3 VS 4 WHEELS - EXPLAINED 

The real difference between 4 wheels and 3 wheels is 1 wheel.

ok after watching this, I think I am ready for one wheel...

I started when I was 73 years old, now im 88 and I think im ready for 3 wheels

Hi Tiago, I think you have forgotten one of the most important differences: the kind of floor you are going to skate on. In my opinion, triskates are much more suitable for skating on a rugged floor like streets, whereas 4 wheels are better for smooth floors because they are more stable. If you want to do urban skate on your town's streets and pavements triskates are recommended. But it's true, they are a little more difficult to handle, so you must have a little experience.

I started 4 months ago. Your videos are very useful to me. I am 46 years old, I might try 3 wheels before 50, 😀

Summary: 4 wheels - Beginner 3 wheels - Advanced

'Should beginners start with tri skates? Yes'...'It's gonna be dangerous for you' ;)

the tri-skate area

Wow, rollerblades have changed big time since the 90's LOL Damn I feel old now! Thanks for the information brotha, I gotta get back on inline skates, it was great exercise.

I wanna play jet set radio now.

As someone who just got back into the skating life last year, this was very helpful. Thank you!!

Every time I watch your videos (during work) they make me want to go out to skate soon. Never lose your style, excellent channel.

As someone who used to very casually skate the usual 4 x 80, it's great to know the difference in configurations! Thanks for the simplified rundown and helping me get back into skating after a little break!

I learned on a 100mm tri skate set up and am very happy with their performance. I was doing 15mph on day 4 which was fun but not safe as I couldn't really stop.

Hi Tiago, I'm 61 yrs old, just a baby after reading UP's comment below (!)...but I just wanted to say all your advice has helped me a lot...been on my 'full rocker' 4 wheel 72/76mm Chinese copy skates just 2 days, they are not too bad...a bit tight perhaps, but I'm rolling, albeit pretty slowly, ha ha. Taking it slowly, a real beginner. I had perhaps 15 hours 20 years ago on ice skates, and so I'm starting from scratch on blades essentially. So far so good....my wheels light up (they work like a light brake) which helps moderate my speed, so looks great and keeps me sloooooow. Thanks for your content....all very professionally produced, unlike some. You are inspiring, so you achieve your goal....keep up the good work :)

I’ve skated for 11 years on aggressive four wheel skates, I’ve just bought a pair of tri wheel GC frames with 110mm wheels, being quite experienced when it comes to skating the tri-wheel was the best bet for me! I most definitely recommend going tri-wheel as it’s a smoother ride and a higher ride height overall!

I am an experienced ice skater. And was looking for something that’s very forgiving on uneven urban surface. 3 wheel 110’s were perfect! Also if you’re a super beginner getting a back stopper is a must for any rollerblades you get

There in France you have the BEST inline community! Thanks to your videos I discovered Inline and I choose my first pair of real skates (I mean, I learned to slide on my old decathlon skates, and the move destroyed them) Thanks for the passion you put in your videos Tiago! (And for the useful tips) Love from italy!

Thanks for the great description! Getting back on the wheels after 20 years! Been thinking to get back for 2 years, but my partner said "More gear?". I was doubtful and stupid coz since Ice Skating last winter my passion has been burning and I should have done it earlier! cant wait, think i am headed for 3 wheels, basics are still in the bag ;) I was the skating queen back in the day!

I started with the four-wheel skates, and I recently bought the tri skates. It's been hard to turn with them, and it was rough to do tricks with them. I am way more agile with four, but I do love the tri skates. They also make you taller and faster 🤪

Very well thought out video, Tiago! In my opinion you touched most important points. Just switched to 3 wheels and it's kick ass but finding it much harder to slide than on my 4x80.

I have a 4x80mm FR1, a rockered (76,80,80,76) FR1, the FR1 3x110 tri-skate, and just lately, a Wizard NR100 setup, love them all!

