# Recommend some roller blades

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-roller-blades/545237>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 1, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-roller-blades/545237 "2010-07-01T21:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![misterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-roller-blades/545237/1 "2010-07-01T21:30:09Z")

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I used to rollerblade quite a bit about 10 years ago. I was lucky enough to be able to go to work that way, so I put on quite a few miles. I feel like I got pretty decent at it, as far as feeling confident enough to go just about any degree of incline, with varying degrees of traffic and obstacles, etc. After I moved to a rural area, I stopped using them, and now I would like to purchase a new pair.

So, what can experienced roller bladers recommend? I am more interested in speed and going long distances than screwing around with tricks and fancy maneuvers – so I’m interested in larger wheels. My last pair also had some type of automatic braking mechanism that I disliked, so I would like to avoid that… other than that, I know nothing. I wouldn’t want to spend much more than 200$. Any recommendations?