Seeking outdoor blade and wheel advice

**heatsink** · 05-08-2006, 03:11 PM

Hello everyone. This is my first post here, but I've been sneaking around here for a little while now.
I've seen a lot of good advice (and a LOT of different opinions), and I'm hoping you will share some with me.
Up until a week ago I had been skating on an outdoor rink with some type of coating on it. Then I found a rink that is bigger, and much closer to home. It is just an asphalt surface. In a matter of hours, I tore through my CCM V20 blade, and my Hyper Pro 150 wheels.
If I step up to the Hyper 250s, will it make that much of a difference? Any other wheel suggestions?
As far as the blade goes, I'm stumped.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

**Superstar9** · 05-10-2006, 03:08 PM

Heatsink,

go with rink rat outdoor wheels and any brand of ABS blade. The ABS blades are designed for outdoor use and will last you a lot longer on blacktop.

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**BLaZiNTiC22** · 05-10-2006, 03:33 PM

Yea I was checking out the Rink Rat Outdoor and they seem like they might be a good wheel. I use the RR hotshots indoor and love them. Seems to be that they make a good wheel.

"Pain Heals,Chicks dig scars,Glory lasts forever"

**heatsink** · 05-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Thanks. I'll try those Rink Rat outdoor wheels. They're pretty cheap, too at 6 bucks a wheel.
As far as the stick blade, the Vector that I was using had an ABS strip along the bottom. I just found the CCM Heat blade which apparently runs ABS all the way through. I'll give that a try and report back.

**BLaZiNTiC22** · 05-10-2006, 05:12 PM

Good find on that blade. Hope everything works out for ya.

"Pain Heals,Chicks dig scars,Glory lasts forever"

**TeamTayberry** · 05-11-2006, 10:10 PM

I have spent many years playing outdoors on asphalt. If you are using a ball instead of a puck, then here is what to do for your blade. Buy a roll of hard plastic tubing, maybe 3/8 inch diameter, cut a piece to the length of the bottom of your blade. Slit this piece of tubing and put on the bottom of your blade. Tape along both sides of the tubing but not the bottom. This tubing costs about 20 cents a foot and lasts two to four hours. Since a ball is bigger in the middle, it never contacts the tubing but rather higher up on your blade. Your normal blade will last forever with this method. Myself and my boys would use nothing else.

As far as wheels go, we go with whatever we can find cheap and replace as needed.

Good luck.

**RevisionHockey** · 05-16-2006, 04:23 PM

Revision is releasing a new outdoor wheel this summer. Release date is scheduled for June 1st, and will be available at hockeygiant.com or at epuck.com. Revision Axis Outdoor Wheel suggested retail price $6.99. Email [email protected] for any information regarding Revision Hockey or any of its products.