Post by MotorbladePost by John DoeOf course, I even make my own skates.
-- The first big front wheel rollerblades.
Doe skates, i am sure, if he doesn't , then its the MOST elaborate
sock puppet in the known universe.
That should be obvious to any objective observer. It goes without
saying. You must have a colossal ego to imagine anyone would go to
that much trouble.
Post by MotorbladeI just wouldn't want to skate on this unbalanced setup...
A lower stance is in fact more balanced, motorblade. But you
couldn't skate on them even if you are a wanted to.
Post by Motorbladeeven if it smoothed things out....
Besides providing a lower or more stable center of balance, big
front wheel rollerblades do in fact smooth things out, motorblade.
Smoothing things out can make a huge difference when skating on
rough street terrain especially when you occasionally run into
obstacles without forewarning.
Post by Motorbladei also don't like the loss of toe clearance....crossovers become
pretty much impractical,
I still do crossovers occasionally. In my skating, crossovers look
good but are not common and never necessary. I skate on the street,
not around an oval track.
Post by Motorbladeas well as making transitions to backwards skating and other fun
moves problematic....they cannot be as structurally sound as a one
piece frame
Well duh. But the question is whether or not they are structurally
sound enough. Since I skate on them regularly, I will be the judge
of that.
Post by MotorbladeI would just wear a pair of 4x100's and get ALL the smoothness(no
trailing wheel issues) and get a nice balanced setup
You don't have a choice, motorblade. A 100 mm wheel set up is okay,
but it does have drawbacks. The stance is significantly higher and
therefore less stable. That's a balance issue your inexperienced
opinion perpetually ignore, motorblade. A 100 mm front wheel is much
smaller than my 140 mm front wheel, so it will bind on large
obstacles. Being stopped by large obstacles while having a higher
less stable center of balance is a recipe for trouble when skating
on rough street terrain.
Post by Motorbladeits not a put down of doe...i just don't have an interest in
them...
You have given that same inexperienced opinion at least twice
before, motorblade.
I get lots of positive comments about my big front wheel
rollerblades out in the real world among the living.
Post by Motorbladeand though this post brought a few responses , i see no real
interest in them in this group ...it took two weeks to get a
negative response
The living dead are mostly inactive except when eating something
that's alive. My post is the last non-spam post to this group in
almost one month. I don't expect a positive response from this
group. But this is the group I'm suppose to post to, so here it is.
If there were more fitting group, I sure as hell wouldn't be here
among the living dead.
I do appreciate your willingness to take a stand, motorblade, even
though you've never experienced big front wheel rollerblades.
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The first big front wheel rollerblades.
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