The Journey to replace 20 year old Klingbiels: Advice Solicited
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9. I’m not in Europe or North America, so as was posted above I don’t think we are priority. They are apparently meant to be coming in early may. If they don’t I will look into getting them from elsewhere as I can’t wait any longer.
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I just got new skates and the toes were really really tight. I think, a month later, I may still get one stretched a tiny bit in the toes, but they did stretch a bit (after heat molding).
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Remember that this is the tightest your boots will ever feel. The padding will bed down, whether or not you heat mold them. I was worried about my toes in my current Jacksons when I first tried them but the fitter was absolutely correct in saying that they would be fine.
It’s physically painful in a sharp way (not a pressing way) on my left foot top of my toes (which are hammertoes). It feels like they got measured wrong more than they are just tight- the other side is tight but not like an OWW OWW OWW pain. I can’t even lace up the left side bottom.
Little worried. I Hope i don’t have to send them back.
I had TWO blade orders canceled after I had already paid. Called 8 shops total. Finally found one in stock (skates US), and they shipped today.
Little worried. I Hope i don’t have to send them back.
I had TWO blade orders canceled after I had already paid. Called 8 shops total. Finally found one in stock (skates US), and they shipped today.
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see if they can heat them and expand the top of the toebox a bit. I have hammertoes as well and had to have this done a few times.
Just want to confirm. You didn't order through a local fitter. You dealt directly with Dan at Riedell. Is that correct? If so, I would recommend that you contact him, discuss your issues, and ask him how you should proceed (e.g., he might have a preferred local tech for you to work with).
Correct, but I have a local veteran fitter and skate tech who will do the heat molding and mounting and such for me. She’s known Dan for decades. Once my blades are in, we’ll meet and she will take a look. If she thinks it isn’t fixable, I’ll reach out to Dan. I really hope heat molding can fix it. But if not, I guess I am no worse off
YALL YALL
I got to skate in them today And I love them. The MK Dynasty blades are A DREAM (thank you @Ic3Rabbit for the suggestion) and they centered so well on my first sit spin out of the gate that I took a picture and made everyone look at the ice tracing.
I got to skate in them today And I love them. The MK Dynasty blades are A DREAM (thank you @Ic3Rabbit for the suggestion) and they centered so well on my first sit spin out of the gate that I took a picture and made everyone look at the ice tracing.
I'm not gonna say it's 100%. It's definitely still tight there, and it's right on the metallic edging around the laces, so the tech didn't want to stretch it and have it flake. We did two things: heat molding, and belt sanding the front of my insoles off to make more room in the boot. The toe box was fine length wise, etc, but the issue was my hammertoes pressing into the top of the boot where the tongue meets the boot. When my pink laces arrive, I'll also cut out some of the foam in the tongue (it's a split wool/foam tongue) right above the hammertoes to try to open it up a bit more.
I only got to skate in them for 40 minutes today because I had to (ugh) go to work like an adult. It's so unfair that I now have adult money to spend on fun things like pink skates, but I have to work to make that money and have less time for skating!
If I can file these stories, I'm going to try to swing by the rink for another hour this afternoon. But i am having trouble concentrating!
Also, I didn't realize how broken down my old skates were. They're like butter...I can't believe I was even doing doubles in those last week. These skates are a lower stiffness rating (my old skates were rated for triples) but they're still like 10x more stiff than my klingbiels are currently.
I was about to post that you need laces to match either the skates or the trim!
They were really hard to source! pink laces were only available in 100 and 108” from most places and I need at least 112” for my…. Girthy… feet
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Posting to say hello. I've read this thread and have been following your journey with great interest. Glad the new skates were so good on day #1; what a beautifully centered spin!
I don't know if it's silly or if you already considered it, but what about dyeing your favourite white ones?
If you're looking for 100% cotton figure skate laces, I don't believe they're made anymore. One online site used to carry new old stock, but they've run out.
My favorite laces are Derby Laces, but they are waxed polyester. They are lightly waxed, not stiff or tarry like other waxed laces. I reviewed them several years ago here: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/new-laces-for-the-new-year.79116/. The CORE laces are available in 120" length in a wide range of colors; looks like there are three shades of pink (pink cotton candy, hot pink, rose petal): https://derbylaces.com/product-cate...-core-laces/120-inch-305-cm-waxed-core-laces/. [In the US, shipping is free if you order 2 or more pairs of laces, regardless of size or color.]
The CORE laces fit a bit more snugly than original Riedell laces, but they work fine on Riedell boots. [The EDGE laces are narrower, and come in a larger range of lengths. But the only colors are black, white, and tan.]
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