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Summary: pretty cool but hard to master
Comment: I ordered a pair for myself. At first it looks easy but when i tried it out , it was so hard. I think if i had enough patient i would mastered it. Anyways, be prepared. It is not as easy as it look. It took me around 1 week to get the hang of it but i couldn't keep the momentum and couldn't turn. I just realize that this is only use on the street. If you try to ride on sidewalk or something, it's hard because of the cracks. Especially when you move from sidewalk to side walk, you should watch out for the bump. I prefer sticking to the old roller skates 1 since i feel more secure and can easily move from sidewalk to sidewalk. Good luck to all those who attempt to master it.
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Summary: Everything I expected.
Comment: These things are damn fun. Don't expect to get on them and ride them right away but don't expect to put in hours of practice to learn how to do so. Instructional video helped a little but they can't teach you how these things are gonna feel once you step onto them.
Some advice: The first thing you're gonna want to do once you get these is put new wheels and bearings on them because the stock ones are absolute crap. The wheels aren't totally necessary but the bearings hardly spin. New bearings will totally help your momentum and reduce the amount of effort you need to use to simply go. I put on bones reds bearings because their inexpensive (about 12 dollars) and well reviewed and the improvement was incredible. More money will buy even better bearing but mine seem to work great for me now. My next set will almost definitely be more expensive ones to see if I can get even more improvement.
As far as wheels are concerned, better ones will increase grip/traction and probably help you balance better since all the weight from your leg is centered over the base of the wheels. Despite what Ryan Farrelly says in the instructional video, THE FREELINE STOCK WHEELS ARE NOT 72MM WHEELS. In fact 72mm wheels won't even spin on these things because of the shape of the mold. How you can have misinformation about a product you invented in your own instructional video is beyond me but they managed. The set wheels I bought (make that second* set of wheels I bought) are 65mm and even those seem slightly wider than the stock ones but they work great. Don't waste your money buying wheels through Freeline either, they're overpriced and mediocre. Any skate shop will have a selection of way better 65mm wheels for around 29 dollars and in more interesting colors than the plane jane primary colors.
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Summary: Best thing since sliced bread....
Comment: The first thing I have to say is that if you've ever ridden a Snakeboard, then it won't take you very long to get the hang of these, the foot/body movement is really close.
I think the best thing about these skates is that (believe it or not) you can balance yourself better since your front foot won't dictate what happens to your back foot, like on a skate/snakeboard... You just need plenty of patience in learning how to Freeline, and the payoff is WELL worth it.
To the above posts: for uphill skating, you REALLY have to throw your upper body into the footwork to get some good momentum...
For the clear wheels and other cool add-ons, go here:
http://freelineskates.co.kr/en/component/page,shop.browse/category_id,1/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/
Also, I really recommend wearing at least elbow pads and wrist guards with these... ;-)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth it
Comment: Worth the money and well worth the time put into learning them. The instructional video helped but nothing can really teach you better than just falling a couple times. Stepping right off as opposed to falling on your face is a nice change of pace though :)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Times, Good Times
Comment: These things are awesome! My wife and I each got a pair and we love them. Took about 3 days, 1/2 hour a day to be able to use them worth a darn but they are worth it. We are having a ball!
My only complaint is that after the second day of use, I think a bearing went out in one of my skates. It is making a terrible rattling noise and the wheel won't roll very well. I emailed support @ inline and so far I've heard nothing. I'm going to give them to the end of the week and if I haven't heard anything, I'll just call Visa and let them handle it for me. :)
Anyone got any tips for going uphill?
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