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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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Quote:
Originally Posted by look 171
Old pros use to soak them in water and ride them to get them to soften up and conform to your feet. This info was passed down from an old German semi-pro from the old country back in the mid 80s. I was dumb enough to listen, but I think it worked.
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That's what we did with our shoes when I was racing but then this was in the mid-late 1960's and we learned from the old farts... like I am now! 
Joe
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