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My new favorite quote "Its not much". I'm putting that in my email signature.

On 703s I had step steel with a custom profile 8'/13'. Ribcors had stock 10'. Runners are different heights, holders are quite a bit different too. That said transition was pretty quick, felt awkard for the first couple of minutes on the ice, but after about 15 minutes of skating it felt pretty natural. As far as balance points I felt a bit more on my heels with the Ribcors, but it wasn't drastic. Comparatively the Jetspeeds actually pushed me more forward. Honestly the only weird thing was the extra room in the toecap. Everything else was fairly easy to adapt to.

Yup, mine have white. Just wasn't sure about the "whoosh" thing.

Let's not bring race into this.

Sorry, I didn't see this reply until just now. The grinding ring head (Trolley) runs on a fixed path, yes. If we say the grinding ring moves back and forth on the X-axis to sharpen the skate blade, the grinding ring itself is adjustable in the Y-axis by turning a knob, which has incremental "clicks." A separate height adjustment lever also allows Z-axis adjustment, so you can set the max height of the grinding ring. The grinding ring can then move downward from this setting with a consistent torsional spring pressure pushing the ring back up toward this max height setting. This puts consistent pressure on the grinding surface, taking off consistent amount of material along the entire blade's profile. 2 to 3 clicks of Y-axis adjustment is advertised to change edge height by approximately .001" when using a 1/2" radius ring. So in other words, they're telling us if your edges are off by .001", 2-3 clicks toward the taller edge should set them perfectly even. I work with Autocad and a quick sketch shows me that in order to get .001" height difference bewteen the edges on a 1/8" wide blade, the 1/2" grinding ring would need be approximately .004" off-center, in the Y-axis. So .004/2.5 clicks = .0016"; let's call it .0015" per click in the Y-axis. I also calculate approximately .0004" of edge height (Z-axis) adjustment per click (.001/2.5 clicks=.0004 per click).

I don't get the issues people have with the aesthetic. They're literally all black skates with a silver accent. Pretty non-offensive from my perspective.

Can confirm, Barclays Center has about 2000 obstructed seats on one side of the arena, and the team might go back to the Coliseum while the Belmont rink is getting built.

I think Brooklyn has something similar at the current moment. Fortunately, the Islanders got Belmont Park and should have something much more appropriate on the Island.