Great quick explanation. I've been blading for around 25 years and have decided to now try a TRI skate. Will research more. Thanks for explaining. 😃

There was a vibe in this video that really reminded me of air gear. I liked it a lot!

Love these videos. Went back to blading recently after five years, and I'm still shaky but loving it! There aren't many skaters where I live- it's only me, so these videos make me feel like part of a community 😊 keep doing you

Wow you remind me of that kid in rocket power lol

i started skating on 2013 all i was doing during thay year was just moving forward and just gliding when i found your channel i can already do tricks and understand more about inline skates that it makes depressed without it so im so happy to find your channel😋😄

Real informative and amazing clips. Your sense of balance is amazing man. keep up the groove !

I also learned on 4x80mm but my favorite setup nowadays is trinity 3x110 mm

I spent a couple of years on a beginner pair of skates (Zetrablade 4 wheel skates), until I felt comfortable enough with my skills, and to remove the brake. I recently upgraded to a pair of FR1 310 triskates and I love them! Great advice! Thanks for the informative videos!

Always a pleasure to watch your videos they make me want to go out straight after and skate.

Great vid! Im considering to start rollerblading and your vids are really helpful!

Tiago (Your) French Inline Rapper .

After this Covid-19 lockdown is lifted I've decided I'm going to buy some In-line skates for getting around my home-town. As a complete beginner this video was actully really helpful! I'm 6" and would like a bit of speed as well as maneuverability. What I've taken from this video, 4 wheels around 90mm would be the best place to start.

you can tell this dude doesn't hesitate to tell everyone his suggestions. this guy is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks bro! People like you and Bill Stoppard, really make me want to pick up inline skating again. I'm going to order a pair soon

i haven't skated in years and I just got 3 wheeled skates and have no problem at all with stability, I love these skates.

Thank you, this helped with my decision to not buy three wheeled skates as I am a casual skater, I just like going faster

Just a beginner, few days on skates, but I like your reasoning. Glad I got 4 x 80's Thanks man

Very insightful, well explained and illustrated! Thank you Tiago 🙏 Happy with my 4x 80mm as a beginner at the moment. But might get 3x larger mm in the future when I want to skate distances, especially for cross country skiing training!

OMG, I needed this video ... Thanks man

Nice video. Good points. Great work going over the other setups Tiago! Four wheels are definitely best for beginners in my perspective.

Thank you very much for this video Tiago! Congratulations from Brazil!

As someone inexperienced hearing this explanation for the first time, i found this video super informative and easy to understand. Liked and subscribed. Wish me luck with my new 80s

I started 4days ago and i love it sooooo mutch i never wanr to ride my skateboard again this feels mutch more contebol but i mostely ride skatepark

Hi! I consider myself a mediocre skater, so I was wondering which ones would be better. I can keep my balance really well on a 4 weel of 76 mm and I also do some tricks such as step overs, going backwards, power stops and spins. I do value speed, but I wonder if you think I'll manage to keep my balance on 3 weels, preferably 110s

After many frames and going back and forth between tri skates and 4 wheels I’ve found my self back on 4x80 and I’m loving it.

Thanks man, I’m trying to figure out what skates to get as a beginner and this definitely helped me decide.

I used to own 4 big wheels when I was a kid. I missed skating so much T-T I need to practice again before trying a 3 wheels

I literally just got sent my tri-wheel skates and I’m a beginner and now I’m just wondering if I should return it or not

Subscribed! I'm going to start skating in the spring time, I'm excited.

Thanks dude. I’ve been off skates for about 10 yrs and I was pretty good killing hills. Fast forward I’m now 38 and have 3 kiddos and this helped me decide. Gonna stick to 4 wheels for now and then upgrade.

