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Everything posted by AfftonDad
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Same.
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Tongues in, under the shin guards. I play three times a week. I've had mine for around 5 months. The spot that they are wearing at is right where the tongue comes in contact with the top front corners of the boot. I think because of the extra forward/backward flex in the skates they end up rubbing at that spot a lot. It is rubbing through the felt. I guess I should be happy that I am getting that extra forward lean.
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My tongues are wearing faster than the rest of the skate. Anyone have any thoughts on whether or not a tongue replacement would be possible in light of the unique way the tongue goes all the way down? I also wonder if something like a Sniper tongue would blow the form fitting wrap of the Mako?
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Don't think so. Should feel the opposite. The biggest advantage to FBV is increased glide.. the opposite of "losing momentum".
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I just emailed Easton asking about what the pitch of the CXN's runner is.The email went to a "general" Easton Sports guy, who forwarded it on to the Hockey Skate Product Manager. This was my question: I own a pair of Mako Skates. I love them in every respect including the aggressive forward pitch however, the pitch is giving my knees a little bit of trouble. I would like to have a set of runners profiled such that they maintain much of the pitch but reduce it a little. I am aware that in the Mako some of the forward pitch comes from the holder and some comes from the runner. 1) I believe that the stock radius on the CXN runner is 9ft. Is this correct? 2) What is the stock forward pitch (i.e. +1mm,+2mm, +3mm, etc) on the CXN runner (runner only… not runner + holder)? Once I know these things I’ll have everything I need to be able to tell my hockey shop how to profile my runners to something that will maintain much of the pitch but reduce it a little. This was his reply: 1) Yes, 9ft radius 2) The pitch is +2mm which comes from the holder. The steel can be profiled at -2mm to achieve a neutral pitch. I was surprised by this as I thought I could visibly see that the front of the working section of the blade is shorter than the back. It it possible that some of the pitch comes where the blade inserts into the holder, giving the appearance of a shorter blade in the front?
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I think maybe I wasn't clear. What I meant was... is there a way to use the profiling equipment to "measure" what the existing pitch is on a new runner of known radius (so on the mako you would use the 9ft bar) and line it up with the runner such that you could determine that the brand new mako runner was for example, a +4mm pitch? Then I would know that I need to go to a +3mm pitch to get "just a little change" from the stock runner. Thanks.
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I don't know how the profiling systems work... Is there a way to put the 9ft bar on a new Mako runner and adjust the pitch setting until it sort of "lines up" with the stock runner, so that you can know where it is at when stock? I would like to work back from where it is rather than starting at neutral and moving forward.
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Me too. I think I would like to back it off just a little to give one of my knees a little relief.
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The guy that came from is the 3rd hardest shot I play against. He and the other two guy's shots are NOTICEABLY harder than everyone else's that I play with. I've had them shoot against my radar and what is amazing is that he and his brother's shots top out around 80mph (the hardest of the three's shots is around 88mph). Just think what it takes to stand in front of Chara's at over 30mph harder. I can't imagine something hurting 30mph MORE than that did!
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Hockey's a helluva game!
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Got this in mine. I was crossing over backwards into the line of the shot to block it though so my foot was completely opened up to the shot. I was suspecting that they weren't as protective as my Crazy Lights from the bumps and bruises I got before this. This convinced me though. I ordered skate fenders (Compact Pro) the next day. I still love the skates more than any pair I have ever owned!
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Jimmy tells me the overall Mako forward pitch is 3 degrees.
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I had the hot spot on the ankle from the corners of the back of the boot (near the tendon gaurd). After getting open blisters on both ankles I switched to thin hockey socks, wore some thin moleskin (to let my blisters heal) and heat gunned and pushed out the spots. I skated for the first time in two weeks without moleskin last night and had no issues. I don't know which of the things solved the problem but it is gone for me. I still have a little bit of an issue with arch pain (from the arches being too high for my flat feet). I have superfeet in them. I have used superfeet for years so I planned from the start on putting them in these skates as well. I'm pretty sure that if I went to the stock footbeds the arch pain would go away but I'm worried that I might then have too much space in the skate. I'll get around to trying it with the stock footbeds sometime soon. Overall I LOVE these skates but I am already starting to get some pilling up on the tongue. I'm worried they are going to end up like mjpisat's picture soon. Hopefully not, but if they do, I'm going to have to figure out a way to fix them, because I LOVE THESE SKATES. BTW... After skating in them once, I took a closer look at the orange liner inside and noticed that there was a folded over wrinkle sewn into the liner that wasn't supposed to be there. I was worried that it would eventually cause a blister or wear badly so I took it back to the LHS that I bought them at. They said no problem and switched them out for me (didn't even ask to see my receipt). Only thing is, the next pair we looked at had wrinkles sewn into the liner as well. We had to go to a third pair before we found a pair in which the liner looked good. So before you buy them, make sure you take a good look at the liner and get a pair that looks good.
