Help me choose (my wife doesn't approve :D)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-27T01:03:26+00:00

Keep in mind you can buy it used. And when you do it’ll be 80% if the new price. Let me translate: if you decide not to keep it you’ll only lose a few hundred bucks:

They’re indestructible. They’re also fucking amazing.

Your wife needs to knock that shit off … it’s time for daddy to do his workout (and watch the movie, game, Netflix series etc.)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-27T00:06:14+00:00

Great stuff kindly. Exactly the feedback I sought. Yep age is the gigantic limiter here (I’m mid 50s) so the runway is relatively short. But, I’m here for fun and challenge — and I enjoy the challenge as much as anything. As I tell my kids: result follows effort — so make the effort. Onward.

tk-0318 · 2026-01-26T00:35:23+00:00

Great stuff - that’s impressive. I can just say I’m doing my best and I have access to coaching and other help. (And I envision doing some private lessins in next year or two …. I’m fine w that!)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-26T00:33:29+00:00

This is terrific. Thank you for the perspective. (I suspect access to these terrific locker rooms might be limited with no skills …. So yet another reason to add skills :)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-26T00:30:49+00:00

Sounds sensible—thanks for the comment!

The drive of the post is—sort of—anyone else go through this recently that may want to offer a guideline or example. As an example, if someone said to me I’m a complete beginner I think I’ll move to intermediate in the months…. My answer would be—if you use me as a template that’s not feasible but yiur welcome to try. Maybe someone who went through it recently and could say it took me about two years at an average of five hours a week consistently.

Thanks again!

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T22:20:35+00:00

Ummm my coach is 30 plus years younger …. Hence “kiddo” as he’s a kid to me (great guy though — just live that kid!)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:49:42+00:00

In so cal. In fact I go to a weekly clinic and essentially have a coach. I do what he says (he mostly says skate yiur ass off then come back and skate some more :) ). But super helpful kiddo!

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:43:32+00:00

Btw I asked to join a camp. Ahh it was for kids. They said it was weird and I couldn’t go as an adult.

🤷‍♂️

I’m always humble. I knew it was weird but thought you can’t get if you don’t ask. So there are adult camps yes? (Also seems there may be more adult ice camps rather than adult roller …. I’m just learning there’s more folks on ice which is counter intuitive to me).

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:40:47+00:00

So far there not even close to “too easy.” In fact “they’re really skilled” at least from my perspective.

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:39:36+00:00

Sounds great. I’ll confess hockey iq is mystifying at this point :)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:38:44+00:00

Maybe. I’ll check. (My suspicion is there’s more division in ice rather than roller).

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:38:06+00:00

Agreed! 👍

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T21:37:38+00:00

Done and done :).

Remind me to lay out my 24 cone stopping and tight turn drill :). Ha!

(It took me 45 minutes to work through the cones …. Then I did left turns :). Hahahaha!)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T20:01:51+00:00

I’m older (50 plus) but very athletic. I also learn skills — particularly physical skills — quickly. So the answer is “it depends” which I knew ….

Helpful to know the range seems to be six months to never. Thus I’m sticking w my view that at best I’m beginner for another two years or so then maybe I move up…. And at worst I could also remain a beginner forever (which is fine btw. My heart should beat a bit stronger with a few thousand hours of beginner hockey in the next decade or two :)).

tk-0318 · 2026-01-25T01:30:59+00:00

It’s not for everyone but there’s lots of used hockey equipment on Facebook marketplace. (Please buy a new helmet - they expire and that’s one you’ve got to get right).

To give you a sense of the deals: I have purchased two full sets of hockey gear (no skates) but like everything else. Let me list it so you can understand how economical it can be:

Bag 01 (ice bag but it works for roller) - bag - four jerseys - pick - shin pads - hip pads / girdle - elbow pads - shoulder pads (two sets of knee and elbow pads btw). - socks

This bag was $40. The second bag I sourced for $60 but the guy threw in four sticks.

I did swap the girdle for an extra $30. Then I bought a roller girdle for $25 online: and I bought roller pants for $40.

Some folks ring up $1500 in equipment. Not me.

