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What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?

Started by tstop4me, April 07, 2018, 09:28:26 AM

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What radius of hollow (ROH) do you use?

Freestyle blade, 3/8"
7 (17.1%)
Freestyle blade, 7/16"
16 (39%)
Freestyle blade, 1/2"
12 (29.3%)
Freestyle blade, other (specify ROH below)
3 (7.3%)
Freestyle blade, no clue what ROH
1 (2.4%)
Dance blade, 5/16"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, 3/8"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, 7/16"
2 (4.9%)
Dance blade, 1/2"
0 (0%)
Dance blade, other (specify ROH below)
0 (0%)
Dance blade, no clue what ROH
1 (2.4%)
Other blade (specify blade type and ROH below)
1 (2.4%)

Total Members Voted: 41

tstop4me

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".

skategeek


tstop4me

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.

skategeek

Sorry, checked it but forgot to hit Submit!

Isk8NYC

Freestyle - 3/8"
Patch - 1". (Rarely use these.)
-- Isk8NYC --
"I like to skate on the other side of the ice." - Comedian Steven Wright

Sibelius

Daughter, not me.

Intermediate Freestyle blade - 5/8"

AgnesNitt

Freestyle 15/32"  Yeah, I'm that weird kinda chick. Not too grippy, not too glidey.
Yes I'm in with the 90's. I have a skating blog. http://icedoesntcare.blogspot.com/

tstop4me

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.

Loops

High level freestyle blade- 3/8"
Patch blade= 1.5" (these aren't even mounted though..... :'(

Query

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.

rd350

Working on Silver MITF and Bronze Freestyle

tstop4me

Thanks for all the responses.  I'll let the poll run, but here's a snapshot of the results as of May 30, 2018.