Nordic Inlines

Anyone ever tried the Nordic Inlines available from Nordic Skater? How
were they?

http://www.nordicskater.com/inline.html

Jonathan Scheuch

Anyone ever tried the Nordic Inlines available from Nordic Skater? How
were they?
http://www.nordicskater.com/inline.html

I like the lowered center of gravity of the skiskates. Too bad the
wheelbase is so long.

http://www.skates.com/landroller_p/120901.htm
anybody tried these?

I wondered about those too, as I'll be buying XC Skate boots at some point
anyway.

What are these different from race rollerski's? An inch shorter perhaps?
With just two wheels, I would imagine them to be slower rolling than regular
rollerblades that have 4x90 or 4x100mm.

Why is a long wheelbase bad? Because you can't walk through corners or come
to an abrubt stop? Seems like rollerski problems to me.
If you want to skate fast no-poles, why not just throw some 145mm PU scooter
wheels (?10 each) on a similar chassis and speed away?


"aaJoe" schreef in bericht
news:noemail-9C517B.09211105052006@shawnews...
Anyone ever tried the Nordic Inlines available from Nordic Skater? How
were they?
http://www.nordicskater.com/inline.html

I like the lowered center of gravity of the skiskates. Too bad the
wheelbase is so long.

http://www.skates.com/landroller_p/120901.htm
anybody tried these?

I just received a pair of Landrollers - so far I really like them. Seems
like all the hoopla from their web site is true. I skate with regular
inlines, outdoor quads, outdoor quadlines (skates.com) and now the
landrollers. The claim that it will take about 20 minutes for an
experienced skater to pick up on landrollers is correct. I found the brake
to be rather non-functional. Can't get the proper leverage for a good push
down on the heel so I took it off. Also the brake was positioned very close
to the right rear wheel and it seemed like a perfect setup for getting a
twig/pebble caught there. The wheels are constructed such that you can't
flip them over so as to wear from the opposite site of the rubber (or
whatever it is that's being used). They also say that the bearings
shouldn't be taken out - the entire wheel/bearing assembly is what has to be
replaced when the wheel wear gets too great. Not an ideal situation. I
have just reversed the wheels (ie, placed the right front on the left front
and same for the back) but this is not the same as what's done when one
typically 'rotates' the wheels. I think that in general the skates 'ride
over' twigs/pebbles etc on the skating surface much better than do either of
the other skates that I use. I haven't really tried skating on grass as is
shown in one of the videos on their web site but my impression is that I
won't be trying it any time soon.

All in all I'm very happy with the skates and look forward to keeping them
in my arsenal. Incidentally, I'm retired and 68 but still going strong.

Brad Powers

"aaJoe" wrote in message
news:noemail-9C517B.09211105052006@shawnews...
Anyone ever tried the Nordic Inlines available from Nordic Skater? How
were they?
http://www.nordicskater.com/inline.html

I like the lowered center of gravity of the skiskates. Too bad the
wheelbase is so long.

http://www.skates.com/landroller_p/120901.htm
anybody tried these?

Brad, you Rock!
68, skating and trying new gear, that's awesome. I've got myself skating
idol. 40 years to go.
Do you have a health potion with your name on it? Your name would be perfect
to base a lable on, like Brad's Secret Powers of Eternal Youth :-)

Skate on,

J

"Brad Powers" schreef in bericht
...
I just received a pair of Landrollers - so far I really like them. Seems
like all the hoopla from their web site is true. I skate with regular
inlines, outdoor quads, outdoor quadlines (skates.com) and now the
landrollers. The claim that it will take about 20 minutes for an
experienced skater to pick up on landrollers is correct. I found the
brake
to be rather non-functional. Can't get the proper leverage for a good
push
down on the heel so I took it off. Also the brake was positioned very
close
to the right rear wheel and it seemed like a perfect setup for getting a
twig/pebble caught there. The wheels are constructed such that you can't
flip them over so as to wear from the opposite site of the rubber (or
whatever it is that's being used). They also say that the bearings
shouldn't be taken out - the entire wheel/bearing assembly is what has to
be
replaced when the wheel wear gets too great. Not an ideal situation. I
have just reversed the wheels (ie, placed the right front on the left
front
and same for the back) but this is not the same as what's done when one
typically 'rotates' the wheels. I think that in general the skates 'ride
over' twigs/pebbles etc on the skating surface much better than do either
of
the other skates that I use. I haven't really tried skating on grass as
is
shown in one of the videos on their web site but my impression is that I
won't be trying it any time soon.

All in all I'm very happy with the skates and look forward to keeping them
in my arsenal. Incidentally, I'm retired and 68 but still going strong.

Brad Powers

"aaJoe" wrote in message
news:noemail-9C517B.09211105052006@shawnews...
Anyone ever tried the Nordic Inlines available from Nordic Skater? How
were they?
http://www.nordicskater.com/inline.html

I like the lowered center of gravity of the skiskates. Too bad the
wheelbase is so long.

http://www.skates.com/landroller_p/120901.htm
anybody tried these?

aaJoe wrote:
Do you find them faster then large wheel inline skates?



http://www.skates.com/landroller_p/120901.htm


Almost for sure i can tell you these will only be faster than 90-100 mm
wheel skates in the roughest of surfaces....otherwise the standard type
inline setups will be faster

you would need a rough enough surface that it actually slowed the speed
of the standard speed skate

fritz

"Brad Powers" wrote in
:

I just received a pair of Landrollers - so far I really like them.
Seems like all the hoopla from their web site is true...

... The wheels are
constructed such that you can't flip them over so as to wear from the
opposite site of the rubber (or whatever it is that's being used).
They also say that the bearings shouldn't be taken out - the entire
wheel/bearing assembly is what has to be replaced when the wheel wear
gets too great. Not an ideal situation. I have just reversed the
wheels (ie, placed the right front on the left front and same for the
back) but this is not the same as what's done when one typically
'rotates' the wheels.

Yeah, I'm not crazy about being "held captive" to the OEM for non-
maintainable consumables, but for now, the prices seem reasonable, compared
to a set of 10 conventional wheels and 20 bearings.

The big question is, do you feel stable enough on these Landrollers to kick
an errant dog in the teeth/ribs, and then crack the a-hole dog owner across
the chops with your elbow pad? We must always think in practical terms...
the designers have already taken care of the theoretical part. ;')