Too Old

I did notice after a drop-in game tonight on the 100/75 that there seems to be a VERY slight area I can feel on the edges. I may lightly hit them with a stone. A couple times I did lose an edge but the ice was awful when we got onto it.

If you can bend over and tie your skates without any problems, you are NOT old! Perhaps the FBV will extend your career another 10-20yrs. :-) Lol... I was away from the game for 34 years, ouch. Played up until high school as we didn't have a high school program back then... unless you wanted to move to the Catholic high school which did have a team. A couple pals did... I couldn't bring myself to do that though. I wanted to enjoy high school, ha ha. As to my age... this is just plain frightening... I'll turn 49 in May. Last fall our little one (now 9 1/2) asked me to take her ice skating... she took right to it... and the bug that I'd been fighting off for the last few years took over and it didn't take me long to remember why I liked hockey... even though the equipment isn't priced like it used to be. Again... you folks there at No Icing have been nothing short of spectacular to work with.

Needless to say I paid online for the FBV treatment on my original Graf steel and it's headed your way tomorrow. ;) :D I still think it's one of the best things I've found. And being an OMF (old mofo) I want every bit of help I can find. :lol:

my understanding is that 100/75 from the bite angle alone is closer to 3/8 - not 1/2 just check yourself @ http://www.flatbottomv.com/technical_data.pdf Yeah, according to the FBV chart: 100/75 fbv = 3/8" roh 100/50 fbv = 5/8" roh 90/75 fbv = 3/4" roh 90/50 fbv = 1 1/8" roh Just to clarify... it's Bob that calls the 100/75 a 1/2", not me. IMO a 7/16" would be more along the lines of a 100/60 or so.

Un-freaking-real! WOW is all I can say after an initial skate on my new Step Steel runners with a 100/75 (1/2" they call it) and 8'/13' combo radius. I was concerned that I may have too much bite but it's just barely short of chattering so I'm happy with them. Great bite cornering and the glide is simply night and day better than my old 7/16" ROH setup. I can't thank Bob at No Icing enough for taking the time to review things when I placed the order. And I had the new runners 3 days later. Needless to say I'll gladly spread the word about the FBV. And my original steel is going to be sent to No Icing to have them done with a 100/75 as well. I think the FBV is the best thing since sliced bread!

I've been on a 7/16" thus far and should have my new steel here pretty soon with a 100/75 on them, along with an 8'/13' combo radius. Obviously will keep the neutral pitch seeing how they're Graf's. I'll see how I like that and if all is well then I'll ship the old runners in for the same cut and profiling. Since nobody close to me does the FBV it'll be nice to have a spare set just in case. Excellent service thus far from No Icing; can't say enough about their help going over things.

That's not bad... I was off the ice for 34 years! :o The current equipment is light-years nicer than what I used back then. Sticks and protective gear is so much better especially.

Got on the phone and called Noicing. Filled out the form and faxed in. Had a reply via email discussing the radius and cut that I'd want to use less than 20 minutes later. He said that the 100/50 may be what I want to consider over the 100/75, but I'll have to think about that first. Talk about customer service, wow. I'm probably going to just buy another set of blades from them already done. Then I can keep the current ones to skate on outdoor stuff and not worry about things so much. I hate to go on outdoor ice and then back inside. Pretty quick to change out blades to go back indoors.

Sorry if I've missed it in this thread... but is there any shop near Schaumburg, Illinois that can do a 100/75 cut? I'll be there this weekend for a drag racing exposition and would love to get my skates done if possible! Thanks for any help. ps... my hope is to not have to travel any great distance in the Chitown area from Schaumburg if possible :)

As the screen name states... lol... too old for this! I played up until high school days and then stopped pretty much then. I graduated hs in 1978 if that gives you any idea as to my age. :) We have a little one who wanted to skate and she's taken a liking to it. So much so that it motivated me to get back to adult hockey on a fun level at least. We'll see how she comes along with her skating skills and then I'll see if she wants to do any hockey next fall when they have 'learn to play' lessons for kids. Needless to say all of my old stuff was long gone so here's what I have picked up (and WOW has equipment technology changed since the 'old days'): Graf G3 Supra skates Sean Avery custom pro return (I had them baked and one small area punched out on each boot) Graf G700 shoulder pads Graf G700 black/white gloves Graf G700 black pants Easton S7 elbow guards Easton S7 shin guards Easton S17 black helmet Oakley visor/cage combo Itech JP510 one-piece underwear RBK Edge Nashville away socks Nike skate socks Easton Stealth CNT 85 flex Heatley RH Easton Stealth S11 85 flex Forsberg RH RBK Blues gold/white practice jersey Graf 40" equipment bag Easton ST16 stick bag This should help keep me in shape for the mountain bike riding over the summer months and vice versa.