I feel like you upped the production value even more with this review! I thought the lines and animation was a really nice touch and it was nice having that blue backdrop at the end with some relevant parts. 🤟
The memories that those skate bring back. I had these when that first came out as well as the Shima 2s. I also remember when the universal frame came out by 50/50 on that skate originally the Shima 2s had the GC frames I think.. cool video my guy!! Also my first skate the the razor cult back in 1997.
I'm riding flat 68mm in my Roman Abrates.... although, I suppose Aeons are a different beast. I will say, as my first pair of skates in a good 15 years, the Roman Abrate Aeon 68s are the best skate I have ever used in my 30 or so years of rolling. It is cool to see some throwback stuff for nostalgia sake, I wouldn't mind some Kevin Gillian USD Psirus' again.
Making them stock 60 flat on FLT3s is such a weird decision I wonder why they even did that. They had to know how bad that was going to be for boot tricks.
I reckon they just wanted to justify a slightly higher price for the pro model so whacked 8 wheels on. I don't know what setup the original shimas came with, but I'd hazard a guess it was a flat setup no idea which frame though.
Music is good. I listened to the most recent podcast this morning , where was a brief thing you mentioned that made me think, you must have watched the 1st 2 episodes of Falcon and the Winter soilder. (green wizard) haha.
They are called anti-rockers. You can use many different types. Some are plastic just for grinding. The problem is they slip on stairs or ramps when they touch. Easier to grind, but harder to skate around. There is also urethane. Those are just regular grippy wheels that are smaller. They don't slide as good as plastic, but better then full sized wheels. The best reason to use them is because they ride around better than plastic. Going over bumps, stairs, ramps is just fine like normal wheels when they touch. You can remove the inside wheels if you want. I know many people who learned grinds that way. Having no wheels inside is called "freestyle" frames. They are the easiest for grinding, but a real problem for riding around. You can fall or slip really easy without inside wheels. Hope that helped. Let me know if you need more info.
@@cyclopegaming464 Yeah, back in the day we'd always just remove them which works fine, but having anti rockers can also help keep you locked on cuz of their position either side of the h block. 👍
So the " forward lift", in the " raised heel" of the shima is nada. Combined with the absolute largest shock absorber in the industry, you can only have a max lift of 1.24 inches. Its not the high heels or forward lean ppl make it out to be. I have my shimas set up with shock absorbers in
As an old school skater it really feels like "wheel bite" and the inability to do grinds without anti-rocker setups (which grants you literally like less than a centimeter of more space and harder wheels) is really a skill based issue. I skated for 10 years and never used anti-rocker except waaay back when I was compensating for the lack of an H block. Iunno. This whole area of rhetoric seems developed from the newer generation of rollerbladers....seeems like bullshit. More space to grind = less wheel bite.... Wow. Incredible logic. So land on the space that is clearly large enough to not hit the wheels.
Absolutely not true. Wider split can still have wheelbite, like these FLT3 bite more than the 50/50 Balance frames with the same setup. Video from two years ago having no issue with the right frame/wheels: ua-cam.com/video/pGRLfrZF5ls/v-deo.html
@@BacktoBlading what I'm saying is that it's not about whether or not it "bites" more, it's about what you're grinding and why. If you hit a ledge, which is what you're doing to keep reviews inclusive, show me a topsoul or something with topside to show your skill at hitting a ledge. Can you lean that hard? Not trying to be an ass but I dunno if you can at your skill level. Everyone quickly understands its about how you bend your legs to topside a ledge. Same thing with H block, midgame "wheelbite". Like do a soul grind on that ledge from the right (right footed main for soul grind) and the angle of the front foot will be / that. I'm saying that the entire attitude that you need to "fit your skates to be better at what your doing" is kinda bullshit. People did this without it for like 2 decades.
Newer generation of rollerbladers 😂 when I was skating when I was 10 in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, all the good skaters ( I was not one of those btw!) were running anti-rockers, the aeons i bought last year are the first skates I’ve seen in 20 years run flat 😂 why make it harder for yourself? This dude is not trying to showcase top level skating, he’s giving a review for the average skater.
@@gazmo147 You missed the point. It's about APPLICATION. Good skaters use anti-rockers for specific, usually street, applications. So I understand where you'd think that the "good skaters all used anti-rocker" if you were watching street skating videos in that era. Did you watch/do any of the other forms of skating? Park street, halfpipe? Did people skating these, or rails, or stairs, or many others need antirocker to perform these grinds? There are "good skaters" as specialists in all these categories. Again, Shima was skating anti-rocker at the time, so why didn't he sell his skates stock anti-rocker? Because Shima was a traveling street skater. Because good skaters know it's for a specific purpose. And now it's kinda been mythologyzed by newer skaters that antirocker is more applicable than it is.
@@gazmo147 90% of the problems of "wheel bite" on rails and other contexts built FOR rollerblading are solved by adapting your technique to the normal aggressive skates' H-Block of that era.
That wall with the razors, reign and throne omg that's so beautiful
The skates design looks so timeless!
I feel like you upped the production value even more with this review!
I thought the lines and animation was a really nice touch and it was nice having that blue backdrop at the end with some relevant parts.
🤟
Wow, the shelved background is AMAZING! The lighting is just perfect too.
Razors the way to go,had the original Shima back in the day.🤘Been riding them ever since,just got the classic SLs & they are even better!
The memories that those skate bring back. I had these when that first came out as well as the Shima 2s. I also remember when the universal frame came out by 50/50 on that skate originally the Shima 2s had the GC frames I think.. cool video my guy!! Also my first skate the the razor cult back in 1997.
Your grabs got a lot better.
Beautiful Blades !
