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    22 minutes ago, Vet88 said:

    I'm not trying to talk you out of customs but have you considered fixing your volume issues with eyelet extenders? If the boot fits you ok everywhere else then extenders cure your volume issues. I have a similar shaped foot, high arch and too much volume for any boot that fit me ok everywhere else. When I was lacing up, extenders fixed the volume issue.

    It’s a reasonable thing to ask. The best fit width and heel wise etc are the vapor fit1 I have now. The issue is that I’m over the facing on nearly every eyelet. So I’d need extenders on every one of them. 

     The thinking at the store with the fitter was that the thick tongue of the 2x pro would prevent lace bite and distribute the pressure. Except it didn’t. 

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    3 minutes ago, flip12 said:

    By the time you’ll have lost that weight you may have wanted to rebake your Trues anyway, regardless of any weight loss. The reason being, once the boots’ foams pack in a bit, a rebake can reset the snugness of the boot, as it can get a bit roomy after some use.

    Yeah. I’m probably making a big deal out of nothing. It’s not huge weight. It’s 98kg down to around 85 where I should be about. So probably very little difference at the moment anyway. 

    but hey! I’m a self confessed worrier!

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    56 minutes ago, JD17 said:

    Looks like Bauer scan  is selecting the closest match based on what is available.  Also comes down to preference.  When I got my Trues they spent a while asking me how I want my pair to fit. What previous skates I had, what I liked or disliked, etc. They can also give u different holders, whatever steel u want.  If you dont want to go all out with True I would guess CCM custom is probably closer to Trues process than Bauer but I would defer to the pros on this thread to comment however it has been my experience that the person fitting you and sending your scan in has more influence on the outcome than the brand or manufactuer. A good LHS or fitter can make alterations on off the shelf wheels than a box stores virtual measuring stick for customs. 

    Bauer said it selected the fit based on ankle wrap, and and width. Regardless of instep height and depth. 
     

    We don’t really get “box” stores in the UK. Being a fairly niche sport, hockey stores are specialist stores. 
     

    unfortunately not all are as knowledgeable as others. 
     

    im most certainly going to go all out with tries. After top end supremes, tacks, vapors, and making do. It would have been cheaper to go custom at the start. Just trying to ease my anxiety of £900 without trying them, which is probably normal. 

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    3 hours ago, JD17 said:

    Get Trues if you haven't already, find a retailer whom you trust.  For what it is worth I had to re bake my trues after the lockdown.  I emailed them and they suggested it. Fairly common. Easy fix. 

    That’s good to hear. After a bodged fitting between Bauer’s scan, and the local shop being adamant it’s correct (I take some blame for not trusting my own judgement). 

    im doing a 300 mile round trip to a recommended store this time.

    but the responses from the other store and Bauer were that. Yeah the scan has put you in the wrong boot but tough luck. 
     

    this is the sizing that is forcing me custom 🙂

    https://my.volumental.com/en/bauer_custom/e1d7dd6c-6857-4b51-a2d6-855d939caeb9/?utm_medium=myvemail

     

  9. Posted · Edited by Lihp8270 · Report reply

    I’m finally biting the bullet and going for true. I do have a couple of questions though  

    after trying supremes, as1’s and most recently vapor 2x pro fit 1, all from advice of different fitters. With some working better than others none have been perfect.

    all skates have given me arch pain without either orthomove or speedplates, supremes were loose in the heal, tacks were a little better but on the verge of lace bite, the vapors seem ok but are too shallow.  Even Bauer admitted that my foot isn’t going to go into a retail boot.

    my foot is narrower than a D, but I have a higher arch than an average person, a thinner ankle wrap, and an instep that is too tall for supremes. So essentially i need a vapor cut, with a narrower than D boot, with the depth of a nexus. 

    now lockdown hasn’t been kind, I’ve not skated in 8 months, and I’ve put on maybe 10kg of weight. How adjustable are the ska the skates? When Im back on the ice in the new year, and I lose the lockdown weight and feet change slightly as the muscles readjust. Are the trues so set that they no longer fit? Or is it a case of just rebaking and good to go?

    after trying nearly every top end skate over the years, I want these the be the final pair for a long time. 

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    14 hours ago, dkmiller3356 said:

    The toe box is plastic and is malleable.  I have had it compress from blocking a shot just like you did and the toe box was fine afterward.  I don't know if higher end toeboxews are better than lower end skates but my gut tells me they are the same.  That's a plastic part that is interchangeable and easily mass produced.

    It may be a case that there’s not much they can do to prevent an injury such as mine. 
     

    good news is though that I’ve already been discharged from the fracture clinic and district nurse. 
     

    It’s not as bad as it first appeared, and it should be good in 4-6 weeks. 

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    21 hours ago, chk hrd said:

    Make sure to check the toe box really good. I took a shot square on the toe and I felt small piece break loose into my skate. The toe box didn't look worse for wear and stayed on for the rest of the game. When I got home and was able to look a little closer the toe box was pretty much seperated from everything. If I had taken another shot off the toe during the game it would have came off completely and really caused some damage. 

    Can’t feel anything inside the skate at all. May pull my laces off and see if I can get a real good feel around though with the tongue pulled out. 

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    Bit of a strange one this, but I blocked a shot on Sunday night which was right on the toe box of my skate.

     

    After mopping up some blood and a trip to A&E the day after it appears my toe is actually broken. 
     

    The toe box is unmarked and undamaged, it made me wonder, are high end skate toe boxes stronger, would this injury have been worse in a cheaper skate?

     

    obligatory image gallery of a broken toe, note that there’s some blood and bruising in the photo gallery. 
    https://imgur.com/a/IgKKLcM

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    I had this issue with my tacks when changing out of S29s. 
     

    i baked with stock insoles then did the speedplates myself at home. However due to the stiffer boot, the extra thickness was enough to push my foot up against the boot making my toes numb. 
     

    it was fixed by rebaking the skates with the speed plates 

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    So all collected and baked. 
     

    i thought I knew what a tight heel fit was. Until these. 

    Was a 2.5 hour drive home after moulding them.

    They looked very snug when I took them out of the box at home so thought I’d best try them out before leaving them over night.  It’s the first time I’ve heard a suction noise as my heel goes into a skate!

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    2 hours ago, Above40 said:

    Oh wow, super upgrade. New skates tough to get just right but I'm thinking totally worth starting over imo.

    Any idea if the internal footbed size is the same as the 9070?

    Will I get away with remoulding my Speedplates that were cut to match the 9070 insole? Or should i get a new pair and have them cut to match the AS1 insole?

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    3 hours ago, Above40 said:

    I wondered the same as SkateworksPNW but it looks like your pics show it's mostly or all in the holder. Not sure that could be fixed without at least opening up some of the holes a little bit to allow the holder to sit straight. I wonder if the holder is straight when it's off the skate, or just a not great rivet/drill job. Anyhow hope you get it sorted. Pretty weird it popped back..What did he say he did?

    Not all the rivets were replaced, but of note is that he added copper rivets to the back corners of the front set of rivets. 

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    On 2/12/2020 at 9:34 PM, SkateWorksPNW said:

    I think those can be aligned without having to drill new rivet holes if they know what they are doing. 

    No luck!

     

    They managed to align them without having to drill holes. 
     

    But after 1 hour on the ice, they have shifted back again to being way out of alignment. 
     

    😞

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