Easton 1500c

[mxpowder 1]

Hello, I just bought a pair of 1500c skates and the fit is excellent. Problem I'm having is after the first skate last night (pickup game) the front of ankles were killing me. The top two eyelits of the skate were where the pain was, and was caused when I lean forward and skate agressivly. I loosened up the top two eyelets on the skates and that relieved a lot of pain, but then after skating for a while, the skates would start to loosen up too much.

I'm wondering if this is something that will "break in", or am I screwed. Other than the problem on the front of my ankles when I lean forward, the skates feel very good. Now the front of my ankles are sore and not sure if it will allow me to skate tonight. Also, I am using waxed laces. Sorry for the long post and I did a search but was not finding much in the way of what I could do for the problem.

[SickLife 2]

sounds like you didn't get them baked. thats usually what caues that ankle pain.

[Sven 1]

Welcome on MSH. Dont be sorry for a long and quite informative post, its better than a short one and users who want to help have to ask 100 things first.

Back to topic:

Search for 'lace bite'. There are a lot of good advices here, which i dont know out of my head.

Good luck.

[Megamandan 0]

Sounds like you are a victim of the fat ass Shock Doctor Footbed. The thickness of the footbed probably makes the boot too shallow for you. Try a thinner footbed and you should be golden my friend. Welcome to MSH!

[shute 4]

yep sounds like lace bite to me. go for a bunga pad, roll some thin socks and hockey tape it to that area or i've even heard of people cutting up the gel part of their mouse pad :P

[Storm 0]

I would get rid of the laces. Wax laces don't tend to give much which is why people obviously use them.

I feel for your pain.

My solution was to get rid of the wax laces. I then decided to play with the pain to the point that my skin is thicker and feels like sand paper in that area of my ankle.

You're probably saying "nnnnext" right now.

Oh well ... at least you know that wax laces don't help lace bite.

[indaslot 0]

Lace bite pads asap. Got mine from A.P.I. hockey online.Don't let this go too far (see "lace bite threads)

[mxpowder 1]

Sounds like some good ideas I'm going to have to try. I'm going to have a custom pitch put on the skate blades to get me forward some more. Hopefully that and a couple more skating sessions will get rid of the pain. I'll keep it posted as my modification go.......what works and does not work. Thanks

[eaglehockey33 0]

are you lacing them up completely, i have the 800c skates and i got it the first couple days until i laced them all the way up

[mxpowder 1]

Yea, I'm lacing up all the way. Normally (previously wore 8090's) I like the last 2 or 3 eyelits tight to help control the ankle. I've noticed on the 1500's they are a lower ankle, which actually feels good for aggressive strides.

The skates feel real good with forefoot laced snug or tight, but with the last 2 eyelits tight, it is killing the front of my ankle just above the bend in the ankle. Thinking of also re-heat molding the skates and leaning forward just a little to mold the skate forward a little????

[DEATHTRON 19]

Sounds like you are a victim of the fat ass Shock Doctor Footbed. The thickness of the footbed probably makes the boot too shallow for you. Try a thinner footbed and you should be golden my friend. Welcome to MSH!

Brilliant!

Seriously, the footbeds that come standard are rather thick pushing your foot up more and making it seem like a shallower fitting skate. Try putting some nice thin footbeds in there and see what happens.

Zach

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

I skated on my 1500's for about 2 dozen skates and had the lace bite problem. The skates never "broke in" and given the fact they're composite I don't think they really will (at least not in a short period of time - maybe years and years later perhaps).

Wish I had thought about the foot doctor angle (as in hind sight it does make sense), but sold them on eBay and went back to my CCM's when all was said and done.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

It's the boot design.

The skate buckles when flexing forward, putting pressure on top of your ankle/foot.

[Cheesehead 0]

It's the boot design.

The skate buckles when flexing forward, putting pressure on top of your ankle/foot.

im guessing thats a bad thing?

[Dman33 0]

Yea, I'm lacing up all the way. Normally (previously wore 8090's) I like the last 2 or 3 eyelits tight to help control the ankle. I've noticed on the 1500's they are a lower ankle, which actually feels good for aggressive strides.

