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vonnegutt posted:Also if anyone has a link to the extremely expensive selfie stick camera, I'm interested. Are those the ones that automatically "erase" the stick? I've seen skate videos where it appears as if someone is holding onto nothing to film, I assume that's some kind of post-processing?
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Mauser posted:I'm trying to find 80mm 85As because I'll need to replace my wheels soon, but everything looks sold out on the stores I've used before and the one you linked is out too. Any other recommendations on stores/brands to look for? Hydrogens are really good but they're pricey enough that I would only buy them on sale. There are plenty of other things like Rollerblade Supreme and most other legit brands that are still decent. Also you realize that 85A is just the durometer (hardness) so you don't necessarily have to replace your wheels with the exact same number (although most wheels for normal outdoor use will be around 85A-86A anyway) right? mystes fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Jul 14, 2021 |
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Mauser posted:I love my FR1s and I just recently cleaned all the bearings and relubed them and let me tell you that it is not fun at all and I do not like it one bit. Also, it seems like if I tighten the bolts on the wheels they're noticeably less spinny then if I leave it a little loose on a couple of them. Haven't had any issues with leaving them this way, but it bothers me
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In case anyone else has been looking for any deals on 110mm wheels since there's been fairly limited selection for the last year, I noticed that Proskater's Place has a two pack of powerslide wheels for $11.47 ($5.74 per wheel): https://proskatersplace.com/shop/inline-skates/inline-skate-wheels/powerslide-swell-wheels-white-110mm-86a/ which is the cheapest I've seen in a while. They're in Canada but they have free shipping if you spend $100 and they don't charge tax if you're in the US. They don't have a deal on bearings if you get wheels like Inline Warehouse though. I've been skating on 4x110 frames recently so I wanted to buy new wheels before I actually need them because the price difference ends up being insane. (I think my current wheels are hydrogens that I got from Amazon Warehouse but I've kind of been turned off Amazon Warehouse since I recently got some bearings that appear to be fake or rather maybe someone just carefully reinserted other crappy bearings back into the package) mystes fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Aug 19, 2021 |
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Mauser posted:That is pretty cheap. I don't need 110mm replacements yet, but will eventually, and I need to get my wife some new bearings so might as well. Are there any bearings on that site you can recommend? Doesn't have to be anything too fancy. Bearings are weird because supposedly things like the differences between abec ratings should be negligible for skating but there are also tons of garbage bearings out there if you buy random no name ones of Amazon or something. I don't really like to buy expensive ones because it feels like inevitably I'll end up skating through a puddle or something the day I install them, but I'm sick of my bearings constantly being terrible. I'm also thinking of trying leaving the seal on the inside side of the bearings off and seeing if that makes it faster to clean them. mystes fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Aug 23, 2021 |
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I think once you actually get water or crud in your bearings you pretty much have no choice since otherwise they'll become completely unusable, but if you're skating in good conditions all the time just adding lube and then throwing them out when they get bad might very well be a reasonable approach. I've gotten better at removing the rubber seals but it still may be true that repeatedly removing and reinserting them will inevitably damage them a little bit.
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If you have the cheap ones with crimped on seals you can actually just remove one side (stick in just the very tip of a utility knife and pet up and if it doesn't pop out then there should be room to stick in a thin screwdriver and pop it off) and clean them. It's actually not that hard, although if you've never done it before you have a decent chance of destroying at least one bearing in the process. I don't think the bones bottle does that great a job compared to just submerging loose bearings in slightly larger gladware container or something and I think you have to soak them longer after shaking to really get them clean, although it depends on what lube you're using (I guess if you're using sewing machine oil or something it will be faster but I use 3-in-1). mystes fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Aug 24, 2021 |
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Are you looking to get into speed skating (since you're looking at these in between skates with removable cuffs)? I don't know much about that. You're describing your current skates as "entry level speed skates" but I'm not sure if you mean something like "fitness skates."
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I think the longer frame might be better in that case (my 4x110mm frames are about the same length as the rollerblade ones I guess and I like the stability that that provides) but one thing you should be aware of if you're specifically looking at 110mm because you're not sure if you want to go all the way to 125mm is that if the frames have the clearance for 125 you're going to be higher up because of that even if you only have 110mm wheels on them. The frames have to be 125mm/2 over the axles to have clearance so they'll be 117.5mm off the ground rather than 110mm like a normal 110mm frame. It probably makes sense to go with the rollerblades if you're specifically planning to get used to 1100mm as an intermediate step before you switch to 125mm but otherwise you might be better off with something that doesn't have clearance for 125mm... However, I'm not sure if longer 3x110mm frames are that common since I think all the speed skaters have switched to 3x125. mystes fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Sep 1, 2021 |
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Most cheap skates are pretty flimsy. I guess it's not a problem if they fit perfectly and you just want something you can beat up while you learn the basics but if you're a beginner you can end up pronating your legs and not learning how to use your edges properly because of the lack of support. It may be different if you have more skating experience from before though.
