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Thanks guys. That makes sense. I'm really trying to see if there are any advantages to sprungs or marsblades r1 aside from just being more like ice. From a purely roller standpoint, there is value in switching to a non fixed chassis it seems. @Althoma, are there any downsides to the skating experience with the sprungs? Is there anything that's worse about skating on them than a fixed chassis? Skating backwards? Transitioning, cutting, sprinting? Do you find that they limit your play in any way, or is it all positive for you? Thanks again for the replies. Anyone else have any input? Pros and cons of sprungs from a pure roller perspective. I guess nobody had skated the r1s yet but they also look interesting.

Hey MSH, long time lurker (maybe 15 years, on and off) first time poster. I have a question about some frames for conversion of old skates. I've been out of roller hockey for about 4 years now after playing rec league and competitive from about 1998-2016, so I've played quite a bit, but it seems like things have changed a lot from the 72/80 Hi-Lo days. (I know they were out a long time before 2014, but they were still easy to find). I want to put some frames on an old pair of amp fly ice boots and I'm not sure what to put. I don't have any old 72/80 hi los that are worth using, so my options are basically a Hummer, vanguard or sprungs. Or i could wait and try the marsblades R1s I guess. Issue is, another thread here said that there was trouble mounting vanguards on the amp fly, and I once tried the Hummers on the tour code tabu and I hated the all 80s setup, not to mention the dremmeling. So basically, I can just fish around for old hi lo frames, or i can try the sprungs or marsblades. The reason I'm unsure about them is that everyone says the advantage is that they're more similar to ice, but I always played more roller than ice anyway, so that doesn't mean much to me as I'm comfortable going back and forth. Do I lose anything from switching to sprungs if I don't need the ice like feel? Finally, anyone ever mount sprungs on amp fly boots? Thanks guys