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Speedskating for dummies... - 03:00 08 Jun 10
so I posted a while back that I was planning on doing some exercises for my legs so I'd be in good shape to take skating up again in the summer. (the local area has no winter skating sessions. In fact I tried to skate up and down a multi story car park during winter, as it was the only place without snow and cop cars came after me. Fortunately having an English accent got me out of that one)
So, summer is here and I found a perfectly smooth 30+ mile path through really beautiful country side. I've been out pacing a number of friends on bikes up and down it (thank you Lemmings exercises page).
ANYWAY, several miles later my skates (which were not quite the cheapest decathlon would sell me) threaten to fall apart, they took a beating when I moved to the US (damn baggage handlers). And this being a country where everything seems to be cheaper than in the good old UK I'm thinking about buying a set of speed skates. I've owned a set before that had more boot than a speed skate and really long frames and had great fun with them. They are unfortunately on the wrong continent for me to use them now, ran out of luggage space and could not pack them  .
So just to summarize because I've been rambling on a bit here, is it fine to just transition to speed skates? is there a good entry level set? and does anyone know of any skating shops in Pittsburgh or Cleveland?(that last one is a long shot)
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