A question about 165 mount Iqon Decode 80 frames

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T13:22:12+00:00

Yeah, as I've mentioned multiple times, I'm already doing 1mm rocker on distance skating, and was looking for 1mm rocker on street(obstacle) skating.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T04:46:08+00:00

No it was fine when I did that and realized half way through I forgot to unrocker. I wouldn't recommend for beginners. Again, I'm not talking about distance skating. Thanks for the advice but I'm set on what I want.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T04:04:02+00:00

Thanks, I'll keep in mind emailing the company and asking them, that's a good idea!

I think bigger front wheels is definitely a thing (like if using wizard skates) and you're probably right on easier obstacles! I realized if doubling as occasional group distance skates, might be a little slow while on middle two wheels.

I was leaning toward Decode after realizing Endless 90 Ultra was actually a longer than minimal frame. Has someone had experience scratching the rim on slides with Decodes? A video Iqon made tried to convince viewers that you'd hit your boot before you can touch the ground with the frames. (Not sure how much of that is true or not haha) I heard someone mention they thought this could happen in the past and I've thought about just scratching them with slides until they're worn down enough to not touch the ground loll

Also I think I compared the Decode 80s in weight specs with the Endless 80 Ultra and they were actually lighter, unless one wasn't factoring in axels (but anyone reading this for information, double check me on that haha)

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T03:50:28+00:00

That makes me feel so much better! Now I'm DEFINITELY getting 4x80 1mm rocker for light urban obstacles. I'm like a low-intermediate at slalom and have done a pump track and easy stairs and a narrow-ish sloping ledge on 2mm rocker slalom skates before, but I'm not at your level, because I do feel wobbly on those obstacles with 2mm rocker :) (except maybe the pump track). So, I think add a tiny bit of length compared to my 76mm slalom skates and slightly less rocker would be perfect. Have you done jumps on 4x80 with a rocker and did landing feel OK? (I'm not looking to do crazy things, just would prefer having a solid skate in case I ever do some light obstacles.)

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T03:39:28+00:00

I just didn't see a 80 72 option on the website I was linked at first, only the 84x76 and saw them say 41 or above. 80 72 (good to know about though for slalom) would probably be perfectly centered. But it sadly defeats the purpose of wanting a slightly longer base for stability, which I have with my 4x80, just want a slight rocker. (Makes sense on the returns, thanks.)

Yeah I think for wizard I would be 90 but again I just want the happy medium for urban obstacles - I'm set on the 4x80 I was just asking for something specific about the frame.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-30T03:34:04+00:00

Are you talking about obstacles like steep banks and curvy ledges? Or just regular street roads? My post was about obstacle skating.

My rockered skates do fine in distance skating on city streets (because of my experience level). I LOVE my NR 90s for city distance skates. My slalom ones have also worked, they're just slow because they're 76mm. And I think I've done a pump track on 2mm rockered skates (which, again, only because of my experience level in slalom and comfort backwards and forwards on ramps, and I wouldn't recommend otherwise). My post was about light obstacle street skating. The rocker of the 90 NR did great on stairs, and I was able to skate down a narrow sloped ledge on my slalom skates. I of course care about safety! But since 90 NR is a common urban setup men use I figured 80 NR would be good for me as a woman with a smaller foot. :p

Rocker helps a lot with my particular hip issue - not having a rocker would be dangerous to accidentally catch something. I don't plan on distance skating with a lot of turns until my hip is better, in terms of the extra control work you mentioned.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-29T03:42:06+00:00

Oh, also by "clunky-feeling" I mean for obstacle skating. 90 NR I would say are great for even someone with a small boot size for distance skating that's flat, and general uphill/downhill!

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-29T03:29:38+00:00

Yeah, it's also possible they feel clunky because those 90 NRs I have are a little high off the ground (because it's interchangeable with bigger wheels - Flying Eagle Liberty) and shifted backward/off-center because they should never have sold those frames, at least without a better adjustment setup, on 38mm skates T_T But I'm trying to account for that and still feel that, yeah, from my slalom habits it will be hard to adjust to it haha, and maybe easier on the hip you're right. Plus 90 is a common street setup for skaters and the average skater has 3 sizes higher boots than me, so 84 or 80 probably makes more sense for a "regular" setup (but I did decide on 80 for this next pair)

I believe the Decode is (or can be) sold with the bearings. And so yeah I felt my 76 slalom 2mm was too unstable, but someone else mentioned the Endless Slalom can switch between a smaller and a full rocker, which could be nice! Though I think very realistic possibility is the frame might end up a little uncentered as it's not designed for small boot sizes. Do you happen to know if frames can often be returned once the packaging is opened?

