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Message 3885 (1. Nov. 2007 05:30) (Tree)

claudine
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skate weight?
This is more important then the olympics! I've got a few inliners that think my skates arent aggressive skates. So if I can jump/slide a rail, I will make them EAT their words lol. Whats better then dat?

And the deal is, I weigh as much as your left leg lol, so gotta watch the weight. But I will skate on them and just get stronger. Been lifting and went up in weight in 6 exercises today so I'm doing awesome he said! :-D In another week or two hes starting me on plyos. Yep, my little legs will JUMP lol.

: As usual, this is way over my head. It sounds like you are talking about some olympic race like swimming or running where seconds mean so much. Give me some skates to wear and I will skate. lol
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: : : Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
: : : I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.
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: : : cheers joe
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: : I already took the stoppers off since they get in the way of the humps. The plates with bases weigh only 2 ounces more then the plastic probe plate. The trucks weigh 3 ounces more then the narrow ramp trucks but that would happen no matter which direction I went since I want skateboard wheels. Some more bolts at ?? Then the sliders, dont know but I will have them hollowed out. I dont think the inline frame idea would work out light since its low and would need a boost. There isnt a good lightweight slider idea. I'm not sure that rail idea would be lighter and it wouldnt be better.
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: : I will stick with it. Later I will put on lighter wheels. Right now I want speed (64mm wheels) cause the small sticky outdoor wheels I had keep me from going past the coping. Later I want good bearings too! I want to be able to jump rails, thats why the worry. And I am not heavy so weight means more to me I think. That will shut up all the inliners teasing me. But airs are more important to me. So fast comes first right now.
: :
: : My bases are plastic though. The kingpin is encased in them. Are there plastic bases with kingpins in them if this ever breaks? I have holes drilled in the center to mount which would be very difficult if it were metal. If I had to mount where the normal bolts are, it wouldnt work out. I have 3 holes on each side of the truck. I dont think I will drill more holes cause if I ever do a different set up, I want to send them back cause these are not made anymore. These should be ridden for sure! The wheelbase is a 1/4 inch longer then my last plates so its good placement for me as is.
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: : I will stick lifting weights to get strong! I think this is the best set up I could ask for without spending tons of money for a plastic plate/sliders specially made. I cant wait to test it out lol! Woo-hoo!! :-D I'm sure I'll be the happiest woman on the planet. The skateboarders will love me too cause I will be like them now.
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claudine: skate weight? (31. Oct. 2007 01:57)
 Joe just got me to thinking. Will the extra 1/2 lb of weight affect my skating/jumping ability? I think Lisa mentioned she tires out quicker. So if thats it, I need the exercise anyway lol. But will it affect my ability to jump too? Until I skate on them I wont know. I do know that when I went from skinny trucks to narrow ramp trucks, the weight didnt affect me. I think this is the best set up I can go with, least I hope so! I guess they are going to be heavy no matter what? My sliders are not set in stone yet either so I can play with a lighter set up there too. Just again, the only light option are the jump bars and they suck.
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claudine: skate weight? (31. Oct. 2007 02:23)
 I think I mis weighed. The plate with the 2 bases is 2 ounces more for each plate compared to the plastic probe plate, thats it. The hangers are about 3 ounces more, so its 5 ounces more I think. So its really the hangers that weigh more so this might be lighter or same as if I got the wide ramp trucks.

