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  1. Larry54
    😠 Damn double post. Either my computer or this website is lagging this morning.
  2. Larry54
    One thing that might help is metatarsal arch support. I use Specialized Body Geometry insoles in my skates because they have a metatarsal button to support the area just behind the ball of the foot, so it relieves pressure on the ball and re-distributes pressure more evenly on the sole overall. And they're available in 3 different longitudinal arch heights. They are a bit thick though, slightly thicker than Superfeet so the skate has to have enough volume to handle them. Or you can try metatarsal pads but it might be tricky finding the perfect position for them.
  3. Larry54
    ... with LS2 holders.
  4. Larry54
    I did some roller blading with my old roller hockey skates that I haven't played with in 7-8 years. I started doing more cycling now and that has mostly replaced roller blading which I'll probably continue to do sporadically.
  5. Larry54
    I chose 6-32 T-Nuts to limit the size of the holes in the outsole, and because they are more than strong enough. I suggest you get truss head screws since the head has a bigger diameter and negates the need to add washers which I would recommend if you used typical machine screws with smaller heads. If you can get stainless steel screws and/or T-Nuts, that would be a plus to avoid rust but not a must. I also felt that the pitch didn't match my ice holders so I added a shim on the heel as you can see as the white piece of plastic in this photo.
  6. Larry54
    If you put two same-sized wheels on positions #2 and #3 of a hi-lo frame, the skate will tilt upwards or toe-up because the wheel in position #2 (1 being front and 4 being back) has to be smaller than #3 for the skate to be level. So before playing around with wheel sizes, keep in mind what wheel sizes the frame was designed for in order for the 4 wheels to all touch the ground simultaneously. Use that as the starting point before you start adding and subtracting milimeters from each wheel.
  7. Larry54
    Also figure that softer wheels will have more rolling friction.
  8. Larry54
    Yes, all city rinks and even the YMCA rink that my league plays in.
  9. Larry54
    Isn't the True holder taller than other holders to allow for the use of shorter (height-wise) and thus lighter steel? What next, skating on stilts? Isn't there a point of diminishing returns with respect to height's effect on agility? Personally, I prefer to have the shortest steel possible with a bit of leeway that won't cause my boot to hit the ice on sharp turns .
  10. Larry54
    I have the LS2 holder. At the time it was either that or the LS Edge, or boot only.
  11. Larry54
    I use one of these to dry my skates and gloves. I turn the timer up all the way to 3 hours but I leave the heat switch OFF so only room temperature air is pumped through them.
  12. Larry54
    I remember coating the toe caps of my Kevlar Tacks with polyurethane varnish instead of ProtecToe to retain the color of the kevlar fiber.
  13. Larry54
    They still put ballistic nylon on toe caps?
  14. Larry54
    Mine does that but it's the tendon guard that clicks so I'm not concerned.
  15. Larry54
    Lyle Mays
  16. Larry54
    Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter.
  17. Larry54
    Those look like thick socks. That sure won't help with volume. Rob from VH had told me that their skates had a "fudge factor" so they could be worn with or without socks. That tells me that they can be worn either barefoot or with very thin socks, so IMO wearing thick socks would be pushing the limits. So if moving the tongue doesn't fully solve your problem, you can always try thinner socks to get more volume.
  18. Larry54
    In addition to removing the red insoles, I suggest tightening your laces looser than you think you need. Just remove the slack in the laces and pull them barely snug. That's all these skates need.
  19. Larry54
    I'm 59, and around a year ago, after reading posts from Vet88, I started skating unlaced at public skating like BenBreeg does, and also for the first half hour of each stick and puck. After a short while a light bulb went on in my head, and skating unlaced felt so natural that I was practicing all the skating techniques unlaced, albeit at a slower deliberate pace. As a result, I'm now playing hockey with the top 2 pairs of eyelets unlaced. So if an old dog like myself can learn a new trick, there's no reason a young whippersnapper like yourself can't do the same. 😁
  20. Larry54
    MCornell, The holder is not centered on the outsole but the outsole is not centered on the boot, so if you look at the position of the holder relative to the boot, it doesn't look as bad and might be within tolerances.
  21. Larry54
    It's cold in a rink. Do a test and put your watch in your refrigerator at home for a couple of hours and see if that slows it down. 🤔
  22. Larry54
    Unless I'm mistaken, the rivet hole pattern on the old Step holder matched the Tuuk model, right? Now if you want to swap out the True holders for Tuuk, you'll have to drill new additional holes in the boot. Maybe I'm out of the loop but what's the current policy on ordering True skates with/without holders, or drilled for holders other than True. And it just looks a bit "cheap" for the lack of a better word to not have dedicated left and right holders. It feels like a "cutting corners" measure. WTF is going on with my favorite skate brand.
  23. Larry54
    I still have my first pair of VH skates with the carbon fiber toe cap, and I took this picture of what holds the velcro strip to the toe cap. It's an 8-32 thread.
  24. Larry54
    To be fair, I actually preferred the original tongue that came with the first VH skates. I thought that the felt tongue was to appease the conservatively-minded hockey player, and was actually a downgrade from the original dense foam tongue that was thicker in the center and tapered toward the sides, and it contained a stiff thermoformable plate to conform to the top of the foot and protect it from lace bite.
  25. Larry54
    The new tongue looks a lot like the one VH offered as an option a few years ago. And that was just a thinner version of the original tongue from a few years earlier. IIRC, the felt tongue had replaced the original tongue by popular demand.
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