Talk:Inline skates

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I just had to clean this article up because it was obvious that whoever wrote it beforehand was either...

A) Not a native speaker of English. B) In an extreme hurry and being careless. C) Somewhere under 10 years old.

-- James26 01:44, 12 September, 2005 (U

         it is A
         sorry
         doing my best in getting better
                           amit

16:14 & 16:15, 22 October 2005 User:217.132.175.211 its ok you did your best.

Tecnhique

Can the article have some information about different inline skating techniques or a link to an article that covers them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.123.1 (talk) 01:12, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Article clean up

I did a bunch more cleanup on this article yesterday, and added a couple of photos. I also changed the roller skating article to include a link to this page. The history stuff is mostly covered in the roller skating article currently, though some should be included here -- but what was here was a huge copyright violation pulled directly off someone's web page, so I removed it. As far as adding history back, we should probably just keep it specifically relevant to inlines and leave the wider picture of roller skating history to either the roller skating article, or some possible future History of Roller Skating article. IMHO. :) (and Happy Halloween!) ManekiNeko | Talk 21:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Follow-up: I was asked on my talk page to clarify what the copyvio was: it was the complete (or nearly so) text of the article at this web site. The author was given credit on the Wikipedia page, so maybe the editor who added that content didn't realize that it was still copyvio. (The material is copyrighted, and reproducing the entire article is not fair use.) Besides the copyvio issue, devoting that much article space to one particular early skate design seemed a bit odd. A briefer description of that design (along with other inline variations) would be cool, though. ManekiNeko | Talk 23:10, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Edits by 218.170.11.141

I reverted the all-upper-case edits by 218.170.11.141. There may have been some useful information in there, but it didn't look professional the way it was. If anyone is interested in including some of that information, it's all there in the history. NoIdeaNick 08:03, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I feel the need... The need for SPEED!!!

So, how fast can a human go on inline skates? Obviously with different wheel-sizes, you can get different speeds, but some general idea as to the speeds possible would be nice.
~ender 2008-08-04 14:06:PM MST

Move?

• Inline skates → Inline skate — Peter Napkin Dance Party (talk) 22:59, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
• Incomplete. It is impossible to skate with one skate, the singular is a pair of skates. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 03:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  • ref discussion at Talk:Ice skate#Requested move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:29, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support to bring naming in line with Wikipedia:Naming conventions. --DAJF (talk) 02:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals)#Exceptions: "Cases like The Beatles. Although Paul McCartney is "a former Beatle", so that the singular is used, it is of interest only because of the plural usage."; similarly, one can talk about an "inline skate", but they are only of interest when they are used in pairs. To move to the singular would be to observe the letter of the naming conventions while riding roughshod over their spirit. --Rogerb67 (talk) 04:00, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose the normal form is plural. 76.66.193.90 (talk) 05:03, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Renaming this per WP:NC favoring of singular over plural titles is taking rule-following to the absurd extreme. --Born2cycle (talk) 01:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Or Oppose, but we need to pick one As per this discussion, (which resulted in no move from ice skate --> ice skates) over on 'Ice skate' the correct naming convention is to use the singular form. Note this also applies to the article on Roller Skates, which then would also be moved to Inline Skate. Alternatively if opposed, Ice skate should be revisited as a move to Ice Skates. However I'll point out to IP 199... above, it is NOT impossible to skate with one skate, I have a disabled friend who can do this, (its complicated but fully possible, and I can do it myself). I realise that this is bringing up an old move request, but roller skates and ice skate should not be different, we need to pick one and go with it.  InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{InsertTalkHere}  11:05, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

This has gone on long enough. after having reviewed it, and worked on the articles Ice skate and Figure skate the naming convention is clear on this subject (WP:SINGULAR). Plurals should only be used when the singular is never used (e.g. scissors, trousers or handcuffs), where is is essentially impossible to talk about a scissor or a trouser or a single handcuff. Yes, inline skates are usually referred to in the plural, however, It is perfectly fine to talk about a single skate (i.e. "My roller skate lost a wheel.") and often appropriate from an encyclopaedic POV (i.e. "The first roller skate was effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade."<--an actual sentence from the lede of Roller skate). I'm going to put an official move request in as it seems that most people previously objected based on it not 'sounding right' or misinterpreting the naming convention. This brings it in line with Ice skate and Figure skate, and i will perform a similar move request for Roller skates to inline skate.  InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{InsertTalkHere}  00:25, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Vandalized

Reverted the page... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.76.52 (talk) 03:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Bearing Size

64.4.1.10 (talk) 00:57, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I came to this page to make sure I was buying the right size bearings for my inline skates. A friend said that they were the same 608s as skate boards use, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything here about what size and thought it would be great if someone added that information. I'll continue to research and edit myself if I figure it out.