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If you buy new skates, I guess look at whether the wheels are decent and if they're bad then you might want to factor in the cost of new wheels. If you look at frames look at the cost of frames + wheels + bearings obviously. Also consider whether you want to have a backup pair of skates / the option of using 4x80 some of the time since you probably won't want to change frames frequently (some people might not consider this a big hassle but I find it very inconvenient and I don't like to ever change frames without applying loctite and letting it cure overnight because having your frame get loose loving sucks). Having a second pair is nice for example if you realize your bearings have gotten bad but you really want to skate ASAP without having to replace the bearings in your other pair, but if you always only skate it good conditions this may be less of an issue. Also, if your main goal is to go fast, consider that you may not actually want a super short 3 wheel frame because the frame length (wheelbase) also makes a pretty big difference in addition to wheel size and 3x110 wheel frames aren't necessarily longer than 4x80 frames. Some 3x110 frames are longer, though, so just look at the specs. A 4x80 frame will typically be about 3*80=240mm for comparison, and some 3x110 skates will be similar in length, whereas on the other extreme speed skates tend to be like 315-350mm which is more stable but less maneuverable.) mystes fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Sep 7, 2021 |
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I've tried a bunch of different solvents for cleaning bearings and the problem I had with water based stuff was that it's hard to dry it off well without the bearings immediately rusting, so I had been using 99% isopropyl alcohol, but it recently occurred to me that you can get the best if both worlds and just use something water based to clean the bearings, rinse them in water, and then dunk them into a container of isopropyl alcohol and shake them at the end to remove most of the water before drying them. This way I can just use hot water and dish soap in an ultrasonic cleaner for the cleaning step which is extremely effective (I've been trying grease rather than oil but this removes it very quickly even with only one seal off, so I can just permanently leave the inside seals off) and there's only minimal exposure to fumes.
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When you're talking about carving on a sidewalk are you talking about a wide concrete sidewalk? If it's like a 2 foot wide bumpy asphalt sidewalk down a hill I feel like it might be hard to carve down that. E.g.:  <- yeah probably <- probably not
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I think you can carve as anything between a series of parallel turns (where you're just rolling in zig-zaggy path without really applying edge) and an actual parallel slide but I think the faster you're going and the less room you have, the closer you need it to be to a parallel slide or you'll just get out of control. I can't quite do a real parallel slide yet but my carving has gotten better by working on applying as much edge as possible. Also, if you're already doing something close to a parallel slide and just not quite actually sliding fully most of the time then it seems like you aren't really affected if you actually do end up sliding, which makes it more stable on uneven terrain. mystes fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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black.lion posted:y'all may already be doing this but just in case, control on fast tight carves is really bolstered by letting your skates separate during the turn, so like if i'm turning sharp left, my left skate will be under me (on outside edge) and my right skate will be pretty far out, knee nearly straight, on inside edge...and my body is relatively low to the ground, like a weird sideways lunge... this way my left skate is supporting my weight, and my right skate is pushing against where my momentum wants to take me, bleeding speed/energy into the street... then go back and forth doin that (this is how i taught my wife to take big scary hills and she's p competent at it/comfortable with it, without having ~big inline skills~ of any sort I think while carving you should ideally try to work on getting it closer to a parallel slide where you're using both edges (or alternatively try to do a magic slide or something rather than carving) mystes fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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butt dickus posted:i've been reading this thread for a while and i think i want to try skating this year, but i have no idea where to start, or even if it's a good idea, given the following: Aggressive skates (for skate parks) are different and have smaller wheels than skates for just skating around recreationally so ideally know which you want to do (if you want to do both but don't care about grinding you can get away with just using 4x80mm skates for both to begin with). I'm not totally sure about size 15 skates (and availability kind of sucks right now anyway). I would normally suggest getting hard shell skates to start but based on that shoe size you may have to get something like the Rollerblade XL line. The most important thing is you don't want them to be too big (they normally should feel slightly too tight when you put them on the first time; if you're feet are sliding around in soft shell boots it will be completely impossible to learn to skate properly). Edit: The first time, maybe just try a big/smooth/empty parking lot. Then, if you want to skate in a skate park you can just go to one anywhere and maybe watch youtube videos on aggressive skating and try doing that. If you want to skate around for exercise, try to find a flat, quiet bike path. Be VERY careful about any sort of downward slope until you have learned how to brake and know what you are doing somewhat. You should probably watch a youtube video on how to use heel brakes first, too. mystes fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jan 24, 2022 |
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Yeah, I think there are more that go up to size 14 but at size 15 you may not have that many options other than those (I'm not sure if other brands also have similar models that go up to size 15?)quote:it's not for exercise, mainly wanting to put my new body to use. i thought it might be fun for traveling shorter distances. i live in kansas so everything is pretty flat here There are probably youtube videos that cover a lot of the basics but I don't know any specific ones off the top of my head. To start you'll just want to try to just skate without falling over and learn to use the heel brake. You'll probably naturally end up kind of skating the wrong way (shuffling forwards) so as soon as you can do that you'll want to try to skate by gliding on your front foot and kicking backwards. After that you can try to learn other stopping techniques and go from there. Basically I think the main issue is that because of the learning curve, if you're hoping to just casually put on skates and be able to immediately skate around on actual roads for transportation immediately that might be hard but it does depend on what the roads and sidewalks are like where you are.
