I have never been skating, but it looks like great fun. Do you skate?
I used to Inline skates when I was young. They were a different type of roller skate.
I've never heard of that. What does it involve?
Well the inline skate has 2-5 wheels in a single line, wheres the quad skate have two front and two rear wheels.
Oh yes, I've seen them but didn't know what they were called. It must be much more difficult than regular roller skating.
Inline skates
Inline skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates typically have two to five wheels arranged in a single line. Some, especially those for recreation, have a rubber "stop" or "brake" block attached to the rear of one or occasionally both of the skates so that the skater can slow down or stop by leaning back on the foot with the brake skate.
The modern style of inline skates
early skates were similar to today's inline skates, but they were not very maneuverable. It was difficult with these skates to do anything but move in a straight line and perhaps make wide sweeping turns.
- Rest of the 19th century: inventors continued to work on improving skate design.
- 1823: Robert John Tyers of London patented a skate called the Rolito. This skate had five wheels in a single row on the bottom of a shoe or boot.
- 1857: Finally, roller skating had gained