Bauer one70 fit issue

[cisbrane 0]

I have gotten a new pair of Bauer one70 skates 11 D size.

I am wondering now if I went a width down. I don't usually need to buy width shoes... but I wear skate shoes like DC which apparently are wider by default...

any way, the only place I notice where it hurts is at the bottom joint of my big toe on both sides, right worse than left.

It basically hurts before the toe cap seems to begin, right along the stitching on the harder material right there.

When looking at the skate, it looks like there would maybe be more room if my heel went further back as it appears to go slightly out then inward at the stitching....

the rest of the skate feels good around my foot, but the pressure there seems to cause my foot to "compress" some...

Do I simply need to spend more time breaking it in or should I try to get punched and or widened? Can this area even be punched or widened?

Any other suggestions would be highly appreciated as well... Would buying the Superfeet insole help in this regard? I wonder if my arch is not right and therefore flattening out my feet even more?

Thanks!

[Hockeydog 8]

With the skates fully laced up can you feather the front of the toe cap with your longest toe?

I am asking just to get an idea on how the length of the skate is. The way I described it above is how they should fit as far as the length goes.

In general a hot spot can be punched out as long as that hot spot is not on the side of the toe cap - the toe cap can not be punched out. Superfeet help fit in two ways. They give arch support, and because they raise and support the arch they can help skate fit by very slightly shortening the foot. Lay your hand flat on a table, then put a golf ball or other ball under your palm. That should give you the idea on how raising the arch can shorten the foot.

IF the length of the skate is correct and the pain is not too bad, or the skate doesn't pinch your foot too much, you can try lacing the skates looser around the toe, or just giving it a bit more time as the skate should break in a little. Also if you haven't had them baked you could try that as well. I'd make sure the skate length is correct first before trying anything else. As the skate breaks in your heel will compress the heel pocket a bit and therefore will gain some length. It may help with the pain but it could also make the skate too long for you if it is already borderline.

Let us know specifically how the skate fits now as far as length goes.

[cisbrane 0]

thanks for the comments...

I think my toe does... I will need to check. Since it is pushing on it right now, it is hard to move my toe since I can't get my full rage of motion going.

I did take out the sole when I tried it on, and I noticed that my toes came up pretty close to the top of the pad, but there was some extra space.... I wear 13US sized skate shoes, and when I measured my foot on one of the devices, it was actually more like a 12.5 (it was over the 12 line but definitely not at 13) so I went 1.5 sizes down to an 11 skate.

Now thinking back, I think I was stupid as when I put my foot on the pad I did notice that my toes did seem to go off the edges of it some. However, it felt right every where else... I should have known it was too skinny.... I mean, I don't really mind if my toes are scrunched a little...

I will update once I put my skate on again.

[Hockeydog 8]

Cool. keep us posted. By the way your foot should go all the way to the end of the footbed when you take it out and step on it. Something I learned here on this board from Darkstar50 is that the footbed in skates is actually 1/2 size smaller than the skate itself. If there is room at the top of the footbed then there is even more room in the skate itself.