Advice on roller conversion

[Advice on roller conversion]

I don’t know your skates very well, but I’d assume it’s an easy convert. 
the main differences between an ice boot and a roller boot typically are that an inline boot will have more ventilation (toe cap etc) and many times better wear resistance on the sides due to the abrasion roller skates will take. 
 

The rest of the recommendations will likely depend on what your end goal is for these skates and usage, but they should be good as long as you like how they fit 

[Return to NHL Season? Thread]

I’m ok with the format. The league was quite bunched up for the last playoff spots, especially when you count the uneven amount of games played by teams. The only team that is part of this bracket that I don’t believe had a real legitimate shot of making the playoffs in a full season was Montreal, and Chicago would’ve had a hard path as well. I think a better system in my opinion would’ve been 11 teams, with 5 guaranteed slots and 6 teams playing in the play in round. 

[Outdoor / asphalt sticks?]

5 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

Hoapa is having a special where you get a tapered shaft + 2 blades for $99 (you get free shipping if you spend a total of $130): https://www.hoapahockey.com/products/helium-custom-2-piece-training-set?variant=33543403896971

Don't know anything about them, but I know that I expect to be working from home till at least early June 2020. Would be nice to order a cheap 2-piece and get some outdoor wheels and utilize all that sunlight during the early evening.

I’ve been using their one piece sticks for a while now. Impressed for the price, currently my go to for roller hockey as I love the customization options and that I can get them already to size 

[Mako M8 skates (7.5d), RH 75 flex sticks, Revision flex wheels]

Item 3 warrior stick sold!

[Ask me anything about the Marsblade R1]

Hello Petter! 
do you know if True is going to offer the marsblade on their custom boots by any chance? Looking to try that combo out! 

[True inline skates yes or no?]

On 4/17/2020 at 10:30 AM, althoma1 said:

Why don't you love the inline versions as much as your ice True skates? Is it due to the chassis or are there differences in the boots themselves?

The main negative is the footbed isn’t quite as comfortable. I think it’s probably because of the overall rigidity of the chassis and pushing in to the foot. I can wear my ice version all day with no discomfort, the inline there’s a slight bit (still better than my previous skates). The boot itself also feels more rigid but it’s probably more just how bottom heavy they are, common of most inline skates. 
 

that said, worth the purchase to me, especially given how few retail boots there are and that I haven’t found a fit amongst them that I’m comfortable with yet. 

[Marsblade roller chassis]

57 minutes ago, gsr027 said:

I feel like the last original models were with verbero, and with the r1 being offered on the new alkali boot, it’s likely that they won’t be with true directly, but I could definitely be wrong. 

Yeah that’s the FMT skates. The shop I’ve bought my true skates from said that True has made with the mars blade roller chassis before, but that also could’ve been when you can send in a chassis for them to mount before they had their own thing, so he’s clarifying through True for me 

[Marsblade roller chassis]

1 hour ago, gsr027 said:

Yeah, I wasn’t sure how long it would last, but since it was listed as limited, I went ahead and placed an order last week. Going from 50% off to 30%, and missing out on that savings stinks, but just goes to show, if you’re really interested, don’t get left out again, since no assurances this current reduced discount will last much longer. 

My original hesitation was I am looking In to wether they will be available as an option for True inline skates. I think the original mars blade was offered by true. 
I was just gonna get them for that price though in case I like them so much and want to convert my existing inline skates over so that I can have the same off-road and on road experience 

maybe @Marsblade knows? 

[True inline skates yes or no?]

I have both ice and inline trues. I like the inline ones a lot! But not as much as I love the ice ones, but it’s also harder to find stock inline skates that fit well due to less options available. 

[Marsblade roller chassis]

6 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

FYI: Preorder for the just the R1 chassis went up to $139!

Damn! What was it at before? Meant to check out a few days ago and totally got side tracked. Still may check it out, not interested in the wheels and bearings as I prefer my konixx and bones. 

[Base Sticks - Has anyone used one?]

1 hour ago, ParabolicActivity said:

Are you talking about the endless Base curve thread? Trying to get useful info out of long threads with meandering vectors is the worst.

no, this is the one i was thinking about. theres a few other smaller threads too. probably a bit to sift through since its a pretty general thread, but maybe you will find something. 

 

[Base Sticks - Has anyone used one?]

9 minutes ago, ParabolicActivity said:

Hey, I am wondering if anyone has used one of these sticks before. They have a couple of curves that look fun to try and I am thinking about getting a custom "Super Natural". Are they worth the price for a beer league / drop in player? What is their reputation as far a durability?

Base has its own thread you can search for. Ton of info on there 

[VH Footwear/TRUE by Scott Van Horne]

26 minutes ago, IPv6Freely said:

What about the MSH pouch?

Love the pouch, have one, but the shift steel has a part that sticks up taller than the zipper so it cannot he zipped shut. Could potentially look into replacing the zipper with some other closure system, but I also work around lots of nice 3D printers and foam so making my own wouldn’t be too hard either. 