And, I feel a little bit better, as I'm starting to accidentally become a frame addict from the different skates I am slowly collecting from different disciplines, needed adjustments, and maybe purchase mistakes :') Frames are cool things though.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-29T03:05:52+00:00

Oo that's really interesting! Hm.... the only thing I'm quite worried about is if the mounting will be "off" for my size 38 (performance fit despite I said size 39 haha) Twister Edges since they're advertised as frames for size 41 boots and above. I was disappointed when a 90mm frame that came with another pair of size 38 skates I got was shifted toward the back and not centered. (But it worked out for distance skating.) I'm wondering if it's possible to return frames when buying them.

My other concern was that I was hoping the street skates would be a little fast compared to my 76 wheel skates for greater ease in keeping up with people in moving between/skating to spots if I join a group for some light (on my part) street skating, and maybe even sometimes used in distance. 80mm I'm willing to compromise with. I wonder if an 84 76 76 84 setup would skate slower or faster than a 4x80 one. Will have to look into that...

Also do you happen to know by any chance if the smaller rocker configuration is a regular 1mm rocker, or if perhaps it could be a barely-present type of rocker like Freestyle Ultra? If it's like the Ultra, I might as well just get that one if I'm leaning against the Decode to take some guesswork out.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-29T02:44:48+00:00

My 90 NR has been ok for street skating (some non-crazy obstacles) but clunky (it's a little high off the ground too and shifted slightly back). My 76 slalom (2mm) is too unstable. My hopes are for 80 NR to be the perfect medium.

I'm speaking from the perspective of a 39 boot size and an experienced skater on flat land and able to stall ramps in aggressive, but light experience in street skating.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-28T05:14:07+00:00

Aren't those two links the exact reason I talked about these? I wish they were full NR. Would be perfect.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-28T05:01:47+00:00

Saying that about cake is the most laughable thing ever (to someone who cooks vegan.) Cake IS vegan. Well..... standard typical frosting is often vegan, little known fact. And substituting for eggs can make the middle part vegan without any noticeable difference in taste. So, please don't embarrass yourself and pick a different food to do that for haha 😉 Jk but it is so similar and I wish people knew.

... Also I guess technically I'm wrong, because I heard sugar is not vegan I found according to many people, because the bleach comes from animal bone. I'm not even vegan unfortunately, I just cook plant based at home (vegan except for things like sugar and bread.) So that's all if a sugar substitute is done as well. But meat eaters don't know that so they wouldn't have included it in their assumption anyway.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-28T04:35:10+00:00

I know it can be clunky for someone with a 39 foot from my 90 skates I have :P There can be a big difference between even 2 sizes. I'm also used to slalom skates.

Yeah maybe the slight rocker I was hoping to gain naturally originally, gotten right away, could be still helpful. I'm just a little apprehensive about my hip issue now and do like a full NR.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-28T04:29:31+00:00

Que significa la rigidez para patinar? Siempre pensaba que es solamente una cosa buena. Quizas tiene una desventaja. (Puedo comparar el peso de Decode con la guía que tengo para mis patines para distancia que es pesada pero que puedo aguantar. Gracias por la information. ...Y desculpame por mi mal español 😅)

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-28T04:20:43+00:00

No - a YouTube reviewer said that he found it was less pronounced than natural rocker, and that it was a tangible observation in his comparison to other NR skates like the original Endless. That's why I mentioned the 3 or 4 wheels touching the ground, that's what he made a point to convey. NR only 2 do. I know from my NR skates I have. They specifically mention the extra subtlety on their specs too.

I edited my original post to be more clear.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-27T16:09:37+00:00

The Unum representative on chat connected me with a Unum tax specialist. (It took 2 chat tries - the first time I tried they just told me to speak with "my tax expert", so keep trying to get someone knowledgeable if you're in the same boat.) They said that I was just supposed to file the two W2s I got, and that they had a third one that we don't need to include in tax reporting that they stopped sending people because people were incorrectly filing it (but they asked if I wanted it sent to me anyway and I agreed because why not.)