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ghostal posted:I basically spent my last summer in hotel isolation, so I got a massive craving for wheels and outdoors. I'm not completely sure how I ended up looking at blades again (after 20 years off them) , but I ended up looking at wizard skating for the first time on YouTube and knew immediately I needed them. pre:4x80 100.00% 4x90 125.00% 4x100 160.00% 3x110 146.25% 4x110 195.00% 3x125 185.63% 5x80 125.00% I think wizard skating makes sense for people who used to be into aggressive skating and now are interested more in something like free skating but I'm not totally sure that that style of skates makes a lot of sense if that isn't what you're interested considering that the frames are pretty expensive and not necessarily that practical for other styles of skating. mystes fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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There appears to be a skateboarding thread in sports argument stadium for some reason: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3104299&pagenumber=130&perpage=40 For helmets the Virginia tech ratings are interesting but they don't have that many multi sport helmets with good (low ratings) mystes fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jan 29, 2022 |
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Helmets: I have a triple 8 dual certified helmet that I was using when practicing skating backwards more but virginia tech's testing gives it a pretty bad rating. I've been using a random older bike helmet when I'm not doing anything particularly dangerous-seeming but I might replace it with the Specialized Align II (MIPS) which seems to be the best tradeoff between cost ($50) and rating in virginia tech's ratings (presumably if you're just skating forwards at moderate speeds the requirements for a helmet should be very similar to cycling). Admittedly, I'm not sure how applicable their test methodology would be to things like aggressive skating, skating backwards, etc. though. Especially if you're at a skate park it might not necessarily be that meaningful but I haven't looked into the exact details so I'm not sure. Also, MIPS is probably only meaningful if you keep the helmet really tight but ideally I guess you should do that. Virginia tech gives an extremely good score to the Specialized Mode (MIPS) which seems like it would be decent for skating but it's very expensive and pretty dorky looking. mystes fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Jan 29, 2022 |
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I've tried loads of knee pads and although my favourite are probably the triple 8 undercover gaskets, if you fall and slide they get pulled out of the way and you still grind a hole in your knee. I've got a set of the Ennui gasket type pads that are kind of like those biking ones and although they're super protective, you sweat like a motherfucker with them on. It should probably be noted that in addition to typically providing more padding, the hard shell ones that you wear on top of any clothing are theoretically inherently superior because you can slide on them. The one problem with the cheaper hard shell ones is (from my experience back when I was falling a lot more lol) if you don't fall on the front of your knee they can easily slide around and so if you're wearing shorts, especially, you don't get much protection on the sides and back of your knee at all and it's really easy to fall on your thighs for example. Some of the heavier duty ones have pads and or neoprene on the sides but they're more expensive, availability seems to be limited, and the sizing seems to be much more complicated. mystes fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jan 29, 2022 |
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I have a random cheap backpack from amazon where the skates stick out the sides and it might be able to hold a laptop but in general it doesn't hold stuff that securely so I'm not sure I would trust it. Decathlon has a bag where the skates strap on to the outside (https://www.decathlon.com/products/bp100-20-l-inline-skating-backpack-304982?variant=39591537573950) that I haven't tried but it looks like it might be better... Unfortunately, it's been listed as out of stock on their US website for a while so I'm not sure it's ever going to be available again. The straps design isn't that complicated so you could theoretically probably add straps like that to a laptop bag yourself if you're handy with stuff like that though. If you're only carrying around the skates for a short period you could use a snowboard boot strap, carabiner, or a folding duffle bag thing to carry the skates mystes fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jun 6, 2022 |
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If anyone else wants to buy the Decathlon skate backpack I realized they are back in stock... but there were only two and I already bought one so there's only one left: https://www.decathlon.com/products/bp100-20-l-inline-skating-backpack-304982?adept-product=bp100-20-l-inline-skating-backpack-304982 I just ordered it so obviously I haven't tried it and can't vouch for it but after using one of the bags where the skates go on the inside and stick out that I got from amazon (which did a bad job keeping either the skates or anything else in the bag secure and was really floppy when the skates weren't in the bag) I am hoping this design where the skates strap to the front will be more practical
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Literally A Person posted:What are you folks listening to while you skate?
