What I am doing now
I am not making an more skate frames but I have plenty of brake pads around for people who need them. Right now I am doing a lot more mountain biking vs. skating and have started working on building a bicycle frame.
I am not making frames anymore but I still some from my last run.
$275 per set (dual brake only). These frames are just about perfect
and FAR nicer then any of my earlier frames. These frames really do
look and skate great.
I have about 1,100 pads around the house. For me this is about a life time
supply but if I skate for the next 20 years at 50 pads per year it
might get close so I am not really in a rush to sell them. I am always happy to sell brake pads to anyone who needs them.
If the sport ever rebounds I plan to invest in fabrication
of a new design but until skating grows to a minimum level of
population it is not really worth spending the money to try bring the
ideas to the non-existant market.
Installing the leash
The leash system I designed for speed skating provides much improved brake performance by helping the skater apply leverage to the brake pad. In this post I will discuss mounting the leash on speed or rec boots.
Got some nice photos of the frames with wheels and a boot.
Frames look much prettier with wheels and a boot.
Initial Shopping list for skate boot project
As with any project in a new area it is hard to even figure out the materials one needs. I want to keep costs down but I also want to make sure I buy what I need to make my first pair of boots a success and I don’t find out half way through a step that I am missing something that is needed.
Skate of the Union
I have a big love of racing at a deep level but there is are times in one’s life when the competitive focus lives. For the last couple of years I have not focused on “racing” and at this point in my life my joy from skating has very little to do with “racing”.
Skate Frames are now Annodized!
I got my skate frames back from the annodizer (I will take photos in the next couple of days).
Tuesday night skate at CSH
We did the 36 mile route today and the group was in a fast mood. The cyclists hammered the hills and kept a strong pace on the flats.
So far this was the hardest skate of the year for me. We did an 19mph average speed and while that does not sound crazy fast it is a super hilly route.
Kendra shot this short video clip on Friendship RD. The pack was going fairly easy at that point and Kendra was riding her bike shooting video with one hand. The video still turned out pretty good.
I am also really liking my new skate frames and wheels.
Also, let me know if you think I am double pushing.
Moving things from my old blogger site
This is now the new home of my blog.
I am moving my posts, links, and such from my old blogger site.
The import feature of worldpress works fairly well but it does not pick up videos so the imported posts are going to have missing video clips.
Also, I have some work to do to add links and other stuff that did not get imported.
Everything should be fixed in the next couple of days.
