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  3. Posted · Edited by Greg25 · Report reply

    I don't really know the answer to your question, but I've always found forward pitch to be good when skating. Also I'm not sure that Alkali has that extreme forward pitch when compared to a vapor ice skate for example.

     

    As primarily an ice skater I find the straight 80mm set up to be more of an issue because with a longer wheel base you can get your feet stuck more easily and it feels like it puts more twisting strain on your legs during the push off in your stride, on corners, etc.

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    On 8/27/2018 at 6:42 PM, gosinger said:

    Sorry, I know nothing about the XX, before my time. However, rather than modifying the toe cap I'd look into stretching the boot, the XX might be old enough to be stretched successfully. I doubt it is worth it though, just flip em and get a pair of used ice skates that fit to convert (I recently picked up two pairs of APX and an 1X for ~60€ each).

    Nice.  Where did you get them from? Is there anywhere over there that would ship internationally?

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    On 8/23/2018 at 8:05 PM, gosinger said:

    Last season I took some Kydex (thermoformable plastic sheet), heated it up and glued it to the high wear areas of my APX skates - it held up nicely (especially in area where the toe-cap and the boot meet) and will most likely extend the life of the boot by quite a bit. Others on this forum have added multiple layers of 2 component epoxy as "bumpers" to the same area for wear protection.

    Out of interest, would you know much about the construction of Vapor XX skates? I have an old pair but they are half a size too small and the toe cap seems to have a hard plastic inner that isn't reshapable.  If I could remove the inner toe cap or push the toe out a fraction, I think they'd fit and do nicely as an inline boot.  I'm just not sure if there will be structural problems with it removed.

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    44 minutes ago, gosinger said:

    I am a big proponent of sticking with skates that fit, so I'm mainly gonna talk about Bauer Vapor in your case. So the material your XXXX had was Tech-Mesh, which was on the top model until the x:60. Then it was available on the second-tier (x7.0) to the APX which already featured Curve composite. The completely different cut Nexus had Tech Mesh on the top skate for a little longer, but also made the switch to Curve. If you take a look at the Bauer Roller skates, you can see that they essentially added more wear guards / bumpers to their ice skates to make the suitable for outdoor play.

    Last season I took some Kydex (thermoformable plastic sheet), heated it up and glued it to the high wear areas of my APX skates - it held up nicely (especially in area where the toe-cap and the boot meet) and will most likely extend the life of the boot by quite a bit. Others on this forum have added multiple layers of 2 component epoxy as "bumpers" to the same area for wear protection.
    However, I only covered the regular high wear areas, so if I was to take a high speed spill / slide the boot might come into contact with asphalt in other areas as-well. If you are concerned about something like this (rather than usual wear and tear), you might consider covering the entire side of the boot with Kydex (kind of like a shotblocker would be mounted) or b) switching to a different boot.

    Thanks for the detailed reply 🙂

     

    I'm struggling to find an 8EE in older Bauer lines, so an inline skate boot or some mods like you discussed sound like the way.

  7. Posted · Edited by Greg25 · Report reply

    I currently use my old vapor XXXX converted to marsblade for hockey in the park on concrete or asphalt and do the occasional city skate on it. But they are wearing out.

     

    The outers on the newer high end bauers look like they'd get shreded on the street or concrete. Are there any newer high end stiffer boots that have a tougher outer like the XXXX did?

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    Coming from ice the biggest problems I found with inlines were slipping on corners, feeling like I was stuck on rails and not being able to extend properly in the stride.  Marsblades directly improve the third and the choice of a straight 76mm setup improves the first two.

     

    In contrast, a rocker setup or HiLo makes the slipping worse, and softer wheels make stopping more awkward. So I find marsblades a nice solution.  While still not perfect when I go back to ice (my weight still sits back a bit after skating on them), they are pretty good and I enjoy skating on them.  They also let me practice off ice while doing a lot less damage to my ice skating than using regular inlines.

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