: Joe just got me to thinking. Will the extra 1/2 lb of weight affect my skating/jumping ability? I think Lisa mentioned she tires out quicker. So if thats it, I need the exercise anyway lol. But will it affect my ability to jump too? Until I skate on them I wont know. I do know that when I went from skinny trucks to narrow ramp trucks, the weight didnt affect me. I think this is the best set up I can go with, least I hope so! I guess they are going to be heavy no matter what? My sliders are not set in stone yet either so I can play with a lighter set up there too. Just again, the only light option are the jump bars and they suck.
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joe90: skate weight? (31. Oct. 2007 09:06)
 Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.

cheers joe
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claudine: skate weight? (31. Oct. 2007 16:04)
 : Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
: I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.
:
: cheers joe

I already took the stoppers off since they get in the way of the humps. The plates with bases weigh only 2 ounces more then the plastic probe plate. The trucks weigh 3 ounces more then the narrow ramp trucks but that would happen no matter which direction I went since I want skateboard wheels. Some more bolts at ?? Then the sliders, dont know but I will have them hollowed out. I dont think the inline frame idea would work out light since its low and would need a boost. There isnt a good lightweight slider idea. I'm not sure that rail idea would be lighter and it wouldnt be better.

I will stick with it. Later I will put on lighter wheels. Right now I want speed (64mm wheels) cause the small sticky outdoor wheels I had keep me from going past the coping. Later I want good bearings too! I want to be able to jump rails, thats why the worry. And I am not heavy so weight means more to me I think. That will shut up all the inliners teasing me. But airs are more important to me. So fast comes first right now.

My bases are plastic though. The kingpin is encased in them. Are there plastic bases with kingpins in them if this ever breaks? I have holes drilled in the center to mount which would be very difficult if it were metal. If I had to mount where the normal bolts are, it wouldnt work out. I have 3 holes on each side of the truck. I dont think I will drill more holes cause if I ever do a different set up, I want to send them back cause these are not made anymore. These should be ridden for sure! The wheelbase is a 1/4 inch longer then my last plates so its good placement for me as is.

I will stick lifting weights to get strong! I think this is the best set up I could ask for without spending tons of money for a plastic plate/sliders specially made. I cant wait to test it out lol! Woo-hoo!! :-D I'm sure I'll be the happiest woman on the planet. The skateboarders will love me too cause I will be like them now.
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Robert: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 01:53)
 As usual, this is way over my head. It sounds like you are talking about some olympic race like swimming or running where seconds mean so much. Give me some skates to wear and I will skate. lol


: : Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
: : I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.
: :
: : cheers joe
:
: I already took the stoppers off since they get in the way of the humps. The plates with bases weigh only 2 ounces more then the plastic probe plate. The trucks weigh 3 ounces more then the narrow ramp trucks but that would happen no matter which direction I went since I want skateboard wheels. Some more bolts at ?? Then the sliders, dont know but I will have them hollowed out. I dont think the inline frame idea would work out light since its low and would need a boost. There isnt a good lightweight slider idea. I'm not sure that rail idea would be lighter and it wouldnt be better.
:
: I will stick with it. Later I will put on lighter wheels. Right now I want speed (64mm wheels) cause the small sticky outdoor wheels I had keep me from going past the coping. Later I want good bearings too! I want to be able to jump rails, thats why the worry. And I am not heavy so weight means more to me I think. That will shut up all the inliners teasing me. But airs are more important to me. So fast comes first right now.
:
: My bases are plastic though. The kingpin is encased in them. Are there plastic bases with kingpins in them if this ever breaks? I have holes drilled in the center to mount which would be very difficult if it were metal. If I had to mount where the normal bolts are, it wouldnt work out. I have 3 holes on each side of the truck. I dont think I will drill more holes cause if I ever do a different set up, I want to send them back cause these are not made anymore. These should be ridden for sure! The wheelbase is a 1/4 inch longer then my last plates so its good placement for me as is.
:
: I will stick lifting weights to get strong! I think this is the best set up I could ask for without spending tons of money for a plastic plate/sliders specially made. I cant wait to test it out lol! Woo-hoo!! :-D I'm sure I'll be the happiest woman on the planet. The skateboarders will love me too cause I will be like them now.
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claudine: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 05:30)
 This is more important then the olympics! I've got a few inliners that think my skates arent aggressive skates. So if I can jump/slide a rail, I will make them EAT their words lol. Whats better then dat?

And the deal is, I weigh as much as your left leg lol, so gotta watch the weight. But I will skate on them and just get stronger. Been lifting and went up in weight in 6 exercises today so I'm doing awesome he said! :-D In another week or two hes starting me on plyos. Yep, my little legs will JUMP lol.

: As usual, this is way over my head. It sounds like you are talking about some olympic race like swimming or running where seconds mean so much. Give me some skates to wear and I will skate. lol
:
:
: : : Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
: : : I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.
: : :
: : : cheers joe
: :
: : I already took the stoppers off since they get in the way of the humps. The plates with bases weigh only 2 ounces more then the plastic probe plate. The trucks weigh 3 ounces more then the narrow ramp trucks but that would happen no matter which direction I went since I want skateboard wheels. Some more bolts at ?? Then the sliders, dont know but I will have them hollowed out. I dont think the inline frame idea would work out light since its low and would need a boost. There isnt a good lightweight slider idea. I'm not sure that rail idea would be lighter and it wouldnt be better.
: :
: : I will stick with it. Later I will put on lighter wheels. Right now I want speed (64mm wheels) cause the small sticky outdoor wheels I had keep me from going past the coping. Later I want good bearings too! I want to be able to jump rails, thats why the worry. And I am not heavy so weight means more to me I think. That will shut up all the inliners teasing me. But airs are more important to me. So fast comes first right now.
: :
: : My bases are plastic though. The kingpin is encased in them. Are there plastic bases with kingpins in them if this ever breaks? I have holes drilled in the center to mount which would be very difficult if it were metal. If I had to mount where the normal bolts are, it wouldnt work out. I have 3 holes on each side of the truck. I dont think I will drill more holes cause if I ever do a different set up, I want to send them back cause these are not made anymore. These should be ridden for sure! The wheelbase is a 1/4 inch longer then my last plates so its good placement for me as is.
: :
: : I will stick lifting weights to get strong! I think this is the best set up I could ask for without spending tons of money for a plastic plate/sliders specially made. I cant wait to test it out lol! Woo-hoo!! :-D I'm sure I'll be the happiest woman on the planet. The skateboarders will love me too cause I will be like them now.
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Robert: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 05:48)
 I am guessing these are young kids who don't know much. I personally don't like all of the negative things I hear about inline skaters, but it seems they are bringing it on themselves. I was a sponsored inline skater before it was really big. Actually, it was pretty big, but the people that did it were pretty cool and oldschool rollerskaters. I skated with the original Rollerblade crew and I was sponsored by Bauer. I guess I always have been a minority. I don't know what the inline kids are doing these days, but I know the skateboarders respect us rollerskaters and I don't think the inliners have much credibility. There are some amazing inline skaters out there, but they have not been through what we have been through. We are the true innovators of eight wheel skating and I am proud to be apart of our community. If they give you shit, then just say Fred Blood and Duke Rennie. They may get that, but they would never realize how many of us really influenced this sport.

: This is more important then the olympics! I've got a few inliners that think my skates arent aggressive skates. So if I can jump/slide a rail, I will make them EAT their words lol. Whats better then dat?
:
: And the deal is, I weigh as much as your left leg lol, so gotta watch the weight. But I will skate on them and just get stronger. Been lifting and went up in weight in 6 exercises today so I'm doing awesome he said! :-D In another week or two hes starting me on plyos. Yep, my little legs will JUMP lol.
:
: : As usual, this is way over my head. It sounds like you are talking about some olympic race like swimming or running where seconds mean so much. Give me some skates to wear and I will skate. lol
: :
: :
: : : : Sorry Claudine, didn't mean to get you worried about the weight,lighter is better but a bit of weight aint such a bad thing on a ramp,I dont know about street,,I can hardly stand up on skates off a ramp.
: : : : I just had another look at those bases,,are they an ally/wood sandwich like the original tracker ones,,might not be that heavy after all.They definately will look awsome and will be good to skate.Do you use the rubber thing on the front,if you ditch it,it would save some weight and you could move your front truck more forward for more grinding room.
: : : :
: : : : cheers joe
: : :
: : : I already took the stoppers off since they get in the way of the humps. The plates with bases weigh only 2 ounces more then the plastic probe plate. The trucks weigh 3 ounces more then the narrow ramp trucks but that would happen no matter which direction I went since I want skateboard wheels. Some more bolts at ?? Then the sliders, dont know but I will have them hollowed out. I dont think the inline frame idea would work out light since its low and would need a boost. There isnt a good lightweight slider idea. I'm not sure that rail idea would be lighter and it wouldnt be better.
: : :
: : : I will stick with it. Later I will put on lighter wheels. Right now I want speed (64mm wheels) cause the small sticky outdoor wheels I had keep me from going past the coping. Later I want good bearings too! I want to be able to jump rails, thats why the worry. And I am not heavy so weight means more to me I think. That will shut up all the inliners teasing me. But airs are more important to me. So fast comes first right now.
: : :
: : : My bases are plastic though. The kingpin is encased in them. Are there plastic bases with kingpins in them if this ever breaks? I have holes drilled in the center to mount which would be very difficult if it were metal. If I had to mount where the normal bolts are, it wouldnt work out. I have 3 holes on each side of the truck. I dont think I will drill more holes cause if I ever do a different set up, I want to send them back cause these are not made anymore. These should be ridden for sure! The wheelbase is a 1/4 inch longer then my last plates so its good placement for me as is.
: : :
: : : I will stick lifting weights to get strong! I think this is the best set up I could ask for without spending tons of money for a plastic plate/sliders specially made. I cant wait to test it out lol! Woo-hoo!! :-D I'm sure I'll be the happiest woman on the planet. The skateboarders will love me too cause I will be like them now.
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claudine: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 07:52)
 : I am guessing these are young kids who don't know much. I personally don't like all of the negative things I hear about inline skaters, but it seems they are bringing it on themselves. I was a sponsored inline skater before it was really big. Actually, it was pretty big, but the people that did it were pretty cool and oldschool rollerskaters. I skated with the original Rollerblade crew and I was sponsored by Bauer. I guess I always have been a minority. I don't know what the inline kids are doing these days, but I know the skateboarders respect us rollerskaters and I don't think the inliners have much credibility. There are some amazing inline skaters out there, but they have not been through what we have been through. We are the true innovators of eight wheel skating and I am proud to be apart of our community. If they give you shit, then just say Fred Blood and Duke Rennie. They may get that, but they would never realize how many of us really influenced this sport.
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The inliners are clueless about roller skaters! They think these are disco skates. So I want to show them that these skates can rock!! I try to keep peace amongst all. We are all there for the same reason. The riff is lame. I think it has to do with the inliners thinking they are superior, yet you go to the magazine rack or TV, you will see skateboarders. So they think they are all that since they get recognition. I guess thats the problem. I'm just in it for the roll so I dont care if you are riding a tricycle or scooter lol. Really...... Just dont stand there in my way or run me over and I'm cool.

I fit in better with the skateboarders though. But I do have inline buddies too! Its really only one inliner that gives me a hard time but a few will knock my skates asking me when I am going to get REAL skates. So yes, feel like I need to disprove that these skates cant grind in a big way.
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Bernhard: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 08:05)
 : The inliners are clueless about roller skaters! They think these are disco skates.

As I already mentioned, I had this same experience in January with the mother of the best vert skateboarder hereabouts. I really was infuriated! It just doesn't help. If they aren't able to recognized that your skates aren't disco skates (or figure skates, or hockey skates, or speed skates, ...) then who has got a problem? I think it's their categories that are weak!

: Its really only one inliner that gives me a hard time but a few will knock my skates asking me when I am going to get REAL skates.

If people insist on being stupid the only thing you can do is ignore them. Heck, the only reason he has to think his skates are "real" is because they are "norm".
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joe90: skate weight? (1. Nov. 2007 09:08)
 This shit has been going on since before the wheel was invented.Black, white,yellow,gays,straight,boy girl,old,young,bmx,skateboarder,inliner,rollerskater,old school,new school,punk,metal,rasta,homeboy,jock,fat,skinny
spastic,nimfomaniac,tall,short,carnies,circumsized,inward belly button,outward belly button,bikers,hot rodders and red heads and you know what the common denominator is??????
there are fuckwits and cool folk in every sub group and the opinion of a either is valid,but take what you can use and leave the rest behind..But you dont need to prove yourself to anyone.Give the respect you'd like to recieve and you will recieve it tenfold.
So end todays sermon,

peace,love and rollerskate building,

joe

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claudine: lol...... (1. Nov. 2007 16:23)
 U funny! Well, I"m used to being teased. I'm very small and always have been. Always the smallest in my class and teased for it. So I always played HARD to prove myself. Extra motivation, not such a bad thing? Now the big guys are too fat, too old, too sick and too tired and I'm still ripping it up and healthy as a horse, hahahahaha.......

Hey, I just want them to respect the ol mighty rollerskate! Yeah, KISS it buddy lol! No malice here but they will have to shut their traps soon and bow to my babies lol. Hey, so far the talk is almost done since the ramps are no hinder to my skates now, one rail and they will be chomping on those words big time. :-D Even so, they are opening up the competition categories to allow me to compete now. So I think thats victory in itself!

: This shit has been going on since before the wheel was invented.Black, white,yellow,gays,straight,boy girl,old,young,bmx,skateboarder,inliner,rollerskater,old school,new school,punk,metal,rasta,homeboy,jock,fat,skinny
: spastic,nimfomaniac,tall,short,carnies,circumsized,inward belly button,outward belly button,bikers,hot rodders and red heads and you know what the common denominator is??????
: there are fuckwits and cool folk in every sub group and the opinion of a either is valid,but take what you can use and leave the rest behind..But you dont need to prove yourself to anyone.Give the respect you'd like to recieve and you will recieve it tenfold.
: So end todays sermon,
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: peace,love and rollerskate building,
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: joe
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Bernhard: lol...... (1. Nov. 2007 16:36)
 : Hey, I just want them to respect the ol mighty rollerskate! Yeah, KISS it buddy lol! No malice here but they will have to shut their traps soon and bow to my babies lol. Hey, so far the talk is almost done since the ramps are no hinder to my skates now, one rail and they will be chomping on those words big time. :-D Even so, they are opening up the competition categories to allow me to compete now. So I think thats victory in itself!

Indeed. But I would also say that it is very nice of them to let you participate. The skaters at your place seem to be quite a tolerant bunch. I often had worse experiences. So it seems that you already won a lot of respect. You won't be able to please everybody all the time so just stay true to yourself. In this way you will also attract people who want to stay true to themselves. Which is better than being everybody's darling.

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claudine: lol...... (1. Nov. 2007 19:11)
 : : Hey, I just want them to respect the ol mighty rollerskate! Yeah, KISS it buddy lol! No malice here but they will have to shut their traps soon and bow to my babies lol. Hey, so far the talk is almost done since the ramps are no hinder to my skates now, one rail and they will be chomping on those words big time. :-D Even so, they are opening up the competition categories to allow me to compete now. So I think thats victory in itself!
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: Indeed. But I would also say that it is very nice of them to let you participate. The skaters at your place seem to be quite a tolerant bunch. I often had worse experiences. So it seems that you already won a lot of respect. You won't be able to please everybody all the time so just stay true to yourself. In this way you will also attract people who want to stay true to themselves. Which is better than being everybody's darling.
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Well, I've never followed the crowd much lol. I'm not sure why. I try to make myself happy and roller skates do that. But yes, I was touched when they gave me a hard time for NOT entering. I had no idea I was fitting in/accepted. I just do my own thing and dont so much focus on what others think for the most part. So then I tune it out even if its really positive too.
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