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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Specifically roller or quad skates, they have rubber or some type of polyurethane “cushion” which acts as a damper and allows the truck to flex. It’s similar to a skateboard but they typically have a more angled geometry to the plate. The plate itself needs to be ridged in order to transfer the push energy to speed. If there was flex, they would be less efficient.
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