I am an indoor (rink) skater. While not a racer, for my age (45), I am
a fast skater. Due to my size (6' 2", 220lbs) I tend to go through a
set of wheels a year. I break down my rear wheels from the inside -
Surface of the wheel looks like new but when looking at a clear wheel
you can see cracks along the center line of the wheel and the wheel
feels mushy while skating.

It is time to buy my next set of wheels and while I typicall use 83As
or 84As I was wondering if there was any advantage to using a mixture
of different hadrness wheels (80As & 83As) and if so what positions
(on a 4 wheel skate) for the different wheels.

The teenage quad skaters are starting to catchup with me and I am
looking for any edge I can get.

On Apr 18, 1:10�pm, zco...@aol.com wrote:

I suspect that your cracking is from the higher side forces from skating in
a typical (aka small) indoor rink.

I would try to find and contact some of the short track inline racing clubs.
They will have much better knowledge on this topic that anyone in this
group. They will also understand what wheels work well on the indoor
flooring.

Here are some links that may lead you to people who can help you. Some of
them might be better for the links that they have instead of the actual
information.

http://www.blackdiamondsports.com/skateclass.asp
http://www.calskatemilpitas.com/speedclass.html
http://www.speedskater.info/
http://www.mountainviewspeedskating.org/

On Apr 19, 4:10 am, zco...@aol.com wrote:

Yep, this can happen. It's just a function of fatigue of the material.
What are the wheels?

There was a thread started by Sheldon @ the Skatelog forums on this...

http://www.skatelogforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2359

My suggestion is start with putting a softer wheel in the rear
position. If you are going to lose grip and slide, it is probably
going to be through your heels when turning in the corners.

If these are for inlines, you might consider getting indoor wheels. They
are normally around 90-95A. Low 80's are for outdoor where you need more
cushion to prevent a jagged ride.