skating equipment
Submitted by eebee on September 29, 2008 - 5:56pm.
My skate frames have been in the wrong position all year!!! What an idiot. I finally felt like I had the time yesterday to tweak one of them and go for a spin. I set the right skate frame further inwards - where they had been all last year when I had no boot problems whatsoever - set off skating and got such great leverage off that right leg that I almost pushed myself over in the other direction.
Submitted by Marianne on September 24, 2008 - 4:00pm.
Would anybody know about skate shops in Atlanta or Athens? I have set some time aside for shopping and visiting. I will rent a car on Thursday Oct. 2nd to check out the country side. Anything interesting besides the A2A course that I should put on my “Must See List”?
Submitted by roadskater on September 24, 2008 - 5:32am.
Hi to all. With A2A fast approaching procrastinators want to know:
What's up with Hyper wheels in general, 100mm in particular, and Hyperformance +G and Mach 2, more specifically? eebee and I are scouting around for at least 12 100mm and 4 84mm and we found one spot that seems to have them, but only one we ever heard of. Now I'm not against low-fame websites, ha, but seriously where have all the Hypers gone?
Anybody have a great source?
What have you been using and are they worth the money?
Submitted by roadskater on October 22, 2007 - 1:41am.
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Submitted by roadskater on October 21, 2007 - 12:31am.
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Submitted by roadskater on October 20, 2007 - 11:52pm.
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Submitted by roadskater on August 20, 2007 - 3:05pm.
Heyo...I'm in search of something almost impossible: $200ish boots that are fully heat moldable and somewhat similar to my trusty V-Teks. I have been watching eBay to not much avail and am considering new old stock somewhere else. I have questions in this regard. I am currently a slow speed long distance skater.
- Has anyone here skated the 2006 Verducci "Red" or Verducci "Black" boots with 165mm spacing?
Submitted by clairem on June 26, 2007 - 3:12pm.
If you need a break, no, I mean a brake, perhaps Cado Motus has what you need. The former Mogema company has a brake that's supposed to work with 80mm-to-110mm-wheel frames. Personally, I haven't seen one of these yet, but on www.nettracing.com there are pictures with installation instructions.
Submitted by roadskater on May 17, 2007 - 5:22pm.
Melanie recently asked on InlineNC yahoogroup. I think:
- K2 inline skates (rollerblades) are a great option,
- probably bigger wheels (90 or 100) for smoother roll over rough stuff, and/or
- a longer frame for point to point roadskating, or
- for tricks of course, shorter frame length makes arcs and spins easier.
- Salomon makes great inline skates and has seemed to support them well, but there were some frames a few years back with problems and I think the company has been sold so it may be wait and see time.
- Rollerblade is making some interesting inline skates but I note they still liked heavy kits when last I looked. The Problade boot looks pretty good if you get the kit with the box frame that's Mogema-ish rather than the earlier, thinner model we've seen bashed.
Those are my quick thoughts on that. i'll post this to rsn2 also.
Submitted by skart on May 7, 2007 - 11:24am.
Since I have got my custom boots, I have been skating sockless and enjoying it very much. The fit of custom boots is so great that I found that wearing socks was interfering with it. However, the sockless fashion brings one unpleasant culprit - odor. Unfortunately, with a lot of hours of skating, the smell coming out from the inside of my boots could easily kill a small animal... I needed a solution. Luckily, Eddy Matzger has published this tip of the week on Inline Planet in the beggining of the year: http://www.inlineplanet.com/2007a-tips/01/2/teatime.html
Submitted by sommemi on October 18, 2006 - 6:12pm.
My 2006 A2A story: (a bit long-winded, but fun to remember anyhow.)
***Before reading this story, please note that I skated the A2A on quads, not inlines. This might help explain some of my equipment 'issues'.
Submitted by roadskater on August 15, 2006 - 6:28pm.
So the main issue was the NO SLEEVES sizing...but one gentle reader explained that my riff on raglan v. set-in was confusing. Here's more on the subject of Set-In or Raglan sleeves.
Submitted by timv on July 6, 2006 - 5:37am.
After much research and comtemplation on the subject, I heat-molded my Hyper boots Tuesday night. It was my first heat-molding experience, and I rejected Hyper's suggested method of using a kitchen oven at 200°F. I didn't like the idea of softening all the carbon in the boot when I only wanted to reshape the heel cup area. And I also didn't like the idea that the whole boot could collapse in a molten heap if left in the oven too long at that temperature, which seemed to be a risk of that method.
Submitted by roadskater on June 29, 2006 - 7:02pm.
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