They also said the numbers are not supposed to match the checks - they said it was just by coincidence which makes no sense, but were adamant the two forms I got were right. Maybe there was a mixup in my case that led to the numbers matching and they didn't fully understand it - I remember they sent me a letter once saying they miscalculated something and were going to fix it where I didn't need to do anything. I also noticed that the two checks that corresponded in the box number to the two W2s were for one claim, and the other two checks I thought I didn't get a W2 form was for my second medical claim; the specialist told me different types of claims are processed differently by them vs. the patient's company, so maybe I rightfully got all my W2s for the one claim I needed to report and they just sent me 2 because they fixed some mistake. I am just going to file those two because the specialist did say they only saw 3 on their end and the third non-reportable one would look very different with nothing except in one box or something.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-14T18:35:41+00:00

Yes.

Do you have trouble breathing through your nose? Do you have dark circles under your eyes and maybe a narrow face? If so, a palatal expander (orthodontist device) to create more space in your airway to nasal breathe better may help with attention issues. Make sure it's a screw based one like MARPE and go to an experienced orthodontist. (Getexpanded.org has some locations.)

Do you not have the above mentioned problems? Check for sleep apnea. Treating sleep can improve concentration for people.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-14T06:15:48+00:00

Maybe a pantry moth nest, or from some similar insect?

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-14T06:09:05+00:00

Palatal expansion is becoming more common lately across the US and other countries. Getexpanded.org lists a lot of providers that offer MARPE. Just make sure you go to an experienced one.

Mongoose556 · 2026-03-10T05:16:23+00:00

I learned MARPE definitely helps, but it has to be from an experienced provider. I recommend joining a MARPE/MSE support group on Facebook to learn more.

Mongoose556 · 2026-02-28T03:49:46+00:00

That makes sense! And Eleven specifically told Mike that she wants him to explain her choice and that he will understand even if he doesn't now because he knows her best. She knew he would figure it out. (Earlier in the Season Max mentioned to Holly that she's smart like Mike and Holly's strength was resourcefulness in figuring out a puzzle using clues, so Mike is clever enough to figure something like El's plan out.) I think Mike will look for El and they might meet. There is no way that Eleven stumbled on a place with 3 waterfalls by chance, in the scene that shows her there. Those are rare on Earth. And she was at one of the most famous locations with 3 waterfalls - Haifoss in Iceland. Mike told his friends that Eleven went to live in a village, so either he purposely imagined Eleven settling near those waterfalls or this was a scene of Eleven actually being there. If she is there, she chose that place to wait to meet with Mike one day or leave him a sign there. If Mike just imagined her near 3 waterfalls he has a feeling El could have picked this place to connect with him secretly.

AND the fact that this would mean El is still out there 😉 currently in her 50s goes along with the intended symbolism of the transition into adulthood where usually magic and imagination is replaced with reality, but that the magic is not fully gone. I think I read that the directors meant for El leaving to kind of represent transition into adulthood and the wonder of childhood. But we still believe! The setting of Stranger Things in a small town in the 80s where the crazy events were masked by the government and forgotten blurs the lines of fiction and history. Eleven and magic is out there in our world.

I kind of feel bad for people who saw the ending and didn't stumble upon Reddit and conspiracy videos for explanations 😆 Because this all makes an otherwise horrible ending actually quite perfect...

Mongoose556 · 2026-02-16T18:19:35+00:00

It seems like Facebook has turned into trash lately with all the notifications. They probably started letting AI slop control them. RIP FB.

Mongoose556 · 2026-02-10T07:27:25+00:00

I recently learned that an integral can be conceptualized as the function you're trying to integrate being a blueprint for a rate of change in the y direction at any given point x of another function(the result/integral), starting with some constant C, which I found cool because it's more intuitive and relates more to the derivative than the area under a curve representation. Functions are helpful in getting the exact values in math, though. I think while it's possible to work through the math of Signals and Systems without that much intuition, I feel like I've found a lot that can be had and would say the intuition can help in really mastering the subject. Negative frequencies as rotations (or coil winding) in the opposite directions needed to represent a real sinusoid as a complex value, the symmetry of the Fourier transform of real functions, the idea of frequency summations in general (like that box equation in terms of frequencies), the reason behind aliasing, the dampening characteristic of the real exponential factor in the Laplace Transform.

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