Baking INline Skates and Wheel Removal

[monoclub 5]

I recently bought one of the Bauer ovens for baking skates. There aren't any instructions form Bauer on baking inlines, do you need to remove the wheels? After pre heating the oven the skates only in there for 2mins. Anyone with experience on this?

[JimmyTheDriver 36]

No you do not. Most skates also take longer than 2 minutes. For instance... my Mission box stated 4 mins and leave the wheels on. I had an older pair of skates in one for 10 mins with no wheel issues.

[Sav25 1]

There's no benefit in having the wheels on, so as a precaution on my Missions, I removed them.

[JimmyTheDriver 36]

Isn't the benefit not having to spend the extra few minutes tinkering with the wheels? Not that much time or effort, but why take them off just for shits and giggles?

[Sav25 1]

True - but i change my wheels twice a week anyway as i have different surfaces to train on so keep my best wheels for matches

[Hoffer 0]

I always take the wheels off my skates before baking them as a precaution.

[CAmmon 2]

As long as you don't leave the skates in the oven for 10 minutes you'll be fine.

[monoclub 5]

Its the proper Bauer skate oven, 2 and a half minutes and the X:60 or ONE95 skate is totally soft - after a pre heat of course.

I figured baking with wheels on would be okay but thats an expensive mistake to make if not. Thanks for the helpful replies.

[Justin 1933 134]

There is no reason to take the wheels off...I tested this and had wheels in the oven for over 30 minutes....Nothing happened....

[Sav25 1]

There is no reason to take the wheels off...I tested this and had wheels in the oven for over 30 minutes....Nothing happened....

Doesn't count if the oven is off :lol:

But seriously, 30 mins and nothing? Thats amazing - all they are is rubber/plastic - would have thought they would have melted or at least broken down?

Now...how did the wife feel about your melting experiements in her nice clean oven?

[sdcopp 1]

pretty sure Justin was doing it for work somehow ;)