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  1. Posted · Report reply

    I got a similar response from my skate guy.

    I asked about how I could ensure getting a good fit into the TF7/TF9s and he said he can pull up my previous scans and if it doesn't fit then "he's not doing his job properly". But he also said that the regular measuring methods would be good enough as they are "hella mouldable".

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    I've been seeing that this is considered an RVHFAIL. Seems like a more recent recant of the technique is that when the shooter is further out than the hash marks, you should be coming out of it.

     

    Also, when I searched for "Murray RVH goal" it's not even the first time he's been had https://www.pensburgh.com/2016/6/5/11863304/penguins-sharks-stanley-cup-finals-series-game-3-goal-donskoi

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    2 minutes ago, 218hockey said:

    I guess we should determine the actual price of the Bladetech product. My understanding is that the black Bladetech is $149?

    We were buying the black Massive Blade for U.S. $94 or the LS5 for $109. And of course we would always have two sets.

    I don't care about Step as they are not available for the Edge holder, didn't like them anyway.

    The currency is in CAD$, you have to select USD$ from a drop down https://bladetechhockey.com/collections/all?currency=USD

    It's about 100$

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    7 hours ago, 218hockey said:

    We were a big fan of the Massive Blade until they became unavailable. Not so much of LS5 or STEP. Would love to try the Bladetech but the cost appears to be prohibitive.

    I'd love to try it as well. 

    I'm not sure where you are, but for me in Canada, the price seems like it's about a 10$ difference between this and mid-level Byonic. 

    What are your return policies like, if there is one at all?

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    3 things:

    - I wish there was a way to try them before buying them.

    - I see that you have a goalie blade option, I feel like Goalies would benefit a lot for those hard lateral pushes.

    - It would be a logistical nightmare with very low returns, but it would be cool if you could have different flex ratings.

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    1 hour ago, xstartxtodayx said:

     I bought a set of these a while back after reading about them and being sold on the benefits (mainly the stuff about being easier on the knees/joints since I've had a few knee surgeries).  I tried them one time and ditched them, I honestly didn't give them much of a chance and wish I did.  Right off the bat I had them profiled and sharpened the same as my existing skates (at that time it was a standard Bauer profile so 9' or whatever it was).  First skate I def felt the slight flex but it made me feel like I had a shorter profile, I felt like I was tipping over the front at times and didn't like that (knowing what I know now I should have tried a different profile to maybe compensate or even used a quad profile which most likely would've been great with these).  I switched skates not long after this (went to CCM) so I never really had a chance to give them any more of a chance.  I do still think it's a great idea so I'm looking fwd to what JR thinks about them when he finds some ice to try them on.

    What you say is extremely interesting. I use a slight forward pitch in my profile, and so maybe if I were to try these I should use a neutral one. I'm super curious to try this in the future.

    Thinking more about it last night, even if you take away the rebounding force, would there be more contact between the steel and the ice during the end of your stride (just like clap skates) which would help stabilize your stride. I also wonder if some people who weigh on the extremes (too little or too much) would see less of a benefit or even a detriment to their stride.

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  18. Posted · Edited by Giltis · Report reply

    So metals have stress points, I'm sure you've experienced this in some parts.

    When you take a metal clothes hanger for example, you can give it a small bend with a very light force and it will spring back to its original shape (you can do this all day and it will come back to its original shape). But if you bend it with more force you can bend it permanently. This is what stress points and yield points are all about (fracture is when it bends so much that it breaks). Different metals have different points of no return where it bends so much that it deforms (it gets a bit more complicated in reality but you get the idea), you've probably have seen or experienced this with tin boxes or aluminum.

    So basically this blade, the way it bends upward, doesn't reach the yield point where it would permanently deform so it recovers back to its original shape (they call this aptly the elastic region). And that force that it springs back with is strong enough to propel you (this is the sell). 

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    38 minutes ago, Miller55 said:

    [...] What exactly gives that spring action? [...]

    He alluded to leaf spring suspension, which is something that old cars used to use due to its longevity and simplicity, if you look up Leaf Springs you will see some examples of how it looks like just a bunch of flat sheets stacked on top of one another. 

    Basically the simple material science of how a metal that's not bent to a strain point reverts back to its original shape.

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  20. Posted · Edited by Giltis · Report reply

    17 minutes ago, BenBreeg said:

    Need to see the evidence.

    I do remember seeing a paper on it for the first iteration (the one that had a traditional spring in the holder), and I think the 2nd one has some ties to Waterloo U as well.

    I first heard about them in a News segment where the inventor (?) had a former Habs player try it out and time it (found the segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vNlEFgzMDU). 

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