VegasHockey
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4 hours ago, mojo122 said:Interesting. I have never had anyone ask for any of these except the Zuperior. Are they older?
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9 minutes ago, smcgreg said:I got one of these a couple weeks ago, because my QRL was dead and the toe was chipped. Even compared to my dead QRL, it felt dead. It's light yes, but not much pop in it. I used it for about 5 skates and didn't feel like it was playing as well as my QRL. So, I went back to the old dead QRL and I can say that, even though light as a whole, the AK27 feels more blade heavy than the QRL, so, I would assume the Alpha as well. I'll probably just get a new QRL on sale now, because despite the light weight, the playing difference was noticeable to me. I assume compared to a new QRL it will be even more noticeable.
I noticed the same thing. The stick didn't have a good feel and the blade felt dead. It is light overall, but I think they took the weight of the shaft and went with a cheaper blade because, as you mentioned, it does feel blade heavy.
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10 hours ago, mojo122 said:Does anyone have the Glide 65 triple template? I'm assuming there's a flat spot of 65mm, but being a triple I'm guessing the front and back differ? Anyone know exactly what it is?
Never seen that one. I also dont see it on the list either.
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15 minutes ago, IPv6Freely said:In the VH days if you identified your pronation at the time of ordering they could build the necessary modifications right into the boot. No idea if that’s still possible though.
I think they only do that on a very specif case-by-case basis now.
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On 8/28/2018 at 5:49 PM, Bizz22 said:The 2S pro also has the Carbon Curve composite shell vs the regular Curve composite shell that is on the 2S
I wonder how this translates into a stiffness rating? If anything, the player prefers a more flexible boot.
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40 minutes ago, CigarScott said:I'll weigh them tonight when I get home but they'll weigh a ton as I have giant feet with 306mm holders so I don't know what value their weights will have to you.
I skated in them last night after the adjustments and rebaking and it was worse than when I skated Tuesday. My bunions on my right foot hurt worse than before even before stepping on the ice; I had to go back and put my bunion sleeve on my right foot and my gel toe cap things on both big toes. The ball of my right foot hurt when it either didn't or not enough to notice on Tuesday; perhaps due to me removing the red insoles?
I have really wide feet and need deep toe box (which makes buying shoes fun) and I don't know what else can be done to make these feel comfortable. I did the tissue technique, removed the red footbeds in each to get more volume, removed the foam in the toe box to get more room, moved back the tongue and it made things worse. The front halves of both of my feet went numb after 30-45 minutes on the ice even with taking a knee or sitting on the bench for breaks.
Nicholas or anyone else, have you tried the new CCM insoles in your True skates? I saw that you tried the old Speed Plates in yours but was curious what you found worked from the aftermarket options. I'm tempted to pull my Superfeet with the added metatarsal pads out of my old skates and try them in these; thoughts?
I don't know what else to do. The areas that I have pain and volume issues are in the harder toe cap area. I don't know how you can just create more space in those areas since you typically can't punch those areas out. I made it abundantly clear when I got fitted that I had these issues and Chase at Pure Hockey notated everything and did all that he could to inform True of these issues. I spent the money on customs do I wouldn't have to keep wearing all kinds of pads on my feet and have to keep playing MacGyver with my skates so I'm a bit frustrated right now.
I've tried every insole in either my skate or working with customers. If you have a very high profile foot which requires a lot of volume an aftermarket footbed will likely cause issues. This is why I recommend the SpeedPlates, especially now that v 2.0 has been released. They conform to the boot and your arch and take up almost no space in the boot.
Chase at Pure is an awesome guy. I work with him all the time. You need to be speaking with Rob or someone at True though, likely, they will ask you to send in the skates so they can make modifications to them, assuming they can modify the places you are having issues. Otherwise, they will make you a new set of skates.
I understand your frustration if you documented, noted, and even provided pictures of the spots where you have foot issues. True really will work with you as best as possible to try and get it resolved. In my experience they have always gone above and beyond exceeding expectations for customer service.
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5 hours ago, CigarScott said:So my skates finally showed up Monday. I went to the rink pro shop to bake them and without any tweaking the skates weren't real pleasant to me overall. The bottom of my feet felt great as I finally have a skate that accommodate my flat feet but the heel was too tight, my toes were digging into the cap of the skates, my bunions and side of my big toes were digging into the sides of the toe cap, even after notating issues with them on photos when I got scanned and the top of the skates were digging on the top of my feet down by the toes.
After I emailing with True and skating on them in a stick & puck last night, I removed the red foot bed to add more volume, had my better half and her smaller hands remove the pads in the toe box, adjusted the tongue, did the tissue method on my bunions, big toes, and the top of the toes then rebaked them last night at home. I have hockey tonight and will know more as how much this helps.
