Oversize holders

[davekind 1]

I was recently able to go down a half size in skates to a size 5.5 and the holders are 247 mm.  My old skates are size 6 and have 254 mm holders and since I have 4 pairs of steel in this size, i'd like to put those on my new skates.  Can I put the 254 holders on a 5.5?  I'm assuming they'd have to drill new holes to accomodate the larger holders?

[YesLanges 127]

As long as the boot is long enough to take them, there should be no issue. You'll need new holes, but I think there's a strong argument that the longer the steel the better, as long as the holders aren't longer than the boots.

[Doughnuts08 6]

yeah you should be fine, im putting 271s on my CCMs that typically come with 263s

[davekind 1]

Did you have to drill new holes?

[mickz 107]

On 5/30/2018 at 6:35 PM, davekind said:

Did you have to drill new holes?

When changing holder sizes, yes.