Eli5: Is there a reason roller skates and roller blades don’t have spring shocks?

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I was thinking about this the other day…skateboards are flexible, bike tires are bouncy. Why aren’t there “performance” skates with shocks? Wouldn’t that be better for your knees?

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There are off-road ones that has had “shocks” that I remember since way back. Think the model was Roces Big Cat SAS where the old version had some sort of dampeners. Don’t think it ever took off as none of the competition has it and they’ve since redesigned it with rigid frame.

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