Totally agree that small 4 wheels setup is the best to learn basic skills, but I reckon 100-110mm Trinity 3 wheels setup has no significant difference in control, and rather better to learn correct edge control (which edge you are on).

i’ve been roller skating since i could walk but i’ve never heard of 2,3,5, or 6 skates before 😂

Great video my guy! Nice moves as well. After skating for so many years on 4 wheels (and sometimes 2 at the park), I am picking up a 3x110 UFS frame setup for my current skates. Looking forward to the speed.

my dream skates are triskates. Specifically the powerslide Swells. I just like how they look and how many colors they come in. However i feel like triskate wheels are going to be pricey $$$. but alot of triskates look really fashionable

The last time I drove inline skates was 5 years ago. Why am I watching this? 😂ok RU-vid algorithm

Just found your channel, so entertaining and informative. Thinking of giving inline skating a go, last time I touched a pair of skates I was about 7. I'm 23 now and im fairly decent at ice skating with hockey skates. Thanks for giving me some info on buying my first pair!

Great information. I like that you had "Your opinion" but, still gave all around facts on all the choices. Thank You Sir.

Well said.

I used quads when i was 4-15 now a little older. Thinking if i should get some inlines mhmm

Thank you for the video. I’ll definitely start with the 4 wheels as you’ve suggested. But for sure I’ll graduate to the 3 wheel skates. I used to skate as a kid, both skate board and roller skates. So looking forward to this again!!

Love your energy! Def subscribing! :)

Hmmm, I would have like to try those 3 wheels skates, as I LOVE speed, I kinda regret not buying them right away, I did not trust them when I saw them and got myself a classic 4 * 90. I should have looked at this video FIRST... My next ones are gonna be 3 wheels for sure. It's gonna take some time to get the money though

Nice video!!!!! I prefer 4 wheels and i skate for 7 years!!!!!

Love your charisma man! Thanks for making this video

This guy is the best I love these videos cause he is so positive and honest

I can't even stop on pebbled asphalt road and look at you lol

Due to an accident my legs are uneven (1.7 cm difference). Skating on my 4x80mm hurts my lower back after a while due to being uneven. I was thinking about doing 3 x 110 and 3 or 4 x96-ish on the other foot.... that should get me close enough; however, I wasn't sure if that would be screwy (don't care how it looks, just care about how maneuverability will be with mixed sized wheels). Any thoughts? I wanted to try larger wheels than 80s because the streets around me are pretty rough, and I am hoping to smooth things out a bit with larger wheels.

Thanks man that was extremely useful and your presentation is entertaining and charismatic.

I used to inline speed skate and I’m just now getting back into it. When I used to skate, 3 wheels were basically just for kids but now it’s used for adult marathons and such. So I’ve been debating building a 3 or 4 wheel speed skate but I think I’m still gonna stick with 4x110. Thanks for the info!

I love the four wheels

I just ordered K2 BOA with 84mm wheals, sounds like a win size )

I'm learning on 3x100 on a trinity mount. First couple weeks were SCARY with how quickly they can pick up speed on an incline. I have to say overall I'm happy to be learning on tri's because I figure when I get a 4x80 setup later, I'll just feel all the more stable and comfortable learning more advanced things at that point.

This might not be super helpful to beginners, but here's my skate wheel progression. I just bought a pair of tris about a week ago now (the latest Seba High Light skates fit my wide/weird foot perfectly) and I instantly absolutely loved them. They're already 3 x 100 for my foot length, but I can go up to 110 if I'm keen. This is after years of only having been on 4 wheels daily in my early teens to a big gap of not skating in between - about 15 years I'd say. Starting back again on 4 wheels recently with probably a solid year mostly practicing skills on those. Had a few months or so 'off' - partly because my skates didn't really fit anymore and have just now upgraded(?) to three wheels. I had imagined I'd be unstable, but I found them really sturdy, comfortable, maneuverable and was super surprised. Though I wasn't a complete beginner, I'm quite good at not falling and have naturally good balance. All contirbuting factors I'm sure. I don't think that would have been the case if I used tris from the start (though I'm sure they weren't available back then).

