/n/ - Transportation » Thread #1889007

[8 / 1 / 7]

Inlines and rollers

Anonymous Wed 08 Feb 2023 18:49:25 No.1889007 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1889030 >>1889042 >>1889078 >>1889224 >>1893221

Do you use them for transportation or just for fun?
I own a pair and would like to use them more since they're really fun, but rarely manage to and also there is literally nobody using them here...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Feb 2023 20:47:04 No.1889030 Report

Quoted By:

>>1889007
They aren't particularly efficient, they are bad on poor/no roads, they aren't as fast as cycling and aren't as convenient as scooters and longboards. And they take up a lot of space on the road so rush hour is their enemy and roads are off-limits. They are mostly for fun on weekends.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Feb 2023 21:22:18 No.1889042 Report

Quoted By:

>>1889007
They're a lot of fun but not good for transportation unless it's a very short commute through slow city blocks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Feb 2023 01:11:12 No.1889078 Report

Quoted By: >>1889288

>>1889007
I kind of regret buying a pair. If I had bought a skateboard, I would have used it for short trips to the corner store or whatever. Casual and convenient, about just as fun. I never wanna strap these on, its kind of a commitment.

They are strictly a toy. They are fun tho. And skiing is too expensive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Feb 2023 14:41:39 No.1889224 Report

Quoted By:

>>1889007
They make no sense for commuting purposes imo. Just the fact that you have to bring shoes would put me of from using them to go to work. Not to mention they're basically unusable in a crowd or on bad roads. I used to fly on them as a kid tho.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Feb 2023 19:56:02 No.1889288 Report

Quoted By: >>1889471

>>1889078
You don't take them into shops? I see people do this. And I see a guy who blades to the metro station and gets on the train wearing them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Feb 2023 14:59:56 No.1889471 Report

Quoted By:

>>1889288
I left that out cuz its kind of a question of how weird you are ok with being. It is kinda fun to roll around a grocery store in these. But also awkward in tight spaces.

For commuting though, these things also just have bad brakes. And the whole shoes thing is such a hassle. Especially since skates are so big they wont even fit in a backpack.

https://shiftrobotics.io/

There are these stupid speed walking things but they are like 1,500 bucks just to scream about how youre a rich asshole. So not worth. All to go maybe twice as fast as walking. But it is the most compact travel solution Ive seen so far. Which I kind of assume is the reason anyone would want rollerblades.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Feb 2023 22:12:29 No.1893221 Report

Quoted By:

>>1889007
ive been heavily considering this for a while in london
i actually made a thread about it a while ago
i kinda just decided to bike instead like a normie tho
i do rly want to get another pair of skates tho

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these archives

Your latest searches

Inlines and rollers