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I don't know whether or not I have solved it yet. I switched to thin tight hockey socks (I was using regular cotton athletic socks) and I have been wearing some thin moleskin over the blsters. I also used the heatgun to try to bend them out a bit. So right now I don't have any issues. Once the blisters are completely healed I'll ditch the moleskin and try it again (still with thin socks though). If nothing else, hopefully I'll eventually build up calluses.
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I've had my X-01 for probably 4+ years. I do around 10-20 pairs of skates a month. It works as well as it did when it was new. Having said that, knowing now that I'm doing a lot more pairs than I thought I would be (originally just thought it would me mine and my son's), I wish I would have gotten the X-02 just to be "safe". At $4 (the amount I charge) a pair, I figure it has already paid for itself.
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Add me to the list of those who don't see how someone couldn't tell the difference. When I switched to FBV I noticed a small but noticeable improvement. However, after skating on it for many months, I wanted to re-acquaint myself with what the difference felt like. Since I have my own sharpener and I was going to a stick and puck with my son, I put mine back to a 1/2 ROH. The difference seemed HUGE to me (much greater than I recalled the switch from ROH to FBV feeling). I didn't even want to stay for the whole stick and puck. I have described to several people that I felt like I was skating through mud. I don't think I would want FBV though if I couldn't KNOW that the person doing it was doing it correctly. When someone doesn't do it correctly, you get that "slipping out" feeling where the skate sometimes feels like it is sliding around on it's own a bit.
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They make a big deal out of how the tongue goes all the way down... It is apparently by design to eliminate negative space in the toe box. I'm not at home so I can't look at it but I suspect it isn't stiched in like a typical tongue and if you did want to stitch in a (different) replacement tongue you would probably lose the "feature" aspect of the "goes all the way down tongue".
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Be careful not to overtighten! I haven't done it with my Makos yet but I have overtightened and broken the runners on CCMs before. That was before I knew you could get them too tight. Now I err on the conservative side. I'll tighten them until they are just starting to get a little resistance and then use them. If when walk on them a blade clicks, I'll tighten it a LITTLE bit more until it stops clicking. I would rather have to tighten a little more frequently than break a runner again.
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I didn't mean that you were fishing or anything negative... As an owner of one of your portables, I am extremely interested in every word you post on here and when you say something I don't understand I want to learn what you meant.
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I did re-did mine at home (trying to get rid of that rear ankle corner blister thing I'm getting) at 200 for 16 minutes in a convection oven with the oven still on and they were nowhere near as hot as when Total Hockey did them. Are some of the ovens at the stores actually hotter than 200?
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Ok I'll bite... what's an A-trap?
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I did... just regular cotton socks though. I'm going to go out and buy some hockey socks for tonight though. I'll probably also do a little work with a heat gun.
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Because of the extra range of motion you can get on the toe flick with the separated and flexible tendon guard, I am getting a hot spot on the rear outside corner of the boot (where it separates from the tendon guard) on both ankles. Anybody else getting this? If so what did you do about it? Other than that I think the skate is amazing (I'm still waiting for a hard shot though to see how that works out).
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I would bet that with all the dinero that pro's make, some of the guys that have EQMs that won't do FBV probably own their own sharpeners just so they can do it themselves.
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I have often considered that, but I don't think there is anyone around here (St. Louis LHS's) who has enough knowledge of skates, foot mechanics and the actual mechanics of moving a holder to succesfully pull it off. BTW... I'm not meaning to slight LHS's... I just figured a podiatrist would probably need to be involved to get it right (and even then... I would imagine you can't do too much trial and error before you start ruining the skate).