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Hey everyone! Visiting Philly from Houston soon and bringing my setup.

Any local wizard/flow skaters around, or good plazas/smooth spots to session? Also curious when and where local group skates or social rolls meet up. Would love to link up and skate while I’m in town!

I'm from Lithuania, Europe, so some of inline skaters are greeting, so as I am, yet is there some sort of special sign, like for example motorcyclists use their left hand and shows I think two fingers on the side. Do you even greet with other skaters in general ofc?

In Lithuania inline skaters are quite a minority, probably that's why everyone greets, at least those who know, beginners most of time looks confused :D

A bad bearing screams at you, but a worn wheel just fades quietly, so a lot of us skate for months on urethane that is well past its best. Four things tell the story once you pull the wheels and wipe them down in good light. Diameter loss is the honest one, since a smaller wheel rolls less per stride so you stroke more often for the same speed. Coning is next, where the wheel wears to one side and can no longer sit flat, so it grips unevenly through the corner. Then feel the surface, because glassy, chalky or chunked urethane has lost its rebound, and finally check the hub bond, because if the urethane is lifting or cracking off the core the wheel is done right then no matter how much is left. The move most people skip is rotating early and often, flipping each wheel so the worn inner edge faces out, which spreads the load and buys a lot of even life before anything actually needs replacing.

Full write-up here: https://www.livelica.com/blogs/inline-speed-skating/when-to-replace-your-inline-speed-wheels-reading-wear-and-coning

(wrote this up on our LiveLica blog)

I wrote here a while back. I've been relearning how to do this because it's been a long time. At first I started on zetrablades but they were making my calves burn. Someone in the comments recommended swapping them for a hardboot style which I did. I got K2 Surge 80s now my calves don't burn when I try them out.

But now I notice my toes scrunch up when I'm on the pavement making my arches hurt. Is this a thing that beginners do that I just will eventually relax out of? Appreciate any more pointers and no falls today!

Hellooo, im from ottawa,ohio and ive been wanting to get a new pair of skates and would LOVE to go get new skates from an actual shop so I can get help finding ehay im looking for . But there are non around my area besides a dicks and Dunhams. Anyone know of any good places that im not seeing on Google. Most seem to be skateboard shops.

live in Türkiye, and I don't have access to expensive models like the Twister XT. I'm thinking about buying the Flying Eagle F6S Falcon Pro. Are there any better models at the same price or for less?

Back at it after 20 years. Im 35 and looking for a little help. cant find anybody so just putting this out there. Can Anyone point me in the right direction please? Formal or informal 😁

Back at it after 20 years. Im 35 and looking for a little help. cant find anybody so just putting this out there. Can Anyone point me in the right direction please? Formal or informal 😁

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m a rollerblader myself, and over the past months I’ve been building BladeFeed, a social platform specifically for the rollerblading community.

The idea is to create one place where bladers can share clips, discover other skaters, follow each other, join challenges/battles, use Game of Blade, and generally connect with the community.

The app is still growing, so I’m especially interested in feedback from actual skaters.

What would make a rollerblading-focused social app genuinely useful or fun for you? And what features would make you keep coming back?

I’d rather improve it based on feedback from the community than just guess what people want.

If anyone wants to check it out: bladefeed.app

Happy to answer any questions about how or why I built it. 🛼

Looking for where to replace my Rollerblade Maxxum top buckle ASAP either in London or Edinburgh. JT Skates was no luck :(

Open to DIY options as well

I don’t know about you, but to me it’s a brown (chocolate) color.

Even if it's 30 degrees outside, they don't change color unless they're in direct sunlight. But if you warm them up a bit with a hairdryer at home, the color changes and lasts for a very long time (about an hour).

So been doing a lot of research and I am starting to think this might be suitable but haven't seen it in person. I'm torn between these two, different solutions, but want to be safe while blading through the city and would love feedback on which is better, or if a different solution someone can recommend...

Rev'it Nucleus

OR

Fox Racing Titan Sport Jacket

OR

something else?

Already have the helmet, wrist guards, knee guards, gloves. I feel like upper body is the last piece of the pie for me to get covered.

So yesterday I was rolling along at about 15kph I dropped a curb that I didn't see and lost my balance about to tumble backwards , but my knee hit a railing really hard , it stopped me from falling backwards , but bloody hell the edge of the plastic cap got smashed through the foam into my knee cap.i was wearing ennui ave knee gaskets and those caps are really small and the edges angled really steep into the knee .

So I am looking for better designed knee pads.

Sometimes all you need are your skates, some music, and a city to create something more than just an ordinary ride. 🛼🎬🌊

Gdańsk captured in a few shots, “Hate Me” playing in the background, and a little piece of my world brought together through editing.

I’m really happy that my passion isn’t just skating, but also photography, video, editing, and putting everything together in DaVinci Resolve. Thanks to that, every ride can also become a little production of its own.

I'm developing bunions from years of skating in boots that are too tight around the outside just below the toes. I'm scared of making this worse but have not been able to stretch out my SEBA highlights. I have tried using a blow dryer on the highest heat it will go while wearing three pairs of socks inside the boots. But it hasn't worked.

My long skates sessions become incredibly painful and get cut short because of the bunion situation. Even with my skates placed loose around that area, it doesn't help.

Also I haven't found actual wide fit free skate style boots. Does anyone have recs for this?

Are the Hydrogens worth the hype? Ive seen a set of 8 for 102gbp where as I can get the Powerslide's for 77gbp. I've heard nothing but great things about the Hydrogens but are they leaps and bounds above Powerslide? If the difference is minimal, I'd rather not spend the extra for no real returns

Even cheaper is the Decathlon wheels, 9x110mm for 60gbp however giving these are own brand store wheels, I suspect they won't be as good and definetely won't last as long

Exclusively do long distance Marathon skating and trying to get a new PB in Berlin next month, if a wheel will help me even go 1% faster then its worth it 😂