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I'd be interested if it works with larger skates i.e. adult size 10 and/or 110mm wheels. The rollerblade backpack I got just fits a 4x80mm in men's 10 but can't take a 3x110mm in that size because of the extra height and the product photos clearly use a much smaller size skate to pretend that you can. My general impression is that it secures the skates at least as well as the other lovely pack I had but it has the advantage of holding other stuff securely both with and without the skates on the pack Hopefully I'll get a chance to actually go out and use the pack at some point and maybe that will give me a better sense (I'm probably going to try using it to take skates on the bus or train at some point). --- Unrelated to that I've been having the worst time trying to find knee pads I like because I mostly end up wearing cloth knee sleeves because I like the way they fit but I wanted more protection and I finally bought "Powerslide onesie" knee pads which are like a cloth knee sleeve but with a plastic cover just over the pad part in the middle. I'm definitely at the upper end of the thigh thickness range for them if they don't stretch out during use but they still seem comfortable enough and I really like the general design:  They probably won't be practical in colder weather though (they're probably too thick to wear under pants). mystes fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Jul 6, 2022 |
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I have to admit that that style of knee pads is the cheapest, has the best protection for normal use, and is generally the most practical so I should probably just use them but I guess I'm too stubborn.
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Mauser posted:I just got some bearings in the mail and previously they had shields on both sides, but these are open on one side. They're ilq 7 plus where the previous ones were just ilq 7. Is that normal? I put the open side inside but haven't gone out with them yet *: It's a bit harder to clean them thoroughly with only one side off but I use an ultrasonic cleaner. mystes fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jul 9, 2022 |
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I ordered a silly electric bike horn thing off of amazon to see if it works for skating because reddit just randomly showed me an electric unicycle sub thread where someone said it worked attacked with the control run over their shoulder on a backpack: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B65PCMH (I plan to use it on the bike bell sound at the lowest volume) Probably dumb but I kept wondering if I could find a way to use a bike bell when skating on paths in the probably misguided hope that people will actually be more likely to keep to the left if they think a bike is coming rather than just being confused
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dupersaurus posted:I’ve been half-tempted to get this Also I don't think I really like the modern style of bike bells that just ding once loudly. People don't seem to hear them if you only ding once but if you keep dinging then it seems pretty obnoxious. I have one on on my bike but I usually just end up just saying "on your left" and I've been wondering if an older style bell that makes a double ring sound would be more effective But we'll see... If I'm not happy with the electronic bike horn for skating I may just use it on my ebike with the horn sound at a louder volume. mystes fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jul 14, 2022 |
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butt dickus posted:i got these in size 14 and they fit well even though i normally wear size 15 shoes. quote:my buddy pointed out they came with 90mm wheels instead of the 80s his came with so i can go faster (note: i do not currently want to go faster) You could put 80mm wheels on them and you would just be a little lower to the ground though mystes fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jul 31, 2022 |
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butt dickus posted:posting w/ one arm. saturday i tried to learn again and went to a relatively flat parking lot with my buddy. i had all my pads on but when i fell i landed on my wrist and my elbow went backwards. it hurt pretty bad but i was thinking "don't be a wuss, you can't stop the first time you fall!" so i practiced another half hour before going home and noticed my arm still hurt and i can't move it in the normal way. went to the doctor today and it's broken lol
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Unfortunately broken wrists are one of the most common injuries from skating. I wasn't wearing wrist guards for a while but I decided it's better to be safe and started wearing them again... However, I think the fit is pretty important. Ideally you probably want one that will prevent your wrist from bending and I'm honestly not sure the ones I've been wearing fit right to do that
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butt dickus posted:my wrist is absolutely fine, that guard worked. my elbow didn't even touch the ground, it just smashed into itself. i have "closed posttraumatic nondisplaced fracture of the radial neck. no additional acute fracture. no dislocation"
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:How the hell did I lose a cuff bolt while skating wtf.
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Oh nm actually what I lost was the screw on one of the straps not the cuff boltMauser posted:my wife managed to lose one of her axles while we were skating, sending the wheel rolling off on its own. I have no idea how she managed that because if mine are even the slightest bit lose it sounds like I'm stomping around in wooden clogs or something After one time getting traumatized when my frame got loose on one skate and I didn't have a hex wrench with me, the second anything starts to feel loose I'm like "please just be an axle" (I always carry a hex wrench with me now anyway though). mystes fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Aug 29, 2022 |
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Intl Cron posted:I was hoping there were some goon skaters, and I was not disappointed. Just got a schmancy action camera and finally taught myself to clumsily edit some footage! Philadelphia seems like it's probably pretty dece for skating
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