Even with the pain and discomfort last night, I noticed a huge improvement in forward flex, speed, and turn radius. I don't know if this is more due to the Step Steel being a huge improvement over the stock steel in the Nexus N7000, the boot design, or a combination of the two but I think, assuming I can get the pain and discomfort issues worked out, that it was a good purchase for me.
That's awesome to hear. Once you get then dialed in they are very comfortable and offer great performance. Can you do me a favor and weight them please. Interested in knowing how much the new model weights in grams.
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I have a customer is wanting to place an order for a new set of Bauer Supreme skates and is looking at the 2S and the 2S Pro models. Despite some minor cosmetics, the tongue, eyelet system, and other little changes, such as the steel, is the boot essentially the same between the two? We do carry very much Bauer in stock so I cannot compare in person. I figure I would ask others who might have access to them to analyze.
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1 minute ago, Santos L Halper said:Interesting suggestion and I may go that route if you believe it's worth a try.
However, just to be clear, my heels aren't rattling around in the skates - they're lifting up when I stride, ESPECIALLY when I'm skating hard.
I'm thinking my baking may not have given me a proper heel lock?
Very possible. I would do another bake. Also, I never recommend lacing up the skate to the top eyelet when baking. It provides too much wrap at the top of the foot and limits forward flex. When you then use the skates the heel can lift a little due to not being in the proper skating position from when you baked.
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23 hours ago, Jason said:I play about the highest level of rec hockey out there. I like a pretty stiff skate. I wouldn't want to go any stiffer than the AS1s. I still find that they flex forward quite well. I'm actually a lot happier with the skates now after as second heat mould and a few weeks in them. I still think they missed the target slightly with the right skate, but I think they are somewhat limited because of the shell sizes. My right foot is a little longer, but slightly narrower, so they might have to use the next size up. I had a similar issue with my Bauers.
If I paid that cost, the skates had better fit 100% perfect. My AS1 and FT1 were both purchased under CCM EPP so I was more open-minded.
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On 8/24/2018 at 12:00 PM, CigarScott said:Might also be due to upgrading from stock Bauer/CCM steel to Step. My True's show up Monday so I will know for sure next week. 🙂
I think its a few things. The shape of Step is different, the steel is better and holds an edge longer. The skates also allow the player to have better posture.
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54 minutes ago, Santos L Halper said:Back after Saturday's 4 hour marathon....and 2 hours last night.
Safe to say that I REALLY, REALLY like these skates and putting my Bauers back on my feet (if I ever do it...) will be really tough.
They ARE, however, noticeably heavier than my Bauers and I'm not sure I'd like them quite as much if I were still playing competitively - but, I do imagine that I'll get used to that in time...and, since I coach way more than I play these days, I think I've probably hit on the perfect coaching skate.
That said, I've noticed that, even after baking them a second time, my heels are slipping - particularly if I'm skating hard. I can't give a quantifiable amount that they're slipping and it's impossible for me to tell WHY they're slipping; but they're definitely slipping...and that concerns me. I thought the whole point of the True/VH skate was to eliminate this sort of thing...?
Should I rebake? If so, does anyone have any tips as to HOW I should use the ratchet clamps/tensor bandages to improve that heel lock?
If I can eliminate this heel slippage, I'd be an EXTREMELY happy customer...
Some of our customers that have heel slippage swap to different insoles that have a more tacky feel. I did notice the includes insoles are a bit slippery. You could always put some "show goo" on the heel of the insole to help add some grip.
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15 hours ago, puckpilot said:Could be that the tongue is wearing down/compressing from age, so there's now less "fluff" between the laces and your foot. It's what happened with my skates. And it was made worse because I'm an adult in size 4.5 skates, so I don't pass the pencil test. I addressed the issue by adding a lace bite gel pad and then using a different lacing pattern that I came up with. Instructions with photos below if you're interested in giving it a go.
It a may seem a little convoluted at first but it's fairly straight forward once you understand it. The basic premise of this pattern is to mimic eyelet extenders to relieve pressure from the top of your foot while still pulling the sides of the skates in around your foot.
Step 1: We mimic eyelet extenders by making lace loops like the pic below.
Step 2: We begin lacing up the skates, like normal.
Step 3: But instead of threading the laces through the eyelets, we thread them through the loops instead.
Step 3: Continued
Step 4: Add another lace loop. This will be your starting point. This is where you slip your foot in and begin tightening and lacing things up. Generally you want to pull everything snug at this point, Don't worry if the skate pulls open a bit. Just tighten as best as you can and make sure you leave those loops open.