I first started roller skating when I was 5 and when I was 8-9 I started roller blades and I am still on roller blades. I am 13 now☺

*Skates with free will*

It seems like no one addresses the people who have mastered every skate we’ve encountered so far and are simply anxious to do the same here. I could just be missing it, but so far “new to inline skating” seems to be used synonymously with “new to skating” - period. Even better than just an acknowledgement that “beginner” might not mean the same thing to everyone, would be addressing it head on and using those comparisons - which would be so helpful to those of us who love skating and can’t wait to kick ass w/ inline skates like we have w/ ice and roller skates - to better aim us toward a good starting place. Like, “if you’re already comfortable with ice skating you might not need to worry so much about x and y, but z will be a new experience and might be easier with ______” Or: “If you’re the roller derby type, you should have no trouble at all with A, but B may take some getting used to.” (Again, I haven’t combed the interwebz, and I strongly suspect that these videos do exist, but they’re well buried.) It’s just a thought. Or, who knows, maybe it’s actually a desperate scream into the void. 🤷‍♀️ I’m not picky; I’ll take whichever interpretation has the greatest chance of actually working.😉

Thanks bro I really needed to find this video I will recommend you to my other friends!!!

Levels of inline skater: Noob level - 4 wheels City pro level - 3 wheels Master level - 2 wheels Demi-god level - 1 wheel Neo from the matrix level - what if I told you there is no wheel?

Hello Tiago!. Gabriel here. Huh, well, I'm looking for new skates. I like speed skating but I would like to try new things like slalom/ freestyle. The problem is that I don't want to spend in 2 pairs, so, is there a hybrid between speed skate and a slalom skate? Those triskates from the video could be useful for what I want?

I always skated a lot when I was younger and wanna start doing it again now I know what to buy thank you so much!

5 seconds into this video and I already like this dude. 2 minutes in now and it’s a really great video. I’m gonna watch one more video and perhaps subscribe..😁

I love tri wheel skates. I'm never going back

Anyone else a quad skater that still watches tiago?

Thanks Tiago I love the way you explain

Nice vid. u bring me joy dude!

I love the three wheels

i'm satified with my 3 wheel, my favourite 3x125.

hi. i bought me a pair of powerslide tri-skates last year, about 37 years after i stopped rollerskating with quad skates. i've never used the 4-wheel inline skate yet, but i think the tri-skates would definitely take the bumps and inconsistencies on the road better. maybe i'm just biased because i'm having a ball with my tri-skates. at age 50, it's just great to be back!

I like this dude's attitude ! Personally, I'm using a 4 wheels right now (just began a week ago) :)

Could someone please tell me what are the skates in the thumbnail of this vid. The 4 wheels, that sleek thin boot. I'm in love😍

Still waiting for 2 110mm wheels street skates .

Very helpful. Thanks Tiago.

Really good, wise advice from Tiago I think. Tri skates with bigger wheels (eg 110, 125) are SO much faster that 4x80 that skills such as stopping and turning are more critical. 4x80 (or smaller) are slower and more stable, hence more forgiving. However, once you get good on 4x80 then tri skates are a really good option for street skating because of their higher speed. Less energy needed to go places, and better over bumps and uneven surfaces because of the larger wheels. So my view is start with 4x80 then move to 3x100 or 3x110 when you are able to skate fairly well (particularly speed control and stopping)!

Nice intro tho :D

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My 5 cents. Firstly, 3 wheels are worse for me because the taller wheels put more strain on my joints. I moved back from 3x110mm to 4x80mm coz I started to feel pain in my knees. Secondly, 4 wheels ride more smoothly on different surfaces whereas 3 wheels a more demanding on the quality of the surface. And I did not notice any speed improvement whereas the maneuvrability suffered quite a bit.

You're right, I started with 3x110 setup, learned the basics, skate on the streets, slides and stops. 4 years later I bought my first 4x80 and wow!!! I should have started with this setup first.

I'm personally a Speed inline skater so I do Use 4 Large wheels but from time to time I like to us 3 wheels.