LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

merten · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:35 pm Subject:

White Stars are OK in the wet on most surfaces. Have not yet tried the clear ones, but Michi said something similar (funnily she had trouble in other places...) So maybe even mix whites and clears if posiible?

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

I never tried starwheels in the wet, I'm just going on from one of Rick post. If Merten say they are fine, then I'm Happy!
I'll just swap with my new club provided classics bearing.

Anyway, lets all chant 'IT WILL NOT RAIN'

merten · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:52 pm Subject:

Hold - I said they're OK. There is better rain wheels out there. I've now bought some slightly used Matter XG on ebay and they are deifnitely much grippier than the Stars.

And whatever wheels you use in the wet: Take care! Every surface might suddently change grip and turn perfect pushes into sliding. Watch out for dirt, sand, leaves, all these sorts of things. And slow down when approaching turns, watch out for others that don't. I remember us narrowly avoiding several people who tried to overtake on the inner side of the turn and then just zoomed straigt across the street, right before and behind us, in a tight turn in Hamburg last Autumn.

Maybe read up on some rain skating tips:
http://www.londonskaters.com/how-to-skate-in-the-rain.htm
http://www.skatelog.com/how/rain/

Now I'll stop whining and cross my fingers for a nice and sunny Sunday - please do the same for our Sebby workshop tomorrow Smile

Simon · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 620 Location: Out side edge

Good luck every one have fun.......

fzurro · Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 796 Location: Middlesex

Good luck guys, Enjoy the ride Smile

Tammy · Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 144 Location: Twickenham

Have a great time, folks. Good luck with the airlines, weather, surfaces - oh, and rather a lot of kilometres.

Remember to tell us all about it.

tanya g · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:45 pm Subject:

not sure how good a lead up i've had to this, steady diet of two / three hrs sleep, coffee every half hour and convenience food all week...

at least I get to go Smile

& i'm on my way home 2 pack now ...

with a start like this bet u can't wait 4 the race report

Natasha · Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 2973 Location: Basingstoke

Phew, thought it was just me who has ill-prepared for this one! Still, we'll scope it out at the weekend and we'll have the inside info for next year Wink

Just wanted to add - when the results come in, Hans will not have got the best LSST time - just wanted to remind you he's skating with me. And he's not even paying me to say this.

BigSteev · Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 273 Location: London

So the big questions are;

Did your bags/skates all turn up?
What km did DanB stack at?

You'll be glad to know it stayed dry for the Tatum leg of the Brit Champs.

Etienne · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 1697 Location: Central Paris

Soooo .... Enjoyed it ?

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

I'm Back.

I seriously enjoyed it
Beatrice was the fastest one, followed by Tania, Nat+Hans, Linda and me closing the londonskaters group.

BigSteev km50-60.

More tomorrow.

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

its on some swiss news, the guy some of us have seen on the side having a cardiac massage done in the last climb has died.... Gloups.

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Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5888

Sounds like a dangerous race. One death and Dan breaks his teath twice in one year. Your dentist will not be impressed. Advise you invest in gumshield technology.

I wonder if they will start to insist on medical certs after someone died in the race? Did he die as a result of complications from a crsh or did he collapse? If the latter, was he a good racer who may have taken something he shouldn't (EPO, etc), someone who just wasn't fit enough or had an someone with an unknown heart condition?