Bont's Semi Race skates

So after a nasty spill in mid Marchl I suddenly find myself in need of new raceboots.  Once again the mounting area has been damaged beyond repair.  This being the third pair of skates in a row where either a frame or boot issue has been damaged in the back mount.

So as I perused the Skates i see a new style of boot, a 3 point mounting system.  Well thinking in mathmatical terms the amount of tourqe would be reduced to the mount by 17% by moving to a 3 point system.  "What the hell" I say to myself.

So with one month to a race i had to get the skates, mold and adjust them.  My goal was to do 200 miles in them in the month's time.  Most of that mileage would be in the first two weeks and the second would be to make the needed corrections.

Molding #1

ok so the new Semi-Races arriaved and like a little boy on Christmas morning I tore into the box.  I tried to put them on and I could not even get them to spread open far enough to slip my big foot in.  "Rut-roh SHAGGY."  So the  review about them being stiff in the box was no lie.  So I Pre-heated the oven to 200 and took the blades off the boots.  Slipped the boots in the oven in for 20 mins and took them back out.  I re-mounted them and placed them on my feet and stood in my skating stance for about 5 minutes.  Ok standing like that in the crouch is hard so I sat down.  That was a mistake as in my right boot developed a straighter cuff and created some bad pressure points that did not really show until about mile 15 of that night.

 So I did a spot heat with the gun and re molded that area, more skating and more micro frame adjustments. 

Molding #2 : After two weeks of this game I knew that tihe Right boot needed to be totally heated and molded.  This time after heating I put the boots on and stepped onto the carpet and proceded to do dryland skating for 15 minutes.  Then I Sat down for another 20 or so minutes while they cooled completely in the newer full range of motion molding.  NOW I placed on the frame and started the frame alignment  again.

 After the second molding they were feeling real good,  I've since put on a ferw 40+ mile long skates with minimal discomfort.  The hold up well`except for the shiny coat.  The bright red color has inspired this years Halloween costume.  I mean come on now these things do look like "Hooker Red Heels" , so look for me on the corner of Ponce and Boulevard.  :-P

 With the Powerslide Brake kit added the stopping power is great!!  For the money I give these an awesome bang for the buck.