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What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?

Freestyle blade, 3/8"
7 (16.3%)
Freestyle blade, 7/16"
16 (37.2%)
Freestyle blade, 1/2"
12 (27.9%)
Freestyle blade, other (specify ROH below)
3 (7%)
Freestyle blade, no clue what ROH
1 (2.3%)
Dance blade, 5/16"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, 3/8"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, 7/16"
2 (4.7%)
Dance blade, 1/2"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, other (specify ROH below)
0 (0%)
Dance blade, no clue what ROH
1 (2.3%)
Other blade (specify blade type and ROH below)
1 (2.3%)

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What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« on: April 07, 2018, 09:28:26 AM »
Follow-up to related thread by another poster.  If you have more than one pair of skates, check all options that apply.  For this poll, if you have beginner's blades, consider them to be freestyle blades.  "Other blade" refers, e.g., to patch, synchro, hockey, or speed.  For a totally flat blade (no hollow), ROH = infinite.  If your sharpener doesn't use numerical values of ROH, but descriptive values such as "beginner", "advanced", "general purpose", "freestyle", "medium hollow", "deep hollow", ... answer "no clue".
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2018, 09:33:17 AM »
Low level freestyle blade, ⅝"
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2018, 09:46:32 AM »
Quote from: skategeek on April 07, 2018, 09:33:17 AM
Low level freestyle blade, ⅝"
Thanks, could you check off "Freestyle blade, other" in the poll, please?  I'd like to keep a running count of the categories.
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2018, 10:05:05 AM »
Sorry, checked it but forgot to hit Submit!
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2018, 10:23:00 AM »
Freestyle - 3/8"
Patch - 1". (Rarely use these.)
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2018, 05:06:04 PM »
Daughter, not me.

Intermediate Freestyle blade - 5/8"
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2018, 10:48:19 PM »
Freestyle 15/32"  Yeah, I'm that weird kinda chick. Not too grippy, not too glidey.
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2018, 11:38:37 PM »
Quote from: AgnesNitt on April 07, 2018, 10:48:19 PM
Freestyle 15/32"  Yeah, I'm that weird kinda chick. Not too grippy, not too glidey.
Ah, yes, the Goldilocks ROH.
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2018, 06:36:40 AM »
High level freestyle blade- 3/8"
Patch blade= 1.5" (these aren't even mounted though..... :'(
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2018, 10:35:44 PM »
Freestyle 3/8"
Dance 3/8"
Speed infinity (flat)

The first two is because that is what the sharpener I mostly use (myself) is designed to do. I suspect a flatter radius would be better. But I don't want to waste metal playing around - besides, my time would be better spent practicing skating.
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2018, 11:26:41 PM »
FS 9/16
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Re: What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2018, 07:51:52 PM »
Thanks for all the responses.  I'll let the poll run, but here's a snapshot of the results as of May 30, 2018.
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