r/Rollerskating

I went to a fun rink today that was a bit small. My 59mm 92a wheels felt pretty smooth. When I wanted to try my smaller and harder 57mm 98a set, I suddenly felt all the bumps in the floor. Later I was looking to buy a softer 57mm set somewhere between 90-93a, but couldn’t find anything that soft besides some specialized competition wheels from Roll-Line. Anyone have a suggestion?

Lots of different names for this syndrome, but long story short, my kneecaps don’t track properly and shift out of their groove when bending and extending, causing pain, grinding, and instability, particularly in my right leg.

I’m curious if anybody else here has PFPS (or knee issues more generally) and if skating helped or hurt in your case. One of the primary treatments for PFPS is to strengthen the muscles that surround the knee, but I worry that I could be treading into overuse and could make it worse over time by irritating the joint.

I generally skate 3-4 times a week 2ish hours at a time, and I do see a PT for this issue.

TL;DR: I have no idea where to start. Any advice?

My county has no skate rink. They had like 3 probably like 30 years before I was born. They shut them down for no reason. I don’t want to drive an hour to skate anymore. My county is becoming sterilized replacing restaurants, movie theatres, & 3rd spaces with overpriced cheap homes and apartments.

Theres a need. I want to fill it. I don’t know how. Please help.

I only make like 30k-72k a year. I know I’d probably have to take out a business loan. I’m definitely gonna mess up. I wanna ask the rink owner in the other county but I’m nervous they’ll just get mad and view me as competition.

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When looking for advice, please provide some information about what you're looking for, such as:

• Type of skating (rink, artistic, roller derby, total beginner)
• Budget
• Country of residence (so we can direct to shops in your area)

You can also refer to the sub wiki, which has a starter guide; we're also in the process of updating the skate buying guide as well.

Brand new skater, haven’t even taken them outside yet. When I wear them in my house, the back of the skates kind of hurt my lower calves. Like a pressure on sensitive skin kind of pain, not a pinch or sharpness. I do have beefy calves but if I loosen them they don’t feel as secure.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it like a, “push past it and it’ll get better” kind of thing? I have Moxie Beach Bunny skates, if that’s helpful.

Hey, I just bought slades and I have been trying to put them on. As soon as they arrived, my left shoe was extremely easy to connect to the skates, however the right was extremely hard. Now the following day both are extremely hard to connect...

I don't know what to do, it's so expensive and feels like a waste of money. I wonder if it gets better over time or is it only with me😅😅

I just cleaned the stock bearings on my skates for the first time since I got them (factory new). The stock bearings had so much bearing grease it was unbelievable, and of course they had attracted tons of dust and hair that needed to be cleaned out. I used to skate about 10 years ago and I couldn't recall ever seeing that much grease on my bearings back in the day. I followed the Bones Speed Cream manual as closely as possible, which said to remove all the previous lubricant in addition to all the other crap in the bearing. I've already tested, lubricated, re-shielded and reinstalled my bearings but I can't help second-guessing myself with the sheer amount of grease I removed...I did the right thing, right? I wasn't supposed to leave all that grease packed in and lubricate around it, right? There was so much grease that now I keep having anxious visions of myself friction welding my bearings and faceplanting at the rink because I took it all out and replaced it with the thinner Speed Cream lube...

I always feel so tired from work that I never want to do anything, but I hate that feeling, especially when I want to work on a new skill! It makes me feel lazy. Any advice?