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Sniper9
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My Bauer one100s lasted me seven years before I noticed the right boot start getting soft and I only noticed when i squeezed the ankle area with my hand. Didn't notice during play. I play only once a week for beer league so I'm not that hard on my skates. Either way it's all personal preference. I never had fit issues with retail skates in the past as I don't have hit spots etc. I got my trues simply due to curiosity.
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At least now we all know how to customize an off the shelf skate 😁. But in all seriousness, I hope it works out for you. I actually tried on my Bauer's today for fun without lacing them, and I have to be honest, I didn't mind/actually likes the hollow super light feel..... 😶
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No. Don't want to do something that drastic esp having more holes drilled. Funny thing is that it doesn't really affect my skating. I do the one leg glide test and I still glide straight. Not sure when I developed this issue but I'm guessing it was pronounced by an ankle injury I had in 2012. I'm going to put my old bauers on and see if I notice the difference as well. Looking at my Bauer's the right skate boot got soft and started to break down before the left which tells me that it obviously took on more strain from the pronation... I guess with the Bauer's they always felt ok, but it's more noticeable with the trues bc they are made from your scan and vs my left which fits 100%, you notice it way more.
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My issue is lack of arch not too much arch. As explained in my previous post, my right skate's arch is lower than what I need since I over pronate on my right foot and when I got scanned, i didn't notice but had my foot scanned while over pronated and was more or less flat footed. So unless I actually add to the arch with pieces of the Eva foam (which I didn't really want to do), I don't really have any other choice but to heat that area up and push the arch area from outside of the boot, up. This is what I did and it worked well. Used a heat gun and made a subtle but noticeable change. That is another thing I like about the true skates. You can target certain areas of the skate with a heat gun and basically make precise changes to the boot. My over pronation is obviously still an issue since it sometimes makes my right foot feel a bit sloppy bc of the combination of weak ankle ligaments (from an old ankle injury), and just overall poor biomechanics on my right side, but I'm overall very happy with my skates. Theyve def held up really well. When I pay attention to my biomechanics consciously activating my ankle muscles, the right side actually feels completely locked in. So it might be something where I just need to focus on strengthening my right ankle and working on proper alignment rather than thinking I need to keep tinkering my skate. Still trying diff footbeds to see if I can dial them in even more. Will see how the ccm orthomoves are when they come in. I am going to put some speed plateswter this week and test those out. If nothing really changes with these footbeds, then oh well.
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Just ordered some off hockey monkeys Canada site. For some reason the are listed as 33.99 Cdn vs 50+ everywhere else USD. Not complaining though. Lol. https://www.hockeymonkey.ca/catalog/product/view/id/226399
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Anyone know if this method can me done with the true skates. Thinking about doing this method but increasing the arch on my right skate vs reducing as per the video...
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Your arch collapses to some degree when you put weight on it. When you walk, lunge, or even stand there. The position your foot is scanned with true is the position where you are in a stride position or as similar to one as possible. There must be a reason they do the scans this way and it isn't done just because. Yes there have been some bad fits and unhappy customers but your case seems to be the exception. When orthotics are made your foots pattern are taken while you walk, where weight is placed on your foot/arch. Imagine if the boot was made with the height of your arch with no weight bearing. The arch on the soles of the boot would be pretty high and I guarantee that your arches would be excruciating from being dug into while skating
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Thing is how do I know I'd be 100% happy with ccm or even Bauer? I fit retail skates pretty well for Bauer so if I do end up going with bauer again I'd likely just go retail route. As for the Trues. I discussed how the fit on the right foot isn't 100% and it was more to do with my own foots arch and how it collpases depending on how it's positioned. Something I didn't know existed until months after getting fitted.
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I think it depends what you're looking for. My experience with true has been decent. Not great but decent. I'm happy with my skates but it took me a few mths to get used to them. Mind you I only play once a week at most so the adjustment would've been sooner if I played more regularly. I'll admit their QC isn't the best. Which is unacceptable when you're paying top dollar. Even if it's only glue or cosmetic stuff. This isn't a deal breaker for me but I know it is for others. The fit for me has been good. My left skate definitely fits 100% perfect. My right is 90%. But for me I broke it down to my over pronation of my right foot. When I was scanned I positioned my right foot in a way that it cause me arch to completely collapse, therefore the scan assumed I had a flat arch. Due to this the fit on my right skate isn't as dialed in, but I don't notice it when skating, only when walking on it. I may try throwing in some SP2 insoles which may help with the arch issue since it'll mold to my actual arch. I think some of the issues people have fit wise may be attributed to the scans. The person doing the scans really needs to know what they are doing and the scans aren't as dummy proof as one would hope. Ccm scans seem way more fool proof as you are sitting and aren't forced to stay in a lunge position which can lead to the customer not being in their true optimal scan stance. For me if and when I decide to get a new pair of trues, I will definitely be cognizant of my right foot position and make sure arch isn't collapsed. I'll be interested to see how custom skates are like in about 3-4 years when I start thinking of getting new skates.
