Replacement Brakes for discontinued skate

[christine212]

Hi, I have great tecnica inline skates I bought about 8 years ago and I can't find a replacement brake pad anywhere. About 2 years ago I found them on the internet, but now I'm not finding them. I'm kicking myself for not buying a bunch of them then.
Does anyone know where to look for old rubber brake pads?

Thanks!

Christine

[IW Staff]

Tecnica was a Rollerblade skate actually, so their should work fine. There is the main one that screws up through the middle of the pad.

http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage.html?PCODE=RB762L

and then the other that screws from the sides.

http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage-RB760L.html

Check your and see if one of these would work. I'm thinking one will match. Unfortunately I can't test w/o a Tecnica skate here.

Thanks!

[Andrea]

I too would like to resurrect a pair of ancient skates that need brakes, but my situation is a little more complicated.

The skates are K2 Flight 76s, and they're missing the entire assembly, not just the pad. I don't even know what to look for, much less whether you guys have what I need.

I guess the alternative is just to get really really good with brakeless stopping methods, but I'm just picking up the skates again after a very long lapse and...regrettably I'm just not there yet. ;)

[IW Staff]

Great skates. I remember those well...


Unfortunately the parts are obsolete for this model :( I confirmed with K2 this morning.

The good news would be that prices are wayyy down on new and clearace models in that 78mm-80mm size so it wouldn't be much more to get a whole new pair actually.

Sorry...

Thanks for the post
Stan @ IW

[Andrea]

Thanks, Stan. I'll miss the Flights but I guess new skates are in my future. ;)

[IW Staff]

I know a great place to get some :)