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MCS

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New Fila F100 Skates - 10:47 06 Jul 07 OK so while I was in Germany, I bought some of these skates.

No idea how I'll cope with them, but this type of skate does not seem to be available over here. Got a good deal from Warehouse One in Hilden who have an English option on their website. They have a large selection of all types of skates and accessories from various manufacturers.

Question is, how the heck do I adjust the frame alignment?

I've kind of done a basic by adjusting the angle so that my wheels point sort of straight ahead, and adjusting laterally so that my wheels are vertical when I stand. Is this sort of the correct thing to do? Lemming, Monty Dog, Steff, Timo? Any other speed skaters who can advise or point me to articles? I did find this article.

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Red

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 11:27 06 Jul 07 WOW boy what have you bought there?? Is this a mid-life crisis or something??

Lemming will be jealous, they look much more shiny than his LOL !!!!

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 11:40 06 Jul 07 Nice skates! I was looking at those when I thought that I may actually be able to speed skate... then i realised it wasn't going to happen.

Will be great to see how you find them. Very happy to hear they are bringing back Red Dwarf in 2009 for four episodes!!

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 12:41 06 Jul 07 Wow.......if you have them you have to start doing more events

I\'ll NEVER post on the forums

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 12:58 06 Jul 07 Chris - I'll be at the Arena tomorrow and will help you out. ! Skate Monkey !

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 13:24 06 Jul 07 i am tempted to get the RollerBlade Pro Blade...

arent they the same as timos? .

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lemming

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 13:35 06 Jul 07 yes ! Skate Monkey !

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MCS

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 19:38 06 Jul 07 Red wrote:
WOW boy what have you bought there?? Is this a mid-life crisis or something??It's so that I can tempt you with my sexy ankles.

And now I'm heading towards my 30th birthday next year.

The Lycra hasn't been ordered yet.

Merry wrote:
Wow.......if you have them you have to start doing more events

Yeah, I can do some professional tarting now.

Darren wrote:
i am tempted to get the RollerBlade Pro Blade...I did look at them, but they didn't have the size to fit me, so I didn't have to make the decision. There's also a couple of variations I think. A gold version and a red version. Maybe just different years. I think Timo's were gold. I've seen a few comments on the Pro Fuel frame not being very robust. It's got some very thin bits on it.

lemming wrote:
Chris - I'll be at the Arena tomorrow and will help you out.Thanks Jon.

I think Ruff may have had a pair of skates with the same frames as mine on handmade boots.

I have had my eyes open for a while for some short boots with 4 X 100 wheels. I just want to try. Don't think I'll be sorted for Goodwood though. I have a feeling this will require a completely different technique.

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lemming

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 09:50 07 Jul 07 The Fila frames are very good. It was those or the maples that I was gonna get - went with the maples 'cos we had a better deal. ! Skate Monkey !

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Re:New Fila F100 Skates - 22:26 08 Jul 07 From my limited knowledge and Chad Hendrick's DVD - firstly - the boot need to be exactly in the middle of the frame i.e. same amount of wheel/frame sticking out either end. Frame lateral alignment is a bit more tricky, but apparently start with the rear inline with the achillies and the centreline at the front between big and second toes. Some tweaks may be required to adjust for biomechanical mis-alignment, but that's a degree of expertise I don't have.

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