Why are some inline skate wheels slippery for indoor rink skating?
Why are some inline skate wheels slippery for indoor rink skating?Sometimes a new inline skater slides, slips, falls and loses control more when skating on smooth indoor surfaces, but appears to skate fairly well on outdoor surfaces. This may be a sign of a wheel problem, a poor wheel choice or a bearing problem.Answer: Inline skate wheels may be slippery for indoor rink skating if there is a wheel quality problem, if the wrong wheels are being used or possibly if there is a wheel bearing problem. Inline Skate Wheel Problems Sometimes inexpensive youth and adult inline skating equipment is sold with low cost hard plastic wheels that can not grip an indoor floor properly. It doesn’t matter quite as much when the skater rolls outside, because the rough textured outdoor surfaces help grab the slick wheel surface and allow the skater to get side push. Skating on a wood, tile or other smooth indoor surface means that the skater is now trying to push a slick wheel surface against a smooth fl
