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  1. Larry54
    Is the metal part titanium? That's the only way I'd consider a combo.
  2. Larry54
    It's been a while since I had Sidas insoles but I once tweaked their shape using a heat gun. I heated the part I wanted to reshape and placed it on a 4" thick slab of polyurethane foam (aka foam rubber) and stepped on it while helping to shape it with my fingers. It's more of an artisanal than scientific method but it did the job. The difference between the Sidas and the Speedplates is that the Sidas starts out flat and has to be pressed against the foot for shaping, whereas the Speedplate starts out with a high arch that has to be flattened by the foot. So just baking the skate with the Sidas in it won't work the same way it does with the Speedplate, and is probably not a good idea.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Larry54
    I remember when the Edge jerseys came out, they were going for a different look, tighter and more form-fitting than the traditional fit, and many NHL players requested one size larger to compensate. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl-unveils-streamlined-jerseys-1.633673
  6. 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. 😁
  7. Larry54
    Here's an peculiar quote from their Fit Guide that might explain the situation, "Our jerseys have a modern cut like today's NHL jerseys. In plain English, they're slimmer in the arms and wider in the torso -- that way they hold your elbow pads in place..."
  8. Larry54
    I disagree. You need more ankle flexion to use a more shallow hollow. A tight stiff skate hinders ankle flexion. While my VH skates are stiff, I now keep the top 2 eyelets unlaced so I can skate with 5/8" hollow at 145-150lbs.
  9. 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.
  10. 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. 🤔
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Larry54
    Here's a bit of shot in the dark, but ask a coach or more experienced player to check your stick handling technique. Or maybe you could try something like this:
  16. Larry54
    I assume that common procedure with VH skates is the same as it was Pre-True. Volume fine tuning is made by removing the red insole liner to increase volume, or thickening it to reduce volume. The OP should just try the thicker liner and if the skate is still too large, have the boots re-made after re-scanning or re-measuring to determine where the process went wrong.
  17. Larry54
    But the Mako was derived from the MLX which was designed by Scott Van Horne. So do you consider imitating your own design imitation? 🤔
  18. Larry54
    🤔
  19. Larry54
    It's ironic that the VH skates that I bought before True took over had tan Clarino liners by default.
  20. Larry54
    If you go back to the first VH skate, the current skate would be more like V3 or V4. And with all the small constant changes along the way, it's like they had V1.1, V1.2, V2.1, V2.2, etc. I mean my VH skates are identical to the ones that came out a month later except for the "improved" tendon guard. I don't know when the last small improvement was made, if there have been any since True took over. But, unlike other brands, if True has kept the VH philosophy, rather than introducing new models with new graphics just to jack up the price, and holding back all the improvements ntil the "next model", they will just be constantly evolving the current model... unless True doesn't continue the VH way of doing things, that is.
  21. Larry54
    Wouldn't it be off by 4.5mm since the rear tower should be 4.5mm more toward the rear and the front tower 4.5mm toward the front to have the 9mm longer holder centered fore and aft?
  22. Larry54
    Maybe because longer is not necessarily better.
  23. Larry54
    How about 263 holders with Step XL steel? If I'm not mistaken the XL steel is longer than regular Step.
  24. Larry54
    I've also noticed this recently after having followed your advice for a while. At one point, I wondered if your techniques contradicted the concept of requiring perfect heel lock. After several months with looser skates, I'm not even preoccupied with heel lock, and my skating just feels free and un-confined. On a side note, I've even been wondering if people could solve lace bite just by adopting your techniques.
  25. Larry54
    The shoehorn is only required for putting them on while baking to avoid damaging the foam while it's hot. You can use a shoehorn every time you put them on, but I just unlace the top 3 eyelets, pull the tongue out far, and I insert my foot like in the video but I keep my foot toward the toe to avoid exerting to much pressure on the heel foam while inserting my foot. It works for me.
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