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Those inserts are not necessarily a bad thing. What if someone's feet are so different that it would cause two diff holder sizes? In this case I would rather have inserts and two same size holders. Everyone has been wearing skates that have identical size pairs anyways. Why would they need to relearn how to skate with two skates that are the same size? If anything it would be extremely difficult to learn to skate with two completely different sized skates that had diff sized holders. Sure you can have the same size holders on two different size skates but even then that might not work if the one skate can't take a longer (or shorter) holder.
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Took my first hard clapper on the inside of my let foot. Any other skate I would have been limping and miss at least one shift. I felt it but I didn't skip a beat. There was a bruise the day after but nothing like it would be with another skate.
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The true holder is stiff. One of my regrets was swapping it out for the edge. I now have the ls2 holders now which I love, but in the future, when I get another pair of trues I'll stay with the stock holder. Did you swap out the true holder for the quick release? The single bolt in the back isn't that much more inconvenient, esp for rec hockey. I don't carry spare steel with me so the quick release idea is pointless to me anyways, esp when steel doesn't always fit properly on the edge holders. Nvm re read that you swapped to be able to use the he flare steel.
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How come u didn't put the SB 4.0 on instead of the tuuk edge
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If you go on trues or even vhs YouTube channel you will clearly see them showing you how to heat gun the eyelet area. It's been discussed lots here. But th person lacing them up for you have done it at 80% tightness at most. You could do the method they told you to see if that helps. Or re heat mold the skates again with the proper toot beds (which is probably most ideal)
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Sigh. My rivet woes continue. Although this incident is strictly a fluke where I took a slapshot to the holder and it popped two tickets and dislodged one, soa total of three will need to be fixed. Had a good streak or them staying solid too.
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This. No two skate Will feel the "same". Even going from one model you've used for a couple years and then getting the same model but brand new will feel diff. Skates break in, and that alone will make a new skate feel different enough for you not to feel at home in them. Case in point, new hockey gloves. Same make model etc will feel foreign just due to the fact they are not broken in. Mind you, having the same make model will decrease break in time, but getting a diff brand, I think it's unrealistic to think you could throw them on and be a couoel slates away from not missing a beat.
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Probably only so much u can do if it was made for someone else's foot. The clamp method works to a degree but only if the dimensions are off, width wise. If it's too deep, then it sounds like the whole pocket might be too big rather than just width. Worth a try though. Also when you bake that skate try to really kick your heel back into the heel pocket to get is sucked in as much as you can.
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Most shops in BC , Canada, will mount for free if holders are purchased from them, which is awesome for them to do. I'm not a tuuk edge fan at all and have ls2 holders on mine right now. If they become impossible to get when it's time for new skates, I'll likely just stick with the true/step holders.
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They probably lost a few customers doing this. Stopping putting on other holders I get. But boot only option actually saves them time too and would increase their sales. At least the holes on their holders line up wiyh ccm and tuuk.
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Agreed. The first few skates I wondered if I made the right choice. The skates we're super comfortable like nothing else I've worn but it took me a solid three mths playing once a week to really happy with them. They are heavier, and somewhat bulkier and the overall feel is just so different from anything retail. After getting used to them and having them soften up a touch I absolutely love them. I would definitely get them again in a few years. I must say though I prefer the old carbon weave better but not a deal breaker by any means. Do they still offer the boot only option and if so do they come predrilled or does the lhs have to do that now.
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Can I ask why you got another pair so soon after your first pair?
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You sure it's YOUR skates? You got lucky it came black instead 😁
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This is beyond great customer service. My next pair will definitely have the wick liner vs the clarino. My feet sweat a lot and the extra grip would be very welcoming.
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Also wanted to point out how I got my skates fitting the way I wanted. I actually ditched the red footbed and that helped the heel lock quite a bit. I run superfeet carbon only. Also, I rebaked my tongues by themselves to get rid of the creases from the heat molding process. Once the creases were heated out of the tongues and they turned back to being nice and thick, this also helped with overall fit. The more u bake ur skates just remember the more your tongue takes a beating too, getting crushed by the laces. Heating the tongues only will help thicken them up again.
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Didn't realize there has been so much action in this thread since I haven't been getting any notifications. Anyways. It's been about ten mths since I got my True skates. I've only been playing about 3x a month since. It wasn't until last month that my skates felt really dialed in. I think it had to do with them finally softening up a touch. The heel lock issues you guys talk about is what I had issues with on my right skate. I used the clamp method with helped but didn't feel as good as my left skates which was perfect. I noticed that my right foot over pronates depending on how I position my knee during a lunge position. And bc that's the position I was scanned in, the boot was made with a slightly lower arch than what I needed, and therefore made the right boot feel less locked in around the heel and arch. But for whatever reason, it feels a lot better now and I barely even notice it while walking and don't notice it at all on he ice. I do make it a point to kick my heel into the heel cup when putting on my skates. I recommend everyone do this especially during the heat molding process to really make sure your heel gets sucked in. I may eventually re bake the skates doing the heel kick because I never did it originally. But they feel really good for now and after a few months of questioning whether I'd go with true again for my next skates, I can confidently say for me, I would stick with true. Knowing what I know now about my right foot pronation, I would be sure to position my foot during the scan so that there's more of an arch as well. My next project might be to use the graf rms bolts system in place of the traditional rivets. Anyone tried this yet?
