I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
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Post by Peyton (OniWolf) on Oct 17, 2012 21:55:04 GMT -5
ok look i found a powerblade frame with a h-block so i can keep may speed and still grind but i can't find were i can buy a pair can you guys help? here is a link ( http://instagram.com/p/QITUQzAPm2
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Post by John (bostonsk8er) on Oct 18, 2012 1:25:50 GMT -5
Wow! I dunno who makes those, but they have a VERY sick sense of humor! Those are more horrifying than Oxygen AR Pro 1's with 68mm flat. Can you say WHEELBITE? Ouch!! As a guy who's been there, and done that, before skates designed for aggressive inline existed, I strongly recommend not doing that... EVER. If you want larger wheels, and at least SOME possibility of grinding, I highly recommend checking out Kaltik Stealth Flat frames. You can definitely run 60mm flat (all 8 wheels), and I've seen 72's flat in them, but that requires some degree of modification. Also, the new Kizer slimline 2.0 allows for 72mm outside wheels, albeit with small antirockers (grindwheels) in the middle slots. What I saw there was pure grinding suicide, even for a seasoned pro. Rollerblade makes a skate called the fusion x3 www.inlinewarehouse.com/Rollerblade_Fusion_X3_Urban_Inline_Skates_2012/descpage-X312.html which allows for conversion to normal UFS frames, and the later addition of souls for grinding, but comes with an 80mm flat powerblading setup. And Kizer sells powerblading specific frames. Try those options, but please do yourself a favor and dont go the whatever you were showing us route, as attempting grinds will result in drastic injury or frustration, especially considering that better options DO IN FACT EXIST, and are similar to what you originally showed us, with no sacrifices to your ability to be competitive at higher classes.
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I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
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Post by Peyton (OniWolf) on Oct 18, 2012 6:57:27 GMT -5
john flat wheel force me to loss a lot of speed on my roads and you have to be pretty good to just use my soul plate?
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Post by John (bostonsk8er) on Oct 18, 2012 8:05:53 GMT -5
I'm confused... Flat just means 8 wheels on the ground. I think somehow something isn't getting through quite right... So I'll try my best to explain. The FSK slalom skates you showed us have FLAT frames. The power made skates we all are trying to show you also have FLAT frames. Most, but not all aggressive frames are set up to be ANTI, which is two larger wheels outside on the ground, and two smaller, super hard, grinding wheels inside. Some are FREESTYLE. All that means is just two outside wheels, NO middle wheels. I'm not understanding what you see as different between slalom skates and power blade skates. And as a point of reference, some of the easiest tricks to do are one footed soul tricks, which is why power blading was re-invented. Originally ALL aggressive skates lacked an h block.
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I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
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Post by Peyton (OniWolf) on Oct 18, 2012 20:18:04 GMT -5
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Post by John (bostonsk8er) on Oct 19, 2012 10:52:53 GMT -5
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