Have you ever had a wheel fall off?

[Reserector]

I don't remember ever losing a wheel while skating, but maybe you have?
It may have happened when I was little, but I don't remember.

[Niteridr95]

i dont remember if i had one come off or not... i dont think so... my buddys felll off last night... during the workout skate... i guess he was on the straight away and it rolled off when he was leaning down so he never noticed till he hit the turn... he never fell which was pretty funny

[Wheel Man]

It hasn't happened to me, but I saw a young girl take a pretty bad header once because if a bearing failure. All the balls came out and off it went. The inner bearing stayed on the axle. It was the outer that failed.

It's good to check that stuff every time you skate, but who really does?

[Reserector]

I seem to recall having a loose-ball wheel loose all of its balls, but I don't think the wheel came off. That was when I was little. Pretty sure it was wooden wheels, too.

[Billj]

it was a common problem back in the day. In my speed skating days we all ran on open bearings and wood wheels.... failures usually took someone out at least once per meet. broken wheels were fun too... nothing like a wheel breaking in half coming out of a corner.

[RedDevon]

When I was a kid I had one stop turning altogether. It stayed on but teh bearing jammed or something. It was a rental so I just exchanged it.

[Big Nick]

This happened to a girl at Derby Training the other night, and she didn't notice until one of the coaches said one of your wheels has come off! it's fair to say she was a little embarresed. We also had another girl about three week's ago who lost a wheel whilst skating along a path that runs alongside a local creek, unfortunately for her she watched her wheel roll into the creek, never to be seen again!

[Dolly]

The derby girl didn't realize her wheel was missing?

On the second one, I was expecting you to say that SHE went in the creek.

[Reserector]

(11-02-2010 06:10 AM)Big Nick Wrote:  This happened to a girl at Derby Training the other night, and she didn't notice until one of the coaches said one of your wheels has come off! it's fair to say she was a little embarresed. We also had another girl about three week's ago who lost a wheel whilst skating along a path that runs alongside a local creek, unfortunately for her she watched her wheel roll into the creek, never to be seen again!

Now THAT'S funny.

[Big Nick]

I thought they were both pretty funny! the one who's wheel ended up in the creek had to walk home in her socks! I've been meaning to ask her exactly where it went in, so I can do a little fishing!