City Skating: Episode 1 - Rockered vs Flat and 3 Wheels vs 4 Wheels 

You're welcome and welcome to skating! Thanks for watching and feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

Awesome! I'm happy you've found it helpful!

Thank you - that is some great advice. I will remember that for future videos. I appreciate your feedback :)

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 no problem, keep up the good work

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 I am lost what is rockered and flat

@@alvarsantini2653 It refers to the wheel set up. You can use different sized wheels on the frames to achieve various effects. You can read more here --> www.koleckove-brusle-praha.cz/en/co-je-to-flat-setup-a-co-je-rockered-setup-1/#:~:text=Flat%20setup%20or%20setting%20in,at%20ride%20touch%20the%20ground.&text=Comparing%20to%20this%2C%20wheels%20at,touch%20the%20ground%20all%20together.

Absolutely! You keep it up as well. Your dedication to exercise is respectable!

If you're learning slalom, a banana rocker will totally change the game. If you thought you could be smooth with a flat setup, the next level is waiting!

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 I'm buying 76 and 80 wheels right now as we speak! I wanna try it! 🤠🤠🤠

@@SpitefulAZ It'll feel super unstable in the beginning, but once you get it you won't even think about it and you can just enjoy the fluidity of your movements. Have fun!

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 Omg I can't wait! I can already do a decent number of tricks and I have never used a rocker set up.

Dang, I'm sorry. I wish I could help. I appreciate you watching and your comment!

This series is pre-recorded and most of it is from the back view. There are a few instances of me holding the camera in front for a front-facing view, but they're not for too long. Thanks for the suggestion - I'll remember to mix it up more in the future.

I am strongly against making tutorials because there are so many out there. I've gotten a lot of requests for them so I will strongly consider it. If I do, I will definitely take your comments, questions, and suggestions into account when making the script.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 Thanks! You are right, there are a ton, but no one seems to have done one in slow-mo

Hi - If I May add to that. The diference comparing you to other is that your explanations are very detailed and complete. If you transform that into a more visual explanation showing muscles, positions, etc would be just perfect and a differential. RU-vid has lots of tutorial but very superficial. Thx a lot! And congrats to this video that was just what I was looking for.

@@alans1394 Hi alan I was just reviewing my videos and I'm really sorry I missed your comment! My next video will be on power slides. I will definitely take your suggestions and implement them.

​@@motorlearningaddiction6284I'm from the future: You will do such a tutorial on stopping (and it will be your most clicked video)

Hello! In the video I'm using 110 wheels where the front wheel is between 2~4mm smaller and the middle/back wheels are relatively the same at 110mm. Ideally you wouldn't want a wheel size difference to be greater than 4mm. I've tried it before and it gets a little too crazy.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 Thanks so much!!! I guess your front wheel must be just an older, worn down wheel, as I don’t think that you can buy a 108mm or 106mm wheel. Great video!

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 I’m wrong...I think that you can buy a 105mm wheel, which is pretty close. I’m used to ice hockey skates, so I really like a rockered set up.

@@elizabethkostojohn1067 You're exactly right, I'm using an older wheel. I measure all my wheels so I know how many mm each are. I just make sure the difference between the first and middle wheel are a minimum of 2 mm and max of 4mm. Usually when I rotate my wheels, I'll find those small differences in wheel size so I just adjust accordingly.

Hi Penees, there actually is a really big difference when switching between flat vs rockered setups and vise versa. I will say that the flat setup is absolutely more stable than the rockered setup. Banana rockers will feel incredibly unstable if you've never used them before. Once you've become skilled the rockered setup you'll be able to use them safely until you approach around 20mph. After that they just get a little too wobbly for comfort. Switching between a flat vs rockered or vise versa, the difference is very noticeable, but once you've worn them for a while that difference disappears pretty rapidly because your feet will recalibrate. In most cases, when skating on flat ground, it's pretty hard to skate 15mph for a long period of time, let alone 20+. It's the hills that allow us to get to those faster speeds. I personally prefer a rockered setup because I can control my speed using T-stops on hills. If I ever approach that 25mph range, all I have to do is do a T-stop to slow down a bit and it's all good. Going that fast in skates is really sketchy anyways. As they always say - just 1 pebble and it's all over. Since your skates came with a stock banana rocker, just roll with it on flat. There are so many different maneuvers you can do on a rockered setup that a flat cannot. The only thing flat setups have over rockered is stability in high speeds - speeds at which I feel are unsafe for being on skates.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 oh I get it now.. When you become skilled to use rockered banana setup, it means you've skilled to use the flat setup as well. At that point, when you've skilled to use both of them, It will be more preferably to use banana setup since the flat is only give you more stability to run on 20+ mph. But unfortunately, that speed is not safe when you running on skates.. Thank you mate for answering my question. I greatly appreciate it. God Bless you..

Yes, they should be rockered. It can be forced on a flat setup if you wanted to, but it is really unreasonably difficult.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 thanks for the quick reply!! I've dropped this question a few times and never got a response on other channels. Going to try it out. Also, Great informative video!

Good question! I kind of went over it in this video, but I wasn't very clear about it so I'll answer it here. I have a natural rocker similar that of a high-low on a 3 wheel setup. Long-story short it's a smaller wheel in the front with two same sized wheels in the back. For commuting a natural rocker is perfect. For higher speeds of 20mph+, make sure you're confident, otherwise use flat.

San Francisco - Not all the roads are as nice as in the video, but if you know where to look there are plenty of nice routes to skate!

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 oh I bet, ive seen pics of the hills 🤣

Welcome and thank you!

Hi - I don't have a tutorial on that. I feel like it's something you just have to learn slowly or with something to hold onto like a wall or park bench. Ice skating is a pretty good example of what rockered skates feel like. Perhaps you can take a lesson at a local rink if there is one available.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 I just started learning inline. my trainer has given me full rockered, as my interest was slalom. As a beginner, it is too much wobbling for me even after a week. so i need some tips on how to correct it myself.

@@balakumar9 If you're using a 4 wheel set up than start with just rockering 1 wheel. So you can do a 76-80-80-80 or the 76 in the back until you get used to it.

@@motorlearningaddiction6284 thank you🤩

If you're commuting bigger wheels are likely the best choice. I'm not sure what the weight limits are but something like a 110, 125, or 150mm would be good. Considering the weight limit, if you require 4 wheels, using 90mm+ is going to require a larger frame. Most standard freeskates have 85mm wheel frames. Speed skating skates are built for large wheels and 4-5 wheels.

They're kind of the same. On the 3 wheel banana rocker, you have 2 smalls front and back, and mid wheel is bigger. High low, it's small front, two bigs in the back or smallest to largest front to back.

4x80: www.inlinewarehouse.com/Powerslide_Ego_Trinity/descpage-18EG.html 3x110: www.inlinewarehouse.com/Powerslide_Nexus_Trinity/descpage-TRIFR.html These are for powerslide skates with the trinity mount. If you have the standard 2 mounting boot/frame than you have to find another one to use.

I'm in San Francisco