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Squaring off roller ski wheels
Stop me if you've heard this one before... This is not
about selling handbags or shoes. Someone has a set of classical roller skis. Maybe they skate on them, who knows. But at some point the wheels start to wear unevenly. As the wear progresses things get worse more quickly. Pretty soon they don't track worth anything. The person looks up the cost of new wheels. Then they decide that their skate roller skis will do just fine, and they gift the ones with the wheels that won't track straight. I've got roller skis like that. One is a pair of very old Swenors. Very unevenly worn wheels, no hope of tracking straight. Soft rubber, 60mm wide. Haven't been sold for years, no way of getting new wheels for those. So I took them to the bench grinder. Yes, you heard that right. The bench grinder. I turned it on and spun up the roller ski wheel on it. Then I rotated the shaft a little. This caused the grinding wheel to begin shaving rubber from an evenly rotating wheel. I did this for a while, accumulating quite a mound of rubber shavings. Eventually I had two sets of wheels, both pretty much squared off. If you do this, pay attention to the bearings. They are spinning pretty fast, and they'll heat up on you if you are not careful. I only have cheap-o spare bindings in the basement so I haven't taken them out to verify anything yet. But the pro of doing this is that I have a free pair of roller skis that track like new. But nothing is free. I've lost some wheel diameter and the result is going to be roller skis that ride more harshly and hang up easier on stones and sticks. I've never heard of anyone sculpting worn roller ski wheels like that. Maybe I'm the trend setter. Maybe some of you have old roller skis with unevenly worn wheels that you are willing to experiment on. At least I haven't tried to sell you a watch. Bob Schwartz |
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