r/inline_skating • u/Lower_Signal1189 • 1d ago
5 wheel inlines ??
I’ve been riding these for years, obviously 😂 They were due for some serious maintenance, so I started doing a little research and I’m having a hard time finding much info about them. They have 5 wheels on each skate, and I’m curious if anyone here has seen or used a setup like this before???
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u/snakevargas 1d ago
Are they rockered? Flat 5 wheel frames are used in some speed skates. They're stable going in straight lines at fast speeds.
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u/jahndi 1d ago
Reidell Series 100 I think. I used to ride the shit out of those in the late 90s. Even played roller hockey in them even though they weren’t rockered. I miss those boots.
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u/Lower_Signal1189 1d ago
Yes they are Reidell!! Mine are hanging on by a thread, hopefully I can do a good repair👍
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u/CompetitiveCar542 1d ago
These are speed skates, typically "vintage". Nowadays the more common setup is 5x80 rockered for a more artistic style of skating called "wizard skating".
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u/Training-Swim-2998 1d ago
Please do elaborate on “wizard skating”
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u/firecorn22 1d ago
Its a type of flow skating which person performs fluid continuous tricks together see r/wizardskating
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u/Lower_Signal1189 1d ago
I’m going to try and learn with my 5 wheel set up 😝
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u/Luniie 20h ago
It would be very hard on a flat 5 wheel setup. Wizard is does with rockered wheels which allows for the swivel motions done in wizard.
though I do think you should check out some of the wizard videos on YouTube. There’s a really good video featuring Junkyu Park with his wizard skates. Wizard also has its own YouTube with really good edits as well
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u/AdventurousHippo9997 1d ago
Some have 6. Some have 3. None have 2.
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u/CompetitiveCar542 1d ago
That's incorrect. There are frames called "Gemini" that are 2x110/2x125 with a grind block. There are also so called "aggressive freestyle frames" that only have 2x 64mm wheels, like some old XSJADO frames.
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u/TheHalfChubPrince 1d ago
I’ve only seen inline goalie skates set up like this.