Question for the QUAD profile skaters

[Radien55 8]

Did you ever find a profile that's better than the Quad?  Did you switch to something else: Successfully or eventually came back to the Quad?

Personally I can't skate in Zuperior they feel like skis. Transitions are terrible and I skate backwards a lot. Too long in the front and not enough blade contact in the rear half. I catch edges all the time. I have never tried Ellipse so I can't comment on them, but an ellipse is just a squished circle, so it seems like they would feel long?..

The Quad (2) is great! I have been using it for the last 2 years and I love the pitch and agility in the front, with a lot of blade on the ice in the rear half. Thanks to the pitch (-20mm pivot point) you have a lot of steel under your heels to work with and you can really lean into the heels without ever tipping backwards. Move your weight just slightly forward and you can transition so easily, they are very responsive and don't require big movements to achieve what you want, so they don't tire you out like bigger profiles do.

The only downside is that it has transition points all over the blade. When you are on a transition point, you don't have a contact patch with the ice, so the skate wobbles backwards/forwards until it finds the next radii section. This can be unsettling. It is especially noticeable when you jump out the door onto the ice on one skate, you can feel the blade hesitate and wobble over a transition point instead of smoothly gliding along the ice. I have not found a profile that gives me everything the Quad does, so I just live with it, but I am curious if there is profile that solves that without feeling long?

 

 

 

[swede 55]

I used to be skating on ellipse zero but changed to Quad Zero like two years ago. I find the transition from Ellipse to Quad was easy. The biggest difference to me  was the increased glide and the stability in backwards skating. 
 

the ellipse is very good for someone with fast feet and fast direction changes while i would say a quad is better fore someone with longer strides.

[Radien55 8]

16 hours ago, swede said:

I used to be skating on ellipse zero but changed to Quad Zero like two years ago. I find the transition from Ellipse to Quad was easy. The biggest difference to me  was the increased glide and the stability in backwards skating. 
 

the ellipse is very good for someone with fast feet and fast direction changes while i would say a quad is better fore someone with longer strides.

I'm more of a longer strides skater, so with your description in mind I don't think Ellipse is for me. I definitely don't want to sacrifice glide and stability.

What size skates and runners are you on with Quad Zero?

[swede 55]

Size 7 and 7.5 skates, both with 263 runners. Both are on Quad Zero. I could have gone with Quad 1 or 2 as well, but im more agile on the Zero, and i have a 1 1/2 hollow so the glide is never an issue for me anyway.

[Radien55 8]

I'm on size 9 with 280mm runners. Wow that's shallow, I thought mine was high at 1 1/16". 1 1/2" is impressive!

[Hills 721]

I've tried a bunch of different profiles while testing different blades and always came back to the Quad. Ellipse felt like it was far too rounded especially on the heel. I tried the Tydan specific profile as well (Stamkos one I can't remember the name) and quickly went back the Quad. Having the longer heel feels so much better for me.