The Pencil Test
I couldnt find a topic on this, just mentions an such in other threads, so I thought I would make this for my questions and as a place for others to add and compare with. Pictured below are my 8090's and my XXXX's on my feet. The pen doesnt quite lay flat on the 8090's and see saws some on the XXXX's. You can see in the pictures how far up the edges are on the XXXX's (clean laces) versus the 8090's (dirty laces). The XXXX's seem to fit my feet better than the 8090's, much more stable heel. Am
It's pretty easy. Put your foot in the skate, kick you heel back, and place pencil across the third eyelet like this: now look down at your foot, their should be some space between your foot and the pencil like this: if your foot touches the pencil, then you fail the pencil test. I don't have a pic of this, but I do come close to failing on my one95's.