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Wheel Survey

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The company I've been working with is looking into potentially developing wheels in the future. They've asked me to post this quick 11 question survey. Your response would be greatly appreciated.

Survey

A quick follow up as well for the "perfect puck" survey that we posted over a year ago. We got a lot of great feedback from the survey and from the data have developed 2 inline hockey pucks, one for smooth indoor surfaces and one for outdoor surfaces. The indoor puck is finished and we are currently discussing branding options. This puck will be available very soon, likely as soon as this spring. The outdoor puck is still in development and should be ready late 2011/early 2012.

I'm dying to post pictures of the pucks for you all to see as they are really spectacular but I'm not authorized to do so just yet. I can assure everyone they will be worth the wait.

I know a few members from MSH have seen the samples (some may have seen them with me in Vegas as well). They may be willing to post their impressions as well.

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CJ and company did a great job with these pucks. They play great and fast. Can't wait for them to officially hit the market!

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Can't help but notice no mention of speed or grip being included in the survey. These two are more important to me then the other variables/characteristics you have listed.

Good call. Please feel free to pm me if you have feedback on speed or grip, i'll include it in my report.

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Good call. Please feel free to pm me if you have feedback on speed or grip, i'll include it in my report.

rebound is also pretty important to me but not mentioned.

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Took it as well! Where can we buy the pucks?

This will be dependent on the branding. Hopefully everywhere. Either way they will be available to buy this Spring via online retailers or a website built for the puck.

Proshops/rinks will have the ability to order the pucks this spring.

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Good look on the new inline puck. I'm always up for new technology in pucks and am looking forward to a new contender.

There are a lot of options out there now, but they all compromise between glide, durability, and lay-down. Seems that with all the current pucks out there you can only choose two of these three traits to be solid.

Also really enjoyed the questions in the survey concerning wheel changing. Wonder what you folks are cooking up.

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Good look on the new inline puck. I'm always up for new technology in pucks and am looking forward to a new contender.

There are a lot of options out there now, but they all compromise between glide, durability, and lay-down. Seems that with all the current pucks out there you can only choose two of these three traits to be solid.

Also really enjoyed the questions in the survey concerning wheel changing. Wonder what you folks are cooking up.

The survey we did here on pucks over a year ago provided us with tremendous feedback. We've been working on the pucks for a long time and are excited for the release. I agree about the current options. We recognized several years ago that the inline puck was in need of a tech and performance face lift. The top sellers have been virtually unchanged since the early to mid 90's. Our puck glides far better than the competition and has great durability. We've found that any puck will roll on edge (in ice hockey as well). We put a lot of research and technology in finding ways for the puck to lay flat easier, with less effort.

The wait will be over soon. Thanks again to all who took the survey and left comments.

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Done! Good luck with the product. Make sure you bring them to the UK!

I agree with the other poster that said the survey lacked speed and grip questions. It would seem, from the questions, that the focus on the proposed new technology will be either chassis or wheel-changing tech. Possibly a chassis that can be swapped out easier or, more likely, wheels that click or snap into place rather than screw in for an easier wheel change. Only a guess though.

As someone whose played mostly roller for the last 15 years or so, I can say I have only needed to change a wheel on the fly a handful of times. I always keep a spare in my bag with the bearings already in, so a wheel change's biggest obstacle is leaving the bench to do the work, but the not the work itself.

Maybe I'm way off here though...

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Done! Good luck with the product. Make sure you bring them to the UK!

Definitely bring them to UK!!

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