Roces Barcelona Braking system...?
Henrik Vestergaard
My girlfriend just bought a pair of Roces Barcelona.
She is a beginner on skates, and find it difficult to brake.
Is it easier to begin with a traditional brake pad?
Henrik
Tim Jaw
Definitely easier with a traditional friction brake. I have a pair of
Roces Helsinki which has the same braking system I suspect you are
referring to (tartaruga) and I couldn't get used to that at all.
Tim
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Henrik Vestergaard <h...@post8.tele.dk> wrote in article
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Steve Grant
Did you loosen the settings on the springs? If so, Roces used to sell a
"lighter" spring for lighter people. My daughter changed out to the
lighter springs and had no problems with the Roces internal brake after
that.
Tim Jaw
Really? I found that when I jumped off of curbs and stuff on my way to and
from places, it caused the internal brake to operate and mess me up. What
did you think of the internal brake. Did you eventually switch to a
standard brake or is she still using the Roces brake system?
Tim
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Anssi Lehtinen
Tim Jaw wrote:
>
> Really? I found that when I jumped off of curbs and stuff on my way to and
> from places, it caused the internal brake to operate and mess me up. What
> did you think of the internal brake. Did you eventually switch to a
> standard brake or is she still using the Roces brake system?
Well, I'm not the poster you replied to, but after two years I'm still
using the Roces system. It never brakes unintentionally, because I've
set it really tight. Then again, it doesn't stop me as well as a pad,
but doesn't get in my way either. I have it _real_ tight, since I weigh
100kgs and have changed my wheels from 76mm to 80mm.
Anssi Lehtinen
Henrik Vestergaard wrote:
>
> My girlfriend just bought a pair of Roces Barcelona.
> She is a beginner on skates, and find it difficult to brake.
>
> Is it easier to begin with a traditional brake pad?
If those are the ones with the "moving" wheels (when you brake) then
yeah, a traditional brake is much easier. That system slows you down if
it's even a tiny bit too loose, and won't do any good in stopping you if
it's too tight.
Anssi Lehtinen
Tim Jaw wrote:
>
> Definitely easier with a traditional friction brake. I have a pair of
> Roces Helsinki which has the same braking system I suspect you are
> referring to (tartaruga) and I couldn't get used to that at all.
I got used to it and used it for two summers. Just yesterday I was
coming down a hill and there were some bozos in the way so I had to
break real hard. The piece of metal that comes in contact with the last
wheel came loose and jammed itself between the frame and the wheel.
Fortunately this happened when I was already on level ground and slow.
I had to take the wheel off right there, and use the pliers on a
Leatherman tool to get the metal piece out of my skate. So now I have
reduced braking power, because I only have the one metal piece that
touches the second to last wheel left. Not to mention the fact that the
jammed brake shred my pretty new Hyper X-fit 80mm wheel to a pretty bad
shape, grrr!
These systems weren't made for big people going fast, and I guess I'm
lucky that I wasn't hurt and that the system didn't come apart earlier.
Time for new skates, methinks.
Steve Grant
She is still using them, 3 years later, and having no problems. She
does some stairs and two - three foot jumps. She's not having a
problem, but she is very light.
Tim Jaw wrote:
>
> Really? I found that when I jumped off of curbs and stuff on my way to and
> from places, it caused the internal brake to operate and mess me up. What
> did you think of the internal brake. Did you eventually switch to a
> standard brake or is she still using the Roces brake system?
>
Tim Jaw
That might be the difference. I still think the system stinks :)
Tim
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