The skates feel real good with forefoot laced snug or tight, but with the last 2 eyelits tight, it is killing the front of my ankle just above the bend in the ankle. Thinking of also re-heat molding the skates and leaning forward just a little to mold the skate forward a little????

hey i also had 8090's and tied them exactly the same way, i got one90 when they came and tried to tie them the same way but it hurt too, i know one90s and the easton skates are different but what my brother told me to do is to tie the skates really tight at the bottom and right where the skate starts to bend up verticly and that should keep your ankle tight inside the boot so you can have the rest of the eyelits real loose.(thats if the pain isn't there)

[kovalchuk71 212]

I had the same problem. Put superfeet in and laced them a bit looser and was good to go. They seem to have gotten better over time too. Weird.

[DamnLocust 0]

Thinking of also re-heat molding the skates and leaning forward just a little to mold the skate forward a little????

Don't know if that's such a great idea, as heating the skates softens the materials and may make the eyelet holes in the boot stretch, and make the eyelets fall out prematurely. That's why most skat bake instructions tell you to sit in them rather than stand or walk around.

[mxpowder 1]

Got a custom radius and pitch from Bob at No-icing sports and the skates are much better as far as the steel and being able to skate. The problem with the lace bite is still there, but tried keeping top 2 eyelits looser and the rest tight. Seemed to work much better, but I would still like to have the top 2 a little tighter.

I forgot to try the non-waxed laces, but asked some kids at a puck play how they liked their 1500's and they said needed to use non-waxed laces????? I was thinking of also running 2 sets of laces. Short laces for the top 2 eyelits (keeping them looser) and another set of laces for bottom eyelits to keep tighter. Anyone tried this???

[Megamandan 0]

Try thinner footbeds...I bet they work for you.

[mxpowder 1]

Any recomendations on what type or brand of thinner footbeds?

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

It's the boot design.

The skate buckles when flexing forward, putting pressure on top of your ankle/foot.

Seriously, while I am getting on in years and I am not the power skating I was once (well.... at least hoped I'd be) I was unable to get any sort of forward flexion at all and I do have a decent bit of size. I would have figured my weight alone would have made it easy to flex, but no. The new skate was hard as a brick.

Got a custom radius and pitch from Bob at No-icing sports and the skates are much better as far as the steel and being able to skate. The problem with the lace bite is still there, but tried keeping top 2 eyelits looser and the rest tight. Seemed to work much better, but I would still like to have the top 2 a little tighter.

I forgot to try the non-waxed laces, but asked some kids at a puck play how they liked their 1500's and they said needed to use non-waxed laces????? I was thinking of also running 2 sets of laces. Short laces for the top 2 eyelits (keeping them looser) and another set of laces for bottom eyelits to keep tighter. Anyone tried this???

I skated without my top 2 tied at all after I could not get the forward flexion to work (which was OK as I had always skated with them undone in my old skates anyway). It didn't help. The skate was so stiff on the side walls I felt I had to tie them extra tight in order to get the responsive feel out of them (as the ankle area was a bit wide for me). Bottom line is that is likely what caused the lace bit for me (plus, their tounges are not great - just felt with no observable inserts or padding to relieve direct pressure like some of the other high end skates do).

Try thinner footbeds...I bet they work for you.

I bet that could help, actually. Wished I had thought of it.

[Megamandan 0]

Any type of footbed from a CCM or Bauer Skate. The Superfeet from bauer is a good one, as well as the CCM Dry fit footbed. If you have old skates and the footbeds from those are thinner then use them. Any thing but the Shock Doctors.

[mxpowder 1]

Any type of footbed from a CCM or Bauer Skate. The Superfeet from bauer is a good one, as well as the CCM Dry fit footbed. If you have old skates and the footbeds from those are thinner then use them. Any thing but the Shock Doctors.

Wow, you were right. Took out the shock doctor stock footbeds and put in my old 8090 thin footbeds. I really didnt want to take the shock doctors out, because it looked like it fit my foot better tham just thin flat bauer footbeds. Foot fit deeper into heel area and did not hurt nearly as much on front of my ankle. I still dont tighten the top to eyelits real tight, but was able to do it tighter than ever before. I also noticed it seems like the skates are breaking in a little at the flex point on the front of the ankles. These skates might end up being awsome after all!!!!!!!!!!

I tried skates with one foot using waxed laces and one using non-waxed laces. Couldnt really tell any differance.