Inline Skate Basic Setup Guide - How & Where To Mount Your Frame - Tutorial by Pro Joey Mantia

SKATE TIPS EPISODE 4

The fourth episode of my series SKATE TIPS covers how to setup your skates, specifically how and where to mount your frame, chassis, or plate. This tutorial covers everything in the table of contents below.

0:00 Introduction
0:55 List Of Things You'll Need
1:50 Using The Proper Tools - Allen vs Torx, Thread Locker, & Bolt Heads
4:03 Determining Left & Right Frame
5:34 Finding Mounting Position Front To Back
8:19 Marking Mounting Position (Front To Back) If You Have A Vertical Sliding Mount
9:40 Finding Mounting Position Left To Right
11:47 Right Boot Mounting Position
13:24 Mount Front & Back Wheel To Find Frame Position
14:06 Attaching The Frame To The Boot
15:18 Lining Up The Frame & Tightening It
19:38 Left Boot Mounting Position
21:06 Plan Of Action For Fine Tuning Your Adjustment
25:29 Shims, Cants, Wedges - Changing The Angle Of Your Boot/Frame
31:18 Lifts - Creating More Space Between Boot/Frame To Prevent Wheel Rubbing
34:33 Hardware Revisited - Longer Bolts, Thread Locker, & Washers
36:56 Closing Advice


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If you have thoughts on what you liked/didn't like about this inline skating tutorial or any further questions that I didn't cover, leave a comment and I'll try my best to answer. Keep in mind I am training full time while writing, shooting, and editing these skate tutorial projects myself, so it could take me some time to get the next episodes out. Thanks for the patience and thanks for watching.

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