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So tempted to inquire about the Facebook post.. but don't know what size to get... I wear a size 7d in Bauer and they fit perfectly. (for my left foot as my right is a touch smaller). I currently have trues but intrigued about the makos
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It could be that they assumed you wouldn't notice it was only toe plugs being added. Without pics of the rivet issue you're complaining about, none of us can actually agree that there is a mount problem on your holders... I say this bc true might have looked at them and thought they were fine.
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This will technically be your second skate assuming they are remaking it, as your "second" was just an altered first skate.
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You've posted this so many times already. But yet to post any pics.
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Btw sk8stk, do u know what the thickness of the red Eva foam is. Is it 1 or 2 mm?
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I've been running superfeet since day one of getting these skates and the superfeet itself didn't help with increasing arch contact. The only thing that worked for me was heating the area up in the boot and creating more of an arch. With that said, as I mentioned, I didn't want to add pieces of Eva foam to my insole or skate as I wanted the fit to be more about the boot itself instead of a pieces of foam being added ot taken away.
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The carbons aren't as stable and almost rocker since the bottom is round and the posts aren't as stable as the regular superfeet yellows. I actually prefer the yellows over the carbons due to what u described.
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Maybe that's what they consider as "custom". As in they "customize" the boot for you .. not bespoke per se.. but made to measure 🤔
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Mlx skates were off the shelf for consumers and didn't advertise as custom made but heat moldable and altered to feel like they were custom right? If so, then the tow plugs do make sense for them as they are giving the customer every option available to meet their fitting needs without actually making a boot from a scan or mould or even tracing.
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I have to add that with my skates, before they were baked they felt huge. Most people say they can't fit their foot in before baking but mine felt like they were two sizes too big in width. After they were baked they felt good. But even then I don't have issues putting them on or taking them off... To take them off I only need to unlace the top eyelet where most people need to do two. I spot heated my right boot and squeezed the areas below the ankle bones without them on as there is no way I'd be able to get that leverage with them on and doing it by myself. It worked out very well. Threw in speed plates and I'm happy to say my right skate is more or less 100%. With that said , I'm tinkering with my left skate because, unlike the right, the lefts arch has given me a bit of arch pain here and there. Nothing major but at the end of some games it's a but sore. I can alleviate it with the simple red insole trimming, but I don't like the added volume using the red insole. So I'm forced to actually heat up the arch area and push it slightly down... I did that and threw in speed plates and although the arch feels good, the overall fit around the ankle/heel seems a touch off now. I'm going to tinker with it some more when I'm back home from vacation. Most would think this is a lot of work for skates that are "custom" and should come fitting perfectly from factory. I don't disagree. But at least this is letting others know that there are minor tinkering you can do to adjust the overall fit of the skates without worrying of damaging by reheating parts of it. A lot of it is also In my head. My left and right feet are different. And I might be chasing the "fit" that just doesn't exist because regardless what is on my feet, because they are different, both will never feel the "same".
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Does it make it harder to heat mould?
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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