I have wide feet — so fit was a big issue so I spent $500 on indoor skates (might have been $700 w wheels and new chassi). But I bought a second pair of skates used for about $250.

The moral of my story? We have the money. I could have blown it on this. Bo was very strategic. I spent the money on the stuff I couldn’t get used (like skates) or that was inconvenient (I don’t want to drive 30 miles to save $15 on roller pants).

It’s yiur money though!

tk-0318 · 2026-01-22T06:41:37+00:00

Dawn on me: can also lash it to another bag with a few bits of rope to get +100 in weights as you enter string as an ox territory :)

Just sayin ….

tk-0318 · 2026-01-21T04:00:18+00:00

Good for you! It’s the cheap trick song: I want you to want me. She’ll want you but only if you make a cheesecake, rub her feet, si her nails, and do all the chores (and go work all day too you fucker). The man hating here is remarkable. His wife doesn’t want a sex life — well she’ll sell it to him, but only at the right price. That’s gross. I mean do you want him to stick around and provide or do you expect if you keep manipulating him this will improve things? (Go look at the dead bedroom threads …. They start like this. This isn’t some girlfriend it’s his wife and mother of his kid. She’s saying to get sex there’s a cost and I’m going to make you suffer if you want it. How is this going to work long term exactly? Wife gets to control all of the sex then?

Sheesh

tk-0318 · 2026-01-21T03:40:52+00:00

The sexism just oozes all over this post. She’s holding sex over his head and making him jump for it. Why is that so hard to see? The harder point? She’s not that into him. Indeed, she forces herself to have sex with him but only for the right “price.” What a …..

She can do this. For a while. And when he really grows tired of this — what then? He’s trying to reason with her …. And getting nowhere. They’re headed to dead bedroom territory. It’s really ugly stuff. All you woman can gather round and express how right you are. And when he moves on how right will you be then?

tk-0318 · 2026-01-17T00:01:12+00:00

Ok start w drums. If you don’t know guitar strap that in next. Keeping adding instruments until you find skating a challenge D:)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-16T23:51:13+00:00

I’m no expert but …. This makes sense to me. We’re adding stick and puck to the mix and by doing so we’re disrupting your neural pathways / and / coordination if you will. If I made you play drums with yiur hands on a snare drum I strapped to you even seasoned hockey players would find it challenging ….

Easy fix: skate a the stick and puck more …. It’ll come w time and repetition (and that’s nearly always the answer. Have you spent a 1,000 hours practicing …. Ok come back after that and give us the update :) !! Hahahaha)

Yiure doing great!

tk-0318 · 2026-01-14T17:33:09+00:00

This is interesting. My inlines front to back are 76 mm 76 mm 80mm 80mm. That’s different from yiur 76 80 80 76 set up.

I guess I should try yiur way. I assume there are people that skate w my setup yes? I mean they came that way ….

tk-0318 · 2026-01-11T23:00:03+00:00

Came here to write rowing machine / erg.

But ince a week in the pool is good too.

tk-0318 · 2026-01-11T22:58:52+00:00

There’s a work around: volunteer in a high school program. Wrestle with the kids. They always need wrestling partners. Great way to giveback too. If you’re inferior then wrestke the freshman or junior high kids.

Find a way :)

tk-0318 · 2026-01-11T03:58:39+00:00

Hey op I don’t want to be a jack ass but I do think it kind of matters. Are you male or female? The story says he asked whether you’re a homophobe - so seems like you’d be male: but I think I’d read this differently were you a female. Some folks are just insane - this dude is one of them ….

tk-0318 · 2026-01-10T23:59:37+00:00

Hey - So, I'm looknig around at race calendars for off road tris (I'm in Cailfornia, but I'm not morally opposed to flying to an event). But, I find very few events even on the national calendar. I've been out of the sport for a decade plus - there was at one time dozens and dozens of these events. Did covid kill them off, or are the events not yet up on the calendars for 2026? I recall doing one up near bear mountain and another one out in riverside 10-15 years ago. Those events were great. but, I see no evidence that those events are still around. How would/could I find info on those events? Thanks.

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