didn't notice until you said something. Is that just molded or are those... vents? 

    I have a friend who is using a pair of Trues for roller and he drilled small holes in the top of the boot to allow his feet to breathe better. I'll try and snag a photo next time I see him. The way he did it is not noticable at all and he claims it works wonders. 


  4. 21 hours ago, Stewie said:

    It’s not clear from the photo, but I wonder if they’ve considered wear on the sides of the front of the skate, where most manufacturers put wear patches. The sides of the skate can take a beating in roller and I don’t see anything to mitigate that here

    If you mean wear patches on the sides of the toe cap area don't think they are needed. Unlike most skates, since the True toe cap is one unit and is highly durable and oversized I don't think wear patches would be necessary. 


  5. On 10/31/2015 at 8:44 AM, JR Boucicaut said:

    Yes, they are. Has nothing to do with FBV sharpening - it simply is easier to use, and stays true longer (levers get loose over time.)

    There's no reason to use the pitch adjustment (bottom knob.)

    If sharpening goal skates, the regular Tri-Lie will work. However it does get tricky on bigger Bauer goal skates (and any old Reebok cowlings. What ends up happening is that you have to take the set screw out of the yoke, put the skate in, then put the screw in.) You can sharpen the new Bauer cowling no problem.

    If you have a full machine and don't mind the additional weight and cost, the Elite Tri-Lie will be able to sharpen all of those skates named above (including player) without problem. It's the holder Blackstone developed to sharpen the OD1N skate - Bauer needed a specific method to be able to sharpen the Zero-G holder, and Blackstone redesigned their old Scissor Clamp and refined it. I have one in my store that we use exclusively for goal skates. It is a bit heavier to slide around, but it stays true all of the time.

    +1


  6. Your local store should be able to talk to the Bauer rep. Sometimes they will request a warranty exception, especially if you are around the 90-day warranty mark. Also, if you bought them with a credit card, which I assume you did, most credit card companies will double the factory warranty period. For example, had someone buy a pair of CCM FT1 skates, at day 120 they had a catastrophic failure and CCM would not warranty it. They contacted AMEX and AMEX issued them a credit on their account to replace the skates under warranty. 


  7. 11 hours ago, GunnarStahl said:

    The only shops I know of are in the SnoKing rinks and in Play it Again Sports. Would love to know if there is a better place to get gear in Western Washington.

    I own the shops in the Sno-King rinks (Renton and Kirkland) and in Everett..... we will also be opening a store in Northgate soon. 


  8. 4 minutes ago, Cavs019 said:

    I haven’t had any issues with Edge holders in 5 years. We really need to relax with the “one bad experience = everyone must have had a bad experience” mentality on this board.

    It leads to a lot of bad information. 

    I've never had an issue with them, I just dislike that the LS Edge holders have a lot of flex compared to SB, XS and True/VH holders. 


  9. On 1/3/2019 at 5:02 PM, stick9 said:

    Krejci (who's pictured) has been in Vapors for years, and those particular ones for a few months. So I'm guessing it's not an issue.

    Surprised no one pointed out what looks like a new toe cap... Or how the design is similar to the old X:60.

    Skate looks more like a Mako than ever and supposedly fits more like a Mako as well. If all of this is true I will be happy that Bauer is finally incorporating some of the technology from the Easton acquisition. The new Vapor sticks have some of the Easton tech in them too which is nice. 


  10. 1 minute ago, stick9 said:

    A lot of what goes on here is not exclusive to True, like fit issues, and would probably be best served in another thread where it get the attention it deserves. The problem with this thread is to polarizing so some just stay away. 

    This thread had some merit back when things transitioned from VH to True. Now with True and the process being fairly mainstream the need really isn't there. There isn't a separate thread for others, so why True....

    Maybe it's time we close this thread then?


  11. My favorite thing I have heard recently was not said by a customer, but by a worker at a store....

    A customer was buying CCM AS1 skates and the worker told him it was best to come in and get the skates baked right before he got on the ice so they would be warm and flexible. I tried to not say anything until after the customer left and then explained to the worker exactly why you would never want to do what he suggested. 


  12. Is this a topic on VH/true skates or how to properly fit a player for skates.....? At this point, it seems everyone comes in here to rant which is getting a bit tiresome. I am not sure I agree that all of these individual topics should be lumped into this single thread, maybe they should have standalone threads? Anyway, just thinking aloud. 

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  13. On 12/18/2018 at 6:46 AM, OzziesDad said:

    I was playing in a fairly large men's tourney a few weeks back, and stupid me didn't think to throw a couple extra sticks in the back of my truck just to be safe. Because hey, I dont break a ton of sticks.

    First game mid-way through, guy takes a whicked wrister that broke my trusty QRL in the lower hosel. Switch to my backup for the day, a True a6.0 SBP. That succumbed to a guy stepping on the blade during a puck battle along the boards. 

    A teammate hands me a loaner. It's a CCM Ribcore. I play 2 more games with it (and thankfully it stayed in one piece). When I returned it, I told him how much I liked it. Turns out it was the Pro3. 

    The stick was absolutely fantastic. I kind of would like to think I know my sticks in terms of price points, and I had no idea that it was a 149.99 stick. Blade is nice and stiff. Good puck feel. Shots felt crisp. Not sure what it weighs in at, but it's got great balance. CCM nailed it with this stick.

    Yeah, I am a big fan of the new Ribcor stuff for this year. I think CCM has really dialed in the stick. I haven't had a Ribcor feel this nice since the 40K. 


  14. For those that say "CCM or Bauer custom skates don't have fit issues" I wanted to share an email from one of my customers from this morning. I obviously removed any information relating to him and the shop he purchased the skates from as it was not through us. I felt with everyone focusing so heavily on True, and a lot of this focus is very negative, it should be noted that many of the issues customers have may be related to the shops doing the scanning/fitting. This is the second pair he has had made....... 

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    This is XXX with the custom CCM skates that we’re giving me the foot trouble.

    First off, I wanted to say thanks again for taking the time to punch the left boot for me the other day, it definitely helped a bit.  Unfortunately, I spent a few hours reffing games in XXX last night and that skate is really bugging me and specifically my left pinky toe.

    I think I’m to the point now that I’ve given up on my CCMs.  I don’t really know what else I or anyone else can do.  I feel like XXX did what they could, but there’s no point in contacting them again.

    What I wanted to ask you, is a couple things.  First, if there’s something you think can be done if you reach out to your CCM rep, that would be good to know.  The only thing about that is if I have to send skates away for another 5 weeks (a total of about 3 months of getting this issue resolved), that would be lame. But I’m open to it if you have an idea.

    The second question is about buying a pair of True skates from you.  I think what I’m going to do is skate on these SuperTacks for the rest of the weekend, as I have a lot of games to ref, but I’m going to put them up for sale on SidelineSwap if they don’t get better.  That being said, I’ll never get what I paid for them (which is also lame).  

     

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  15. 9 hours ago, JR Boucicaut said:

    Extremely hard. None at all.

    We did have a thread on it:

     

    Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Might have to get some steel coated and try this out. I found someone who does PVD coatings but the cost is high and turnaround time is very long. I would have to do big batches of steel in order for it to be profitable and make sense. 

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