Re: Inline/ice question about boots

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:09:39 -0500, Lyle McDonald
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>coolmercy wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:31:48 -0500, Lyle McDonald
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> >Was wondering if there are any boots currently made which can be used
>> >for both in-line and long track ice? If so, what's
>> >recommended/suggested? Or are long-track ice boots only made in a one
>> >piece/blade attached?
>> 
>> Most modern boots like Bont, Raps, Viking have slots to fix inline
>> frames or ice blades. But not everyone likes to skate inline on an ice
>> skate boot that is generally lower cut than a genuine inline boot.
>
>Ok, thanks.
>So a follow up question.  Let's say I will be skating mainly inline for
>the time being but would eventually like to move to ice.
>
>Would you suggest getting a skate that's more geared for ice (so I can
>go ahead and learn to skate in them) or not?

That's a question hard to answer because personally I use separate
boots for inline and ice, both Vikings btw. Using separate boots keeps
you from the annoying task of switching and adjusting frames. It also
saves the not very solid mounting blocks of the Vikings... 'though I
never met any problems with these blocks.

Peter van der Sluis
Pijnacker, The Netherlands 

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