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If you want to get a little better performance with your in-line skates you might want to consider upgrading your spacers to Aluminum Spacers. I am selling an 8 pack of industrial airplane-grade aluminum spacers. 8 is what you need to upgrade your 4-wheel skates. Most older skates come with plastic. They were fine back in the day, but there is something better. If you like to go fast, don't be held back by obsolete hardware. These fit in virtually all brands of skates.
The reason aluminum spacers work better is this: When you are in your skates your weight is pushing the skates into the ground and the wheels are pushing back up--this puts pressure on the spacers. An old-fashioned plastic spacer bends under your weight. As it bends it puts pressure on the inside of the bearings. The bearings are trying their best to spin, but they receive all this pressure that it impedes it from spinning as freely. Aluminum spacers are so strong--I don't care how heavy you are--they don't bend at all. If you try to squeeze these with pliers or a vise you can't do it--that's how strong they are. And they weigh virtually nothing!!!! Well, that minimizes or eliminates any drag on the bearings. Nowadays most high-end skates come with aluminim spacers. It is not the most exciting product in the world, but it makes a big difference in your skate's performance. If you have an older pair of skates--this will give you a little turbo boost. If you like to do tricks and stunts--these are pretty much unbreakable-- If you play hockey and want a little more speed-- this is a small thing you can do to improve your game.
These measure about 15/16" across or 23mm (They should be identical to the ones you already have--just a different material). The interior diameter of the hole where the axle goes through is 1/4" or 7mm. There are a few exceptions--if your axles are wider than this they will not fit, but there are not a whole lot of skates out there that have axles like that.
Aluminum Spacers for in-line skates (8-pk) Kryptonics GO FASTER! Reviews
Aluminum Spacers for in-line skates (8-pk) Kryptonics GO FASTER! Reviews
 Useful NON threaded spacers, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Aluminum Spacers for in-line skates (8-pk) Kryptonics GO FASTER! (Misc.) I don't know why no one else mentioned this but these spacers are NON threaded which was, thankfully, what I was hoping for. The last set of spacers I bought were threaded (no bueno for my hockey skates) so I was a bit leery about purchasing these. I have 3 sets of wheels for my skates, 76A, 80A and 84A so having the extra spacers makes things way easier since I don't have to remove bearings to get the spacers out and switch out wheels. I can just keep all 24 wheels with bearings and spacers in my backpack and be ready for any surface at any time. There was a bit of debris inside of the spacers that came out fairly easily but appears to have been shavings that weren't completely smoothed out of the shaft of about 3 of the 8 spacers I received. Not a big deal, but indicative of a rush job on the manufacturing side which may point to quality issues down the road. Great Seller !, By GB_John "John E Smith" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Aluminum Spacers for in-line skates (8-pk) Kryptonics GO FASTER! (Misc.) Items came fast. Hole for bolt was not 1/4" as stated. It was slightly smaller. I had to bore out the spacers in order for my wheel axel to fit through. After that they worked like a charm. No more annoying wheel clicking. Thanks ! Revised review., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Aluminum Spacers for in-line skates (8-pk) Kryptonics GO FASTER! (Misc.) Superskates provided the high quality aluminum Kryptonics spacers as advertised at a great price! I needed spacers for an outdated pair of Bauer inline skates and mistakenly ordered the Kryptonics spacers believing that my longstanding search for spacers had ended.My purchase of replacement wheels including the proper bearings eliminated my spacers needs and got me "rolling" again. As a novice shopper I learned about the spatial differences between spacers for "skates" and "skateboards". ... I wish I could skateboard!!! (This is from an "older head") Just when I thought I lost time and money; Superskates provided some excellent customer service through Amazon by accepting my return for a full refund. Thank you Superskates! I wholehearedly recommend Superskates as the source for all your skating needs! Best wishes for a great 2012!!! |
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