[VH Footwear/TRUE by Scott Van Horne]

Anyone know a good steel holder that fits the shift steel? Thinking about 3D printing one if nothing easy enough exists on the market 

[True sticks - Grip Gone Tacky]

Have the same issue with my a6.0 stick as well as a shaft I have of theirs. Both super gummy. 

[Looking for P28 type curve that's a bit more closed]

4 hours ago, puckstopper said:

He's offering to take a photo of 4 sticks.  A P90t, a P90TM, a P28 and a P29.  I would say that it WILL show any differences between a 90T and a 90TM quite clearly and throw in a couple other well known patterns for reference as well.   I'm curious to see that the 90TM will look like when the FT3s drop later this year, so I for one would really appreciate it @SkateWorksPNW

My mistake, misread it. 

[Looking for P28 type curve that's a bit more closed]

1 hour ago, SkateWorksPNW said:

When I get back home I will take a pic of it next to a P28, P29/92, and a P90T and you will see they aren't nearly the same. 

Does this make sense? No. But I dont work for CCM so I didnt pick the naming convention. 

I think the confusion is stemming from you possibly quoting the wrong post. He’s talking about the difference between p90t and p90tm, so showing pictures of p28, p29 and p90t isn’t going to show that difference 

[Konixx Pure wheels discontinued]

Personally im a bit nervous on the pure-x since I love the pure so much that I’d hate for them to change considerably, but will be holding out for them instead of stocking up, hoping their “new and improved” means just that. They haven’t let me down yet so we will see

[Smarthockey vulcanized rubber blade tape?]

7 minutes ago, Coldclay said:

So weird that Rezztek doesn't like money and drags their feet on getting their products to people outside of the pros'

Not sure I agree here. With these smaller companies first impression is often everything, perhaps they are just waiting to make sure the product is solid before releasing it to the masses 

[Are TRUE shafts and blades being discontinued?]

3 hours ago, Giltis said:

Any reason to prefer these to one-piece? Is it just the economy of replacing one part if it breaks?

There’s some advantage to roller players too who eat through the bottom of blades quicker than normal 

[Do you think people tape the top hand of their stick more out of tradition than need.]

For my entire life ages 7-35 I taped the whole top because up until 25 I almost solely used wood or aluminum sticks without grip coating, plus it was what the pros did, and for the next ten years I just taped it out of habit. Then Two years ago I saw some pro players with just their top knob portion taped, and decided to give it a try. It’s been much easier on the hands, and just made more sense to me to just cut out the extra work and use the stick’s grip coating. 

[Suggestions for low profile short elbow pads?]

3 hours ago, pgeorgan said:

Is it? I didn't know. Just sort of assumed as I got my HPR's a few years ago and the RX3's look virtually identical, new foams or otherwise. 

Yes. The rx3 is from the surgeon 500 and the hpr is from the stallion 500 (I think that was black and yellow). I wasn’t much of a fan of the original surgeon 500, in terms of comfort, but love the rx3.  I don’t think the two lines  look very similar, outside some of the basic construction materials, as the HPR is much more beefed up protection wise. If you want the highest mobility I’d go with RX3. 

[Suggestions for low profile short elbow pads?]

15 hours ago, pgeorgan said:

For sure STX 3-piece are where it's at. 

I use the HPR line, which I guess is now the RX3, but for the most part, they seem identical, just new colors. 

I'm really surprised at the lack of demand for 3-piece elbow pads. Besides STX, Warrior are the only other maker that do this, and that's only as of their most recent line. 

Leave it to the lacrosse guys...

The hpr line is not now the RX3, they are two separate lines (surgeon line on rx3, stallion HPR) HPR is their more protective (think tacks/supreme protective) and RX3 is their “more mobility” line with lighter weight (vapor/rbz) 

[Warrior QRE10 now using the Sabre Taper?]

12 minutes ago, marka said:

Howdy,

Let me try this a different way.

I try and keep my checking account # confidential.  I do this by not giving it out to people that don't need to know about my checking account #.

In this day and age if a company is both sending out promo materials to every hockey shop in two countries well in advance of a product release _AND_ simultaneously expecting that to remain secret... They're freaking idiots.  I assume they actually _aren't_ freaking idiots, they expect the information to become known, and they're incorporating that into their marketing strategy.

Clutching pearls when everyone behaves EXACTLY as you would expect them to is ridiculous.

Mark

I’m not in the industry, but I’m assuming retailers would like to know what kind of floor space they are going to need for displays/how they will display the product ahead if time. It even says that the artwork etc is not final, so even if you had that inclination, at this point you’re just potentially spreading misinformation, like what happened here. 
 

if you value your relationship with a supplier, you should also value their confidentiality, plain and simple. Just because there are some shady dealers out there doesn’t have to mean you hamstring valuable information to the whole. 

[Warrior QRE10 now using the Sabre Taper?]

1 hour ago, marka said:

Howdy,

If this stuff is such a big secret, maybe they shouldn't blast it out across the hockey world.

Mark

There’s a difference between creating hype, and just giving away all the info right away. This is the whole reason spoilers exist.