Step 5: Thread the laces all the way to the top eyelet skipping the second eyelet from the top. You don't pull anything tight here yet.
Step 6: Thread the laces through the loops. Now you pull things tight, and tie as normal. But, I usually go over and under twice before I tie the bow just to make sure things don't slip.
Below is what the tied up skate looks like. For the first little while, I found it a little tricky to get things to cinch up the way I wanted and used a skate tightener to help tweak the tightness, but once I got the hang of it, I could just use my fingers. The one thing I found was that usually need to give the laces another tug and retie the knot after warm up. But otherwise, no lace bite.
If you have to lace your skates this way you are in the wrong model/type or incorrect size. You should never need to do something like this. When was the last time you say a pro-NHL player doing something like this? Never.
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21 hours ago, stick9 said:Man, ditch those laces ASAP. Get some Howies unwaxed wide laces. I say unwaxed because they tend to give a little which I have found can help with lace bite.
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On 7/30/2018 at 11:02 AM, Jason said:Because I really liked the way the retail boot was cut slightly higher, had a perfect stiffness and what I thought was better forward flex. The pro rep who scanned me assured me that the fit would be as good as it gets. He was wrong. In hindsight, I should have gone with an increased stiffness FT1.
Why do you feel you need a stiffer skate? What level of hockey are you playing? The FT1 and AS1 are both VERY stiff skates.
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3 hours ago, Buzz_LightBeer said:Run of the mill generic, cheap overseas made stick with colorful paint jobs. Nothing more.
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52 minutes ago, Sticktape said:I purchased the True Custom Skate for my son nearly a year ago and he loves them. They are a bit heavier (365g) per Skate but he said the extra weight is worth it for the comfort. Skates arrived within two weeks of ordering.
365 grams!? Are you sure about your scale measurement? Perhaps you are referring to the boot only? Also, 2 weeks is usually during the offseason. Right now true skates are taking between 4-6 weeks.
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53 minutes ago, CRupp13 said:OK i've now glued this pad in place twice with the liquid nails and its about to pop off again. I don't expect it will make it through my game tonight. The glue is not adhering to the gel pad itself, it sticks fine to the hard plastic of the helmet piece. Anyone have any other ideas?
Use a scotch pad and scuff it up so it gives the adhesive something to grab on to.
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I had Lasik done at the Orange County LASIK Institute. Before Lasik I was nearly blind and could not do much of anything without glasses or contacts. After Lasik I have better than 20/20 vision. I was concerned before I got it that my astigmatism would result in a mixed outcome but I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. I actually use multiple 5K displays for my day job and have no issues with seeing the fonts at full resolution. I had my procedure completed in 2012.
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On 8/10/2018 at 1:29 PM, GaryM said:Skates arrived today from IW. Are they ever nice! And they fit like a glove. Been at this 50+ years and these are the most comfortable out-of-the-box skates I’ve ever seen. I’m sure they will feel even better once I get them baked. Will have them profiled also before the inaugural skate. Btw, I came out of a Bauer Vapor X100 size 9D. Ordered a 9.5D in the AS1 and glad I did. Maybe it’s jst me, but I feel the CCM length (9.5) is identical to the Bauer 9. Just in case others are ordering online and don’t have a LHS to try them on first.
I wear a 7.0 EE in Bauer and a 7.5 EE in CCM. What is interesting is the newest Bauer skates I also wear a 7.5, so it seems like anything pre-2018 from either company I wear a half size smaller.
What was the most unexpected is I wear an 8.0 in the Nexus 2 skates.
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On 8/21/2018 at 1:12 PM, OzziesDad said:A guy on Reddit just posted up his custom Warriors. He paid $1,000 for 4 of them. Minimum order is 6. However he's friends with the owner of the shop that placed the order, and was able to do 4.
Last I checked it was $150 per stick with a minimum of 6 sticks. That's shop cost. Otherwise, it's full MSRP + custom costs.
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I like the P92M, but I wish they made a P88M too.
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On 8/20/2018 at 11:44 AM, IPv6Freely said:Absolutely. They have such good wrap that I barely have to tie mine at all now. The bottom 2/3 of my skates are barely snug.
With proper fitting skates this is the way they should always fit. I think people have just worn I'll fitting skates for so long they think they need to crank on the laces. I barely tie any of my skates except for the eyelets that lock the ankle. The top I leave loose and wide open. I have pretty strong ankles which I guess helps too.
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VH Footwear/TRUE by Scott Van Horne
in Ice Hockey Equipment
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That is too low of a clamp and that specific location is VERY robust with carbon and materials. You will likely damage the boot if you clamp that area too hard.
You need to do it like this: