User:Speedy
- First skates when I was 7 or 8 years old. They were adjustable quads. I never gravitated much to them.
- At 12, I turned to street skating skateboarding for the next 4 years
- In 2003, I bought a pair of mongoose soft boot inline skates for $99 Cad on Walmart. (Looking back, they were horrible. There's video of this)
- 2011, I bought a pair of K2 with 84 mm wheels and picked up inline skating more seriously at a fitness and recreational level and skating on a regular basis ever since.
- 05/18/2017 bought the Seba Hight Light carbon with a flat frame, plastic cuff and 80 mm wheels
- 2019, regrettably I bought the Adapt GTO skates (they were returned due to their condition and I was only refunded after many requests)
- 2020 bought the Seba Igor S carbon with a flat frame, carbon cuff and tri-skate 3 x 100 mm wheels.
- 2021 I bought the Adapt GTO again (Full review is to be posted online about this over priced, overrated and hyped skate)
If you are looking for stuff about eba and or FR skates, feel free to contact me.
Equipment used
My experience with the following equipment is:
Boots
In the past I used soft boots. Tried one pair of hard shell plastic boots and did not liked it. Currently Seba carbon boots only.
Two pairs of Adapt skaters to conclude that Adapt is hype. Most uncomfortable boots ever used and poor craftsman work when compared to Seba. I did not pay full price for them, nor anyone should as they are not worth more than $500 cad and that is due to the boot being carbon.
Wheels used
Best wheels so far Seba (non luminous), gyro at 85a and undercover at 88a.
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best:
- MPC Black Magic 100~110 mm / xfirm
- Matter F3 / 100mm
- Gyro FSK 80 mm / 86a. Undercover bullet 100 mm / 88a. Seba 80 mm / 85a.
- Seba Luminous 80 mm / 85a
- Seba White 84 mm / 84a
- Seba Street invaders 80 mm / 84a and Seba Slide Puyee florescent 80 mm / 90a
- Seba Hyper G concrete 80 mm / 85a
- China LED luminous 80/100 mm 90a (which in reality are more like 82/83a due to the polyurethane quality)
- K2 performance 80 mm / 82a
- K2 active 80 mm / 80a
Bearings used
Fastest tested bearings so far are the Swiss ceramics and Twincam ILQ-X mr2.
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best:
- Twincam 608 ILQ-X mr2 (RS), Cats 608 Red (RS) and Swiss 608 ceramics (hybrid) (RS)
- Twincam 608 ILQ9 Pro (RS) and Twincam 608 ILQ11 SCRS
- Wicked 608 ABEC9 (RS)
- Wicked 608 ABEC7 (RS)
- Twincam 608 ILQ7 classic (ZZ)
- K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ)
- Mongoose 608 ABEC5 (ZZ)
- K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ)
Frames used
Below only Seba equipment is stated at the moment
SEBA Deluxe
Seba Deluxe (v1 and v2) Black Frames Flat 165/180/195 mount is considered as one of the best frames on the market. It is stiffer, lighter and guarantees superior control, comfort, and outstanding power transfer. It is great for most demanding skating styles.
The secret of the Deluxe frame is the tubular cross-braces. Cross braces are typically the weakest point in a frame, and the demands of slalom and freestyle skating can often lead them to crack. In the Deluxe frame, after extrusion, the cross braces each have a hole drilled town the length to turn them into tubes. These tubes are much stronger than the standard cross brace, and provide the frame with excellent stiffness and durability. The short lengths available are ideal for slalom, freestyle and dance skating disciplines.
Used sizes:
273mm (90mm wheels), 243mm (80mm wheels) Mounting distances: 165mm, 180mm, and 195mm Weights: 190g / 6.06oz – one 243mm frame no axles Aluminium 6000 series frame, cnc machined
FR 300
The 300 Frame from FR comes in the well known design from Seba. With its length of 232 mm it offers a goof agility. It is milled out of a 7005 aluminum block and provides with its cut-outs a stylish look. Thanks to the hardness, it is extremely torsion-resistant and ensures optimum power transmission.
Used wheel size = 100mm length = 232mm Mounting = 150mm, 165mm and 180mm Aluminium 7000 series frame, cnc machined
Endless
I bought the endless frame 4x 100mm / 3 x 110mm during 2021.
- It is a frame designed for beginners and intermediate skaters and not advanced skaters
- Although the lightest of it's kind for wizard skating, it is still one of the heaviest of all frames out there and on speed skating and marathons it's weight is felt as performance decreases.
- Not aerodynamic design which has negative effect on it's performance for speed and long distance which is heavily felt during windy days.
- Axle holes are both from the right side due to the frames being identical. You will have to remove the right boot if you want to change the wheels on the go.
Skill level
At Inline/quad/ice skating? (eg. Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
- Aggressive: (not practiced)
- Intermediate: Slalom
- Advanced: City/urban, speed, freestyle
- Quad skating: (not practiced)
- Ice skating: Intermediate (not longer practiced)
Skating style
Long distance, speed, endurance, skating form, basic tricks, urban skating, city skating, speed human mosquito swatter
Environment
Preferred inline skating environment by order of preference:
- Asphalt trails
- Hockey concrete rinks
- Skate parks
Apps used
- Hauk for live gps tracking
- Opentracks for gps recording
Recommended skaters
Although I subscribe to over 70 youtube channels, my recommendations go to:
Favorite skater:
- iGOR Cheremetieff Slalom
For form, technique and performance:
- Joey Mantia 2 Time Olympian, World Champion speed skater
- Viktor Thorup 2018 Olympian. Professional inline & Long track speed skater
- Pascal Briand Speed skating champion
Group skating:
- Fabien Caron Freestyle
- Blade in New York Group skating
- Ktextreme Radical skating
Flow Skate:
- Nicola Torelli Freestyle/City skate flow skate
- Shawn Unwin Freestyle/City skate flow skate
Reviews:
- Nazar On Wheels Tech reviews (the guy is an engineer and he has skated with us in Toronto)