I'm riding flat 68mm in my Roman Abrates.... although, I suppose Aeons are a different beast. I will say, as my first pair of skates in a good 15 years, the Roman Abrate Aeon 68s are the best skate I have ever used in my 30 or so years of rolling. It is cool to see some throwback stuff for nostalgia sake, I wouldn't mind some Kevin Gillian USD Psirus' again.
Making them stock 60 flat on FLT3s is such a weird decision I wonder why they even did that. They had to know how bad that was going to be for boot tricks.
I reckon they just wanted to justify a slightly higher price for the pro model so whacked 8 wheels on.
I don't know what setup the original shimas came with, but I'd hazard a guess it was a flat setup no idea which frame though.
Loved the 8-bit gamer music
This setup with the anti rocker is the way to go
Very nice review, perfect length and all relevant information is on point. Thank you for the great contribution! BladeGeeks Germany
Hey! New background. Nice!
Music is good. I listened to the most recent podcast this morning , where was a brief thing you mentioned that made me think, you must have watched the 1st 2 episodes of Falcon and the Winter soilder. (green wizard) haha.
Lol, busted
@@BacktoBlading haha.
I wanted these in 2001 but I was 18 and could only afford the cults.
I brought cults in 2001. I hate the liner. But the skates were great. Now I wonder if I can still skate them after 20 years?
I think the liners are easy to upgrade, but those old boots might not have held up all that well. Worth a try though.
Guessing you'd have to modify the soulplate if you wanted to put the oysi medium frames on here?
Yeah, a lot. Those things aren’t easy
@@BacktoBlading thanks for the reply! love your videos. dang okay..I might still give them a shot, I really like those frames
Man i wanted these so bad in 2001 I was 11 trying to find a way to just get the liner and put them in my usd’s
What are the small wheels for if there dont touch anything? Could someone explain?
they help you lock on to grinds
@@user-tu5gj5nz8b like, would it be a Problem to remove them entirely?
Thanks for the response 😁👍
They are called anti-rockers. You can use many different types. Some are plastic just for grinding. The problem is they slip on stairs or ramps when they touch. Easier to grind, but harder to skate around.
There is also urethane. Those are just regular grippy wheels that are smaller. They don't slide as good as plastic, but better then full sized wheels. The best reason to use them is because they ride around better than plastic. Going over bumps, stairs, ramps is just fine like normal wheels when they touch.
You can remove the inside wheels if you want. I know many people who learned grinds that way. Having no wheels inside is called "freestyle" frames. They are the easiest for grinding, but a real problem for riding around. You can fall or slip really easy without inside wheels. Hope that helped. Let me know if you need more info.
@@cyclopegaming464 Yeah, back in the day we'd always just remove them which works fine, but having anti rockers can also help keep you locked on cuz of their position either side of the h block. 👍
@@Danielson1818 most anti rockers are actually really hard tho and slide well
Crazy these are "retro" now.
So the " forward lift", in the " raised heel" of the shima is nada. Combined with the absolute largest shock absorber in the industry, you can only have a max lift of 1.24 inches. Its not the high heels or forward lean ppl make it out to be.
I have my shimas set up with shock absorbers in
I think it’s what people prefer that’s the point. Lots of people love something with a lot of forward lean. Just not my preference.
Are they light or heavy
As an old school skater it really feels like "wheel bite" and the inability to do grinds without anti-rocker setups (which grants you literally like less than a centimeter of more space and harder wheels) is really a skill based issue. I skated for 10 years and never used anti-rocker except waaay back when I was compensating for the lack of an H block.
Iunno. This whole area of rhetoric seems developed from the newer generation of rollerbladers....seeems like bullshit.
More space to grind = less wheel bite....
Wow. Incredible logic. So land on the space that is clearly large enough to not hit the wheels.
Absolutely not true. Wider split can still have wheelbite, like these FLT3 bite more than the 50/50 Balance frames with the same setup.
Video from two years ago having no issue with the right frame/wheels: ua-cam.com/video/pGRLfrZF5ls/v-deo.html
@@BacktoBlading
what I'm saying is that it's not about whether or not it "bites" more, it's about what you're grinding and why. If you hit a ledge, which is what you're doing to keep reviews inclusive, show me a topsoul or something with topside to show your skill at hitting a ledge. Can you lean that hard? Not trying to be an ass but I dunno if you can at your skill level. Everyone quickly understands its about how you bend your legs to topside a ledge. Same thing with H block, midgame "wheelbite". Like do a soul grind on that ledge from the right (right footed main for soul grind) and the angle of the front foot will be / that. I'm saying that the entire attitude that you need to "fit your skates to be better at what your doing" is kinda bullshit. People did this without it for like 2 decades.
Newer generation of rollerbladers 😂 when I was skating when I was 10 in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, all the good skaters ( I was not one of those btw!) were running anti-rockers, the aeons i bought last year are the first skates I’ve seen in 20 years run flat 😂 why make it harder for yourself? This dude is not trying to showcase top level skating, he’s giving a review for the average skater.
@@gazmo147
You missed the point. It's about APPLICATION. Good skaters use anti-rockers for specific, usually street, applications. So I understand where you'd think that the "good skaters all used anti-rocker" if you were watching street skating videos in that era.
Did you watch/do any of the other forms of skating? Park street, halfpipe? Did people skating these, or rails, or stairs, or many others need antirocker to perform these grinds?
There are "good skaters" as specialists in all these categories. Again, Shima was skating anti-rocker at the time, so why didn't he sell his skates stock anti-rocker?
Because Shima was a traveling street skater. Because good skaters know it's for a specific purpose. And now it's kinda been mythologyzed by newer skaters that antirocker is more applicable than it is.
@@gazmo147
90% of the problems of "wheel bite" on rails and other contexts built FOR rollerblading are solved by adapting your technique to the normal aggressive skates' H-Block of that era.