gem
06-21-2008, 03:18 PM
I’ve been skating for along time with my long time ole companion Rollerblade Crossfire.
I’ve just made the upgrade change of a standard frame of 260mm lenght/82mm wheels/165mounting to a Rollerblade Fly Pro frame of 326mm lenght/100mm wheels/195 mounting. I kept the SG7 bearings, spacers and boots (which I know are very comfortable for me and buying another skate, I may not be so happy with them). My SG7 bearings have been living a smooth life as I use the same Teflon as I use on my firearms and they snug and still spin fine. I also got the “Raps 165 to 195 adapter plate”.
OK, while I had to do a lil Afro Engineering, the upgrade worked and today I tested them out. Ask me, if Ü want the details of what & how I made the upgrade.
Ok for the 1st test run today, I could see if was gonna to rain and the black clouds were a coming but I had to scope them out today cause my IT job starts on Sunday. I ratcheted them up away I went. The 1st difference was the handling basicly the same but with a longer wheelbase slightly different in turns and the last wheels left the ground a lil later, other than that the same. I heard that, “Ü will have more speed but you get a lil more workout to maintain it”, of that it surely waz. 2nd since I am a street, sidewalk and asphalt surfer, the biggest change waz the objects in der street so with the larger wheels and much longer wheelbase, surfing across these lil objects waz quite a bit easier and less of a bump. Well I only got bout 1km and had to return home as the rain started but I’m glad I made the simple upgrade to 100mm wheels and lok forward to many kms on them.:D
I’ve just made the upgrade change of a standard frame of 260mm lenght/82mm wheels/165mounting to a Rollerblade Fly Pro frame of 326mm lenght/100mm wheels/195 mounting. I kept the SG7 bearings, spacers and boots (which I know are very comfortable for me and buying another skate, I may not be so happy with them). My SG7 bearings have been living a smooth life as I use the same Teflon as I use on my firearms and they snug and still spin fine. I also got the “Raps 165 to 195 adapter plate”.
OK, while I had to do a lil Afro Engineering, the upgrade worked and today I tested them out. Ask me, if Ü want the details of what & how I made the upgrade.
Ok for the 1st test run today, I could see if was gonna to rain and the black clouds were a coming but I had to scope them out today cause my IT job starts on Sunday. I ratcheted them up away I went. The 1st difference was the handling basicly the same but with a longer wheelbase slightly different in turns and the last wheels left the ground a lil later, other than that the same. I heard that, “Ü will have more speed but you get a lil more workout to maintain it”, of that it surely waz. 2nd since I am a street, sidewalk and asphalt surfer, the biggest change waz the objects in der street so with the larger wheels and much longer wheelbase, surfing across these lil objects waz quite a bit easier and less of a bump. Well I only got bout 1km and had to return home as the rain started but I’m glad I made the simple upgrade to 100mm wheels and lok forward to many kms on them.:D