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5/16” hollow

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Does anyone actually use that hollow? It’s one step up from the death grind. I was given two unused 5/16” Sparx wheels, I’m not tempted to try them. 

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54 minutes ago, Leif said:

Does anyone actually use that hollow? It’s one step up from the death grind. I was given two unused 5/16” Sparx wheels, I’m not tempted to try them. 

I could see some goalies wanting to use that hollow but I have yet to have any player request a 5/16 in my lifetime. In fact, if a player asked for that I would likely attempt to try and talk him out of using such an aggressive cut.

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I remember about 10 years ago there was a first responder tournament in Orlando and we had a team from Edmonton coming in asking for 5/16" - up there that could work for them but definitely not in FL.  They all changed (and won) the tournament.

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On 5/13/2021 at 12:22 PM, Leif said:

Does anyone actually use that hollow? It’s one step up from the death grind. I was given two unused 5/16” Sparx wheels, I’m not tempted to try them. 

I played on 1/4 in jr hockey back in the early 90s. I’m a bigger guy too. 6’3 220 in jrs. It worked for me.  Played defense.  On paper it shouldn’t have worked but I liked it. I’m at 3/8 now. 

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17 hours ago, NDhockey13 said:

I played on 1/4 in jr hockey back in the early 90s. I’m a bigger guy too. 6’3 220 in jrs. It worked for me.  Played defense.  On paper it shouldn’t have worked but I liked it. I’m at 3/8 now. 

I recently went from 7/16” to 3/8”, I’m 5’10” and 11 stone 7 pounds (161 pounds), I much prefer it. So I might end up trying 5/16” after all. My local rink has hard (cold) ice.

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