Rollerskating

Why is it noted that inline skating is a form of rollerskating? Is rollerskating a form of skateboarding and so on? Its not just in this article but in many pertaining to inline skates and inline skating. Its usually crammed in somewhere and poorly written as if someone is going around on a personal mission to make it so when all facts that emerge from the contents of the article is to the contrary. It just looks, sounds and is wrong and should stop. Its turning into vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geosak (talk • contribs) 23:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Roller skates and Inline skates are both used for 'roller skating'. for instance, the original roller skates only had two in-line wheels, but were considered roller skates. See the article on roller skating, where it refers to ALL skating done where each foot has wheels attached to it. this can be with 4 wheels in a rectangle formationlike a traditional 'roller skate', modern inline wheel formation, odd three wheeled setups and even one wheeled skates.  InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{InsertTalkHere}  00:26, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Earlier invention

There is a mention and a picture of inline skates in Jan. 1920 Popular Science http://books.google.fi/books?id=CSoDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PT29#v=onepage&q&f=false , it names the inventor as Harry Paulsen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.160.169 (talk) 07:00, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Wheels material

In the Wheels section, after the bullet points, the paragraph begins by mentioning how these days the wheels are made of polyurethane. What were the wheels made of in the past? Could this be incorporated into the article? (Maybe 1-3 sentences mentioning historically what the wheels were made of) Thank you. 67.186.207.83 (talk) 20:30, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure they used to be made either like bicycle wheels (see the article on roller skating for pictures) or out of wood.  InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{InsertTalkHere}  00:22, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

I looked at the Wheels section "a little bit" closer. (The very next sentence discusses how wheels made of other plastics and rubber wear down too fast.) Apparently it was right under my nose. 67.186.207.83 (talk) 20:36, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

bearing spacing instructional removed

I've the second half of the below paragraph (the part in bold), as it is not in the style of an encyclopaedia. While actually great advice, this is not an article on wiki-how-to-maintain-skates. Citation is needed still needed for the first half.

Two bearings are used per wheel. The bearings slip into openings molded into each side of the wheel hub, and a flange molded into the wheel hub holds the bearings the correct distance apart. Additionally there is an axle spacer either machined into the axle or that slides over the axle (depending on the axle system used). Since the outer race of the bearing contacts the wheel spacer and the inner race of the bearing contacts the axle spacer, it is critical that the relationship between these two spacers is correct. If the wheel spacer is wider than the axle spacer the bearings will bind when the axle bolt (or bolts) are tightened. This can be seen when installing the wheels: first ensure the bearings are fully seated in the wheel hubs, and that the wheels do not contact (rub) the frame. Install the wheels in the frame and tighten the axle just finger tight. Spin the wheel and then fully tighten the axle. If the wheel immediately slows down or stops, it is most likely because the axle spacer is narrower than the wheel hub spacer, and the bearing races are being bound up. If the wheel continues to spin freely, grab the wheel and push it back and forth along the axle axis. If it noticeably moves or "clicks" slightly, it means the axle spacer is wider than the hub spacer.

 InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{InsertTalkHere}  09:11, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Amount of wheels

The introduction of the article states that "inline skates have four or five wheels arranged in a single line", which I think is a questionable generalisation. Yes, for recreational use you will mostly find four wheel setups, but:

• The brand Powerslide started producing a whole line of 3-wheel skates.
• A lot of aggressive inline skaters only use two outer wheels, and replace the inner wheels with two "anti-rockers".
• There exist aggressive inline skating frames made for two wheeled setups.

The Inline skating article has a better generalisation in my opinion "Inline skates typically have 2 to 5 polyurethane wheels, arranged in a single line, although 5 wheel designs are no longer manufactured." I will change it to this. Th0rgall (talk) 12:31, 10 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Th0rgall (talk • contribs) 12:28, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

References

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Origin

Well have a look onto the German Wikipedia article. They write about "Speedy", a thing that look VERY similar to modern Inlineskates and was introduced by Swedish company SKF in German city of Schweinfurt (they have a cluster of those companies there. In 1883, Friedrich Fischer, founder of Fischer AG, developed an approach there an independent bearing industry. Also the former Sachs is from there). Maybe the history of inlineskates seems to be a bit different. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.212.86.137 (talk) 12:34, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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