Custom Skates / Ice to Inline Conversion

[kovalchuk71 212]

Ok, I assumed thats what you meant, because I have NEVER seen a 6 wheeled chassis

[bruins4777 1]

have any goalies here tried to use a sprung while playing net?

in theory it could help for goalies who like playing the puck or those who challenge out very far and need to break and change direction very quickly

Edited July 10, 2007 by bruins4777

[kovalchuk71 212]

He has some goalies testing them right now.

[OhMyGodImOnFire 0]

He has some goalies testing them right now.

Are they testing the current sprung frame, or a different, goalie-specific one?

have any goalies here tried to use a sprung while playing net?

in theory it could help for goalies who like playing the puck or those who challenge out very far and need to break and change direction very quickly

I thought I heard some durability issues (puck its an arm, which breaks) which would be a bigger concern for goalies. Thicker ones, or different material maybe?

[kovalchuk71 212]

He has some goalies testing them right now.

Are they testing the current sprung frame, or a different, goalie-specific one?

have any goalies here tried to use a sprung while playing net?

in theory it could help for goalies who like playing the puck or those who challenge out very far and need to break and change direction very quickly

I thought I heard some durability issues (puck its an arm, which breaks) which would be a bigger concern for goalies. Thicker ones, or different material maybe?

They are the same frame as the player frame. The new model has been vastly reinforced, structurally. The thing is hard as a rock.

Edited July 11, 2007 by kovalchuk71

[skooled 0]

Easton made a 6 wheel frame IZ it was called. ran 6 50mm wheels, and depending on your weight, you could run anywhere from 12 to 0 bearings...

A goalie should be the best skater on the team.

I don't know how well the frame would work with 59mm, or 47mm wheels for that matter.

[mrusse01 0]

Easton made a 6 wheel frame IZ it was called. ran 6 50mm wheels, and depending on your weight, you could run anywhere from 12 to 0 bearings...

A goalie should be the best skater on the team.

I don't know how well the frame would work with 59mm, or 47mm wheels for that matter.

How do you play with zero bearings?

I think the whole 'the goalie is the best skater on the team' myth is just that, a myth. I've seen a lot of pretty good goalies play out and I've never once thought to myself 'damn, that guy can really skate'.

[bruins4777 1]

I concur. I'm a goalie and i know several other goalies who are very very poor skaters playing out. I only know one goalie who can play out and his skating isn't ultra lacking, even so his skating stride is rather duck like.

Nonetheless, goalies do have to be the best at moving around in their radius and shuffling, but overall skating, no way.

[jmiro 55]

i disagree the outstanding goalies i know might not put some of the best forwards to shame. but they are the most sound and overall better skaters that I have seen.

[Patrick67 1]

I know a coulpe of pro icehockeygoalies and most of them skate average at best if you put them in the "outfield" but their closing speed backwards is really good.

Needless to say they all played on defense.

[s75 0]

I've used the old model sprung for playing net and it worked out fine. I used 68mm wheels with them.

[rwshockey55 0]

Here are my new skates,

110 XP Fuels

He9500 Chassis

Rink Rat Wheels

Hopefully the pic loads right, first time I have tried to post a pic

[kovalchuk71 212]

Very nice looking setup. Very Clean looking setup.

The pic is a little big ;)

[skooled 0]

How are the T screws working out for you?

[kovalchuk71 212]

Not bad. They were being a pain in the butt today. Took me 2 hours just to replace the ones that fell off of the back

[mattzilla 0]

those are some sexy sexy skates.

[Sprungster 5]

Not bad. They were being a pain in the butt today. Took me 2 hours just to replace the ones that fell off of the back

There are times that my wife has told me to take them up to my office because she's tired of hearing me cuss for 30 minutes over one miss-threaded screw. The rest of them might take 10 minutes and an hour and five nuts and screws for one stinker. Long live mounting machines.

More screws and nuts on the way. ;)

[kovalchuk71 212]

Thanks Keith. Yea, I bought a few new ones and replaced some of the old ones, and I got a few in, but there was a lot of language involved. The threading is SO annoying. That's what made it so difficult. Why cant the threads work with no problems? Nah, that's to easy. ;)

[Burning Bear 76]

Well, now that I've posted my 492 Sprungs in the Sprungs thread, I guess I might as well post the other pair of 492s I had Jay Mazer convert for me. Despite the fact that I still have the soft Labeda Millennium wheels on them, they serve their purpose as my outdoor skates quite well.

[djsnowman777 0]

did anybody convert bauer vapor xxxx xxv or xv1 ??? i wanna know how they hold up with chassis

[Archangel#16 1]

not me personally but ive seen people do it and the skates dont look like anything bad has happened to them

[OhMyGodImOnFire 0]

Well, now that I've posted my 492 Sprungs in the Sprungs thread, I guess I might as well post the other pair of 492s I had Jay Mazer convert for me. Despite the fact that I still have the soft Labeda Millennium wheels on them, they serve their purpose as my outdoor skates quite well.

What size wheels are those?

[Burning Bear 76]

What size wheels are those?

Initially they were the correct size for the Tri-Di chassis (80-76-76-72) but since I'm terribly harsh on my wheels outside, particularly the back ones, they all look like 72mm wheels now. Yes, it looks terrible, but they work just fine.

[jeffw 1]

Mission Pure Fly's

One pair for ice-One pair for roller B)

Tuuk Shock Rocker chassis with Labeda wheels

[rollerskater92 0]

i wish could find a cheap chassis and a person to mount them to have a sick set-up like you guys.