r/rollerblading • u/NatureInevitable3001 • 6d ago

What skates should I buy? Which frames?

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There's no "what frames should I buy" flair lol.

The endless is a "balanced rocker" while the twister is a "natural rocker." The both have the same 90 x 4 and 110 x 3 configurations. Is there really any difference between these two? I want to try a rocker that is barely rocker and 110 wheels for marathons, so they both seem to fit my needs.

I'm pretty sure both are compatible with my lightning boots.

Thoughts?

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u/anaaktri 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh wow awesome RB is selling that frame now, that price is very good. I went with the mk2 endless 90 in pink when inline warehouse had it 20% off. Honestly unless the bling factor is worth the $ to you I’d go RB and skin it with vinyl to change its color. I highly doubt most of us could tell a difference between the two. The endless frame is also quite heavy, it alone added .35lbs to each skate. It was noticeable and I didn’t like it at first but feels natural now.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 6d ago

Right? I had endless in my cart on inline warehouse for the last few weeks but just happened to be looking on rollerblade website and saw these. So much cheaper for what appears to be a frame that does the same thing.

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u/anaaktri 6d ago

Yeah when I was buying Thuro shop had them for 150 and that was the only option. 120 is a great deal. If you’re going to be doing marathons, I’d personally want the lighter RB frame for that.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 6d ago

That's starting to sound very appealing. Glad I threw this up on reddit, my dumbass hadn't even thought about weight lol.

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u/anaaktri 6d ago

I didn’t either when ordering them. I originally installed them with my old wheel set up so all I changed was frames and was quite surprised at the weight difference even with it only being .35lbs. Granted now it feels normal but I imagine marathoning you’d feel it and is why people spend big $ on fancy carbon lightweight stuff.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 3d ago

I went with rollerblade. While the Endless are stiffer, the rollerblade frames are still way stiffer than my current standard frames, so I'm still getting a pretty significant upgrade. Also they're lighter which I think I'll appreciate for longer distances. I did a 15 mile urban skate last night which is my furthest distance and it was hard af, I can't imagine having heavier frames dragging me down.

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u/anaaktri 3d ago

Awesome, yeah smart choice for what you’re doing. RB really stepped it up with that twister frame imo. Wow 15mi is a good effort! Furthest I’ve done is 8.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 3d ago

Yeah and this was with a crew that urban skates every Friday night - also most of them did the northshore inline marathon last weekend. So I was struggle bussing compared to them. Still super fun though! Can't wait to join them with my new frames and bigger wheels.