Skate Fit Problem Help

[jradziewicz 0]

Hey all, I am a long time reader and a first time poster. I was hoping to get some ideas on how to fix a problem with my new Bauer One95 skates.

So here is the situation, I had the skates baked at my LHS and everything felt fine. However, once I got home and put the skates on I noticed that the end of the toe cap on the inside of the right skate was digging into my big toe right where it connects to my foot. The only thing I could think that would cause this is the plastic from the toe cap cooling and curving in slightly at the end of the toe cap.

I waited a day and went back to the shop to have them bake the skates again, which I thought would fix the problem. However, I bet you can guess that this did not work.

Then I decided that I would try a few skates on the ice with it and see if I could just start breaking it in on my own. I have done this twice with seemingly no effect on the toe cap. My thought is that this may be something that is not going to break in considering how hard the plastic of the toe cap is.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this problem?

I have thought of getting a dremel and just carving a bit out of the toe cap and of course baking it a third time, but I am thinking that if I bake the skates again I will still be left with the same problem.

Other than this problem I love the skates. After my first few times on the ice my feet felt great (aside from my big toe).

Help!

Thanks a lot in advance.

[YouTuuk 0]

I had this same issue with my NBH XXV's and I got a C-Clamp and a half moon nut and an eyelet. You tape the half moon nut on the end of the C-Clamp, then stick the eyelet on the outside of the toecap -heat area a bit with a heat gun, then turn up the pressue on the C-Clamp until the half moon goes into the eyelet - and you create a little "punch" for yourself - or you could bring them to a LHS and they would do it for a small fee. Once I bought the One95's they had much more room for my big toe, than did the XXV's - and the One95's did not any "rework".

[WSjo22 1]

This happened to me when I had mine baked....The problem occured from lacing to tight at the bottom of the skates after baking, so what I did was had them baked again but I didnt lace the bottom eyelit and that fixed the problem for me. I don't use the bottom eyelit still and I haven't had any issues since

[jradziewicz 0]

Thanks for the quick responses guys.

WSjo22 when you say lacing too tight at the bottom of the skate after baking do you mean that the "pinch" only occurred after lacing them up (so if you put your foot in the boot with out tightening at all you did not notice the toe cap) or that every time after you laced them up too tight you could feel the pinch as soon as you put your foot in the boot?

[WSjo22 1]

Before baking it wasn't bad, putting them on fresh out of the oven there was no problem at all, but after I laced them after baking and they cooled off i noticed they were too tight. I skated on them for like a month and went to have them rebaked to help with some other issues I had and I decided to lace them up skipping the bottom eyelit so it didn't pull the toe cap in to tight and that fixed the problem for me.

And as for the pinching it was like that when I put them on without lacing after I got them baked the first time..

[CTK30 0]

I took a heat gun and heated up the side of my skate and kept pressing my toe against it

[Jordan 13]

^^^ got to be a better way than that ! I would substitue some form of tool in place of pressing against hot plastic with your toe !

[YouTuuk 0]

^^^^ depending how bad it is, I have been know to put layer upon layer ( maybe 7 layers ) of duct tape on the side of your big toe at the problem area - then put on a pair of socks and "stuff" your foot inside the heated skate. This maybe enough pressue to push

the painful causing debris against the plastic toe cap for good.

[CTK30 0]

^^^ got to be a better way than that ! I would substitue some form of tool in place of pressing against hot plastic with your toe !

I doesn't have to be that hot, I had a sock and didn't really feel anything

[jradziewicz 0]

On the second heating I tried pressing my toe against it, but I don't think it got hot enough to be very malleable. I may try the layers of duct tape on the toe to make sure it presses over. Then if the bake doesn't work I am going to try the heat gun approach so I can just focus the heat on the necessary area. Finally if all else fails I think I will resort to the c clamp. I am heading out to the shop tonight and I will let you guys know how it works out.

[KABAROV 0]

same thing happened on my 9k. i just brought them back to my LHS where i bought them and they used the punch to press it out a little. no more problems.

[Ranger-#8 1]

can you punch the solid plastic toe cap? I thought punching was more for areas of the skates with padding that can be compressed.

[jradziewicz 0]

Well I tried a third baking and it seems to have gotten worse. The cap has moved further in even as I was pressing against it with my toe. So I went to my last resort of getting in there with a dremel and shaving off part of the toe cap. This helped a little bit, but did not solve my problem. The kids at the LHS did not seem to think they had any tools to fix this problem. Is it possible to "punch" out the toe cap?

[schrempsky 0]

you can punch out the toe cap on most all skates. one95 and reeboks are very doable

[Law Goalie 147]

Really? I understood that only Grafs with the V-notch and Missions were made to punch out the toe-cap itself. My Flexlites sure as hell weren't made for it - instant outsole separation, had to massively overheat and warp the plastic. Good thing those toes are inside my cowlings...

I would not let "the kids at the LHS" do this if they don't think they can. Letting them do it anyway is a recipe for disaster. If they're the only option, then you may have to chance it, but I'd look elsewhere if at all possible.

[jradziewicz 0]

^^Agreed, I am going to call the LHS today and find out when someone experienced with this will be in the shop. If anyone knows someone in Chicago who will be able to help me out with this that would be awesome.