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Monty22
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Everything posted by Monty22
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Lemieux was a Graf guy too I believe.
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How tight are you tying them?
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Curious about these as well- Are they as "spongy" as the yellow/black ones?
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Same here, one year in no rust.
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Well, she can't wear Warrior's skate, now can she?
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Why not ask to have what VH uses on the toe caps to be applied to the areas you are concerned about as well? I have the factory coated toe caps and they have held up very well over the last year.
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Getting my son's gear ready for the upcoming Mite season I added his number to his gloves and some decals to his holders. He wanted the First Navy Jack on there as his uncle is deploying to Northern Africa with the Navy next week.
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Thought this was interesting: I was at the HHOF in Toronto last week and came across these. Haley Wickenheiser VH's, with Total One heel pieces to make them look like Bauers.
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I left the red part in.
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I didn't care for the VH yellow insoles< as they felt too "spongy" . I switched to the CCM insoles and have been happy. Did not need to rebake. See how they feel before possibly unnecessarily baking again.
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The second pair in MC88's post is mine. Just for reference they were ordered October 2014. The Only difference between the first pair and mine is the sidewall piece. I prefer the one piece look to the trapezoid cut out, but was advised that they had switched to die cut pieces for that part and the one piece was no longer available. The other difference is the coated toe cap on mine, that form what I understand has been available all along as an option. The difference from the first/second generation skates to the current iteration is mainly the obviously different replaceable tendon guard and new toecap overlay option. Aside from the corresponding aesthetic changes to the "leather" overlay areas to accommodate the new pieces, I don't think the boot has changed very much at all ( not that it needs to). The updates seem to address the durability issues some have encountered.
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So I managed to cut the sidewall of my front tire on my way into work this morning. They are repaving the road where I work and apparently i got too close to the corner of drain. No big deal, takes about 15 minutes to put the spare on and I'll get a new one at lunch. As I'm about to fit the donut on, the manufacturer supplied jack collapses and folds, with my car now resting on the rotor. Apparently Subaru jacks are not rated for cars. I then had to borrow two jack from co-workers (Nissan SUV jacks are quite nice), jack up the back tire on the same side enough to slide another jack under the front, let down the back and jack up the front (again). It's also the first day of our latest heat wave, so I was good and soaked by the time I was done. No apparent damage, but I'm very annoyed by the POS jack. I realize they aren't designed to be heirloom tools passed on from generation to generation, but I did expect it to work more than once.
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Try putting them on like this: https://youtu.be/gITaMaJAv8A
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I used waxed laces on all my skates prior, and do not use waxed for my VH's
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Is it gone like lost on the highway somewhere? If so you may want to check with whichever police dept (RCMP?) has jurisdiction. Someone may have turned it in.
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Any reason for the rigid tendon guard? The new tendon guard offering looks pretty solid.
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Sorry, I missed that you had used a shoe horn. I retract my statement to the contrary.
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My point was that every manufacture has skates that have issues in some respect or another. As far as the liner issue, in the baking instructions provided by the manufacturer it is advised to always use a shoe horn on a hot boot. This is done to prevent the issue Optimus had. It's hard to fault the manufacture in that case where the instructions were ignored.
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A better example may be the piles of "pro return" Bauer skates (for example) available at many retailers. They were returned/refused for a reason...
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Other than switching out the insoles (which I've done on all my skates), I haven't had to do any "tinkering". A large portion of VH customers ended up in them due to fit issues with other brands. Many will tolerate a bit of tinkering if it means skating pain free.
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Be careful with any super glue product- use just enough to do the job. It will make the liner hard and potentially uncomfortable if you use too much. I would use Barge cement (be sure it's the type with tolune). It's used in shoe and boot manufacturing and won't make the liner as hard.
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What glue was recommended, Barge?
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What size holders on those grey skull?
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It's always hockey season.
