Rockered: 3 v 4 Wheel Inline Skates Comparison

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Hello and welcome to Double D Skate's comparison of Rockered inline skates when using three and four wheel setups! We hope to help you better understand the functionality of these skates! Feel free to leave your questions and suggestions in the comments section!

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"Track Name: A Walk On The Moon" by: LAKEY INSPIRED

[DireWolfy]

Tiago is really nice and humble when it comes to his fame, he commented on my videos before too, I really love that him and Ricardo lino both have assisted me when learning to do powerslides.

[thomasweyermann]

That was one of the most informative and well produced inline skating videos I’ve seen.
Amazing job, and thank you!

[Senne]

Very informative video and I love the fact you are comparing rockered inline skates to ice skates.

I've spent most of my youth on ice, and was sad they closed the ice rink that was only a stone throw away in 2022.

Picked up a pair of FR3 310 inlines a few months back, primarily with bad roads and fitness / distance in mind. However, I've been missing the feeling and joy my ice skates brough ever since I started.

Guess I'm going back into the rabbit hole once more and get me some extra gear.

I hope this comment might push some extra traffic your way. The Spiffing Britt at leats things these things help.

[TampaTec]

Great video, I'll stick with 4 because it feels like hockey skates. Please 80mm vs 90mm and mixing wheel sizes on skates.

[nikoblading]

Great video. For the last 5 months I was skating on my Swell 110x3 243mm setup, but tonight I decided to skate on my old Next 90x4 275mm just to compare. The difference was so huge, I felt like I was glued to the ground, like I was a train on rails, so steady this setup was compared to my 110x3 skates. Carving felt impossible, because so much force I had to apply to make them do a curve. However power stop was so much easier I guess because just easier to make sharp angle due to the fact that I’m lower to the ground. Stability is insane compared to my Swell setup, on which it feels like my feet are always trying to run away from the centre of gravity and I have to catch them to stay on my feet. Nothing like that on 275 90x4 frame.
In general, I seriously felt like I was driving a locomotive on rails on my 90x4 setup. It’s not rockered btw, otherwise I think my experience would be different.

[FRO]

Thanks for your videos. In particular this on rockering.I was very curious about the 4x80 rockerable and as soon as I found it online I bought it (2 months ago) I am a 47 year old beginner. I started 10 months ago.. I try to go an hour and a half a day and my sessions are 1 hour flat (urban) and half hour rockering (slalom) setup. I constantly change the axle positions every day and I've never had a problem ... in a moment the axles go up or down ... maybe after your review powerslide solves the problem you talk about in the video. I often use your videos to improve my techniques. Thank you very much.

[NikZvi]

Great analysis Dave. Rockering is a great thing almost everywhere except for downhill. Hope I will have chance to check it on the three wheels soon. Nice jumps by the way.

[Not_Evil_]

This Vid actually helpped me pick my new Skates

[keiththibodeau]

Great video, love the detail. Thank you

[Jorge-efdu]

Hey, just wanted to say that video is absolutely great and content like this is what keeps a community moving and I wanna thank you for it. I've been thinking about taking up skating after tearing up a rollerblade blade runner I got from Dick's, but I've been so indecisive about what to get.
The way you broke down the powerslide tri skate with optional rockering seems like such a well rounded skate that (hopefully) lasts me some years.

Thanks man!

[beefnacos]

holy shit this deserves more than 520 views omg

[Greg-tjrg]

Nice comparison video. Would be interested to see your thoughts on a wizard setup (nn, wizard or endless frames). I'll check your channel and see if you have a video on that

[mikelmerizaj]

I'm a new viewer and i love ur channel. I love this reviews and the tips and tricks u give up. I subbed and liked.

[tommyavlastenok]

What a great video! Thank you for the good work! I can't believe you only have 220 subscribers! Subbed as number 221.

[SaccoBelmonte]

I have several months now skating on rockered 4x80 and rockered 3x110 (also short FR310 frames). I feel I can do everything I can with 4x80 but generally speaking 3x110 feels "heavier" and also asks a whole lot more to your ankles. It is still fun tho but while 3x110 is clearly superior on the smooth cruising aspect, a rockered 4x80 is still absolute king when it comes to "ice skating" and slalom / figure tricks.

I definitely like rockered 3x110 over flat 3x110 but one aspect I noticed: With rockered 4x80 you always have 2 wheels in contact. With 3x110 while striding or cruising, if your skate happens to pivot on the center wheel it feels "too unlocked". It is either "not as unlocked as 4x80" (when you're on two wheels) to "holy cow, too unlocked" (when you're on one wheel)

Speed wise I feel both are equally fast, the 3x110 feels smoother cause the wheel diameter is simply bigger, making the wheel a lot easier to go over rough pavement or small stones.

[GoldenTalon]

i could watch you skate all day. looks so cool

[shanaforest]

Awesome! Thanks a lot! You're getting a new subscriber pal!
speed is actually the thing I'm looking for when it comes to skates. I love 4 wheels but I'm gonna give myself a shot with the tri-skates. ❤

[eml]

Great comparison and explanation. I've got the katana frame and a four wheel set up too. Fun to have both, as shown in your video each are good in different ways.

[gidipo]

And thanks for your great videos in skating.. Really must go rockered as the first thing to do in the weekend...

[johnnycboi]

Really interesting comparison. I find it interesting that you find the Tri-skate to perform better for tight curves in slalom. Four wheel skates have shorter wheelbase distances over 3 skating surfaces whereas the triskate has 2 longer surfaces. Drives should feel more secure on tri-skates due to larger wheels and then ‘ bigger keel’ but the frictional release in driving a turn should feel ‘less restrictive’ on the 4-wheel skate. I missed some part of this comparison mentioning the ease for 3-turn one-foot maneuvers where IMHO feel the 4-wheels feels more fluid. Well done for breaking this subject open more than most have in the past. Thumbs up!