What chassis has the narrowest rivet holes?

[Fisticuffs 0]

I searched a bunch, but couldn't find any clear answers either here or on the rest of the internet.

As a ref, I spend a ton of time in my skates. I don't really require super high performance, but comfort is key when I go to work an event and skate 90 games in 10 days, or 30 AIHL games in a weekend. I wear U+ Pro Reloaded ice skates, and the boots just perfectly fit my feet. Obviously, a ref who's thinking about how bad his feet hurt isn't going to be calling his best game, so I'm trying to get the best fit I can.

I have an extra set of U+ Pro boots, and I'd like to have an inline chassis mounted to my extra ice boots, but when I looked at the boots and chassis with the guys at my LHS, its quite clear that the rivet points for the Tri-Di Lite chassis are too wide to mount on the U+ Pro boot without wrecking the liner. The heel section of the sole of the U+ Pro is much more narrow than the heel section of the 5k. I compared them to my roommate's Tour Cobalts, and the Cobalt also looks much wider than the U+ Pro ice boot.

The Tri Di Lite is obviously out, but I've seen in the ice to inline conversion thread (link) that the Mission Magnesium has worked for at least one member here.

Are the rivet points on the Mission Magnesium generally closer together than they are on the Tri Di Lite chassis? Does anyone know how the spacing compares on the Sprung chassis? Are there other options I should consider?

The forefoot is no problem, as the inline chassis mount much closer to the center of the boot than the heel points. To be clearer, the area causing the issue is indicated in the image below:

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I'm having a tough time, because there isn't a LHS around that carries inline chassis, so I can't grab one off a shelf, hold it up to the boot, and see if it looks like a good fit.

Thanks for the input.

[fatwabbit 93]

HOw about giving sprungs a go. They are easy to mount, and since you will be moving between ice and inline its just going to be an easier transision.

You can mount the chassis yourself with tnuts and bolts, instructions in the sprung thread. You can use 6/32 or 8/32 sized tnuts and bolts, as they both have the same sized barrel.

[Fisticuffs 0]

HOw about giving sprungs a go. They are easy to mount, and since you will be moving between ice and inline its just going to be an easier transision.

You can mount the chassis yourself with tnuts and bolts, instructions in the sprung thread. You can use 6/32 or 8/32 sized tnuts and bolts, as they both have the same sized barrel.

I've been considering it. A few of the guys I work with are on Sprungs and give them rave reviews. I'm not opposed to trying them, I'm just worried I'll order them and they won't fit.

Guess I could give em a shot, and if they don't fit I presume I can send them back.

[meals7 0]

I ran into a similar issue when I was trying to find a chassis for my Vapor XXX ice boot, from my experience a Vanguard frame was the only one that I could get to fit. I tried using a Hum'r 9000 chassis and a Hum'r from my old Code-1s. The Vanguard's rivet holes were narrower and each one was separate not on a plate like the Hum'r. Hope this helps.

[ID Rollerpop 4]

If you are seriously considering a Sprung chasis (which I do recomend) I suggest that you send Keith an email or PM he can tell you if he has mounted the frame on any U+ Pros and if you decide to go with that you can even ship the boots to him and he will mount them for you so you know that you are dealing with someone familiar with the set up. For what it's worth I mounted a pair on a Mission S400 ice boot that has a pretty darn small heel itself and they worked fine and I was on the line between the A6 and A7 and went with the bigger frame. I think it may come down a little bit to where you boot size fits in the frame size range if you are worried about mounting space you might be able to size down your frame. But I think he is still out of the A7 bodies if that is where your size is going to fall.

[wetwilly17 6]

sprungs won't be a problem. sprungs have an optional rivet hole in the very rear (heal most) part of the chassis. so if your outsole is two narrow for the rear most rivet holes, you simply use the single, center mounted hole instead.

look at post 1779 of the sprung thread for example of what i'm talking about (currently on the last page of the thread).