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| < General ~ My torches are breaking in half |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:18 pm
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Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Has anyone else reported any problems like this? Here's a shoutbox copy/paste to save me some typing...
[Tue 16:12] JoshAnker: the real reason I came back (It's been a while since I visited) was to see if anyone has reported any problems with their torches like mine....
[Tue 16:12] XxHeelyZxX: *shrug*
[Tue 16:13] JoshAnker: the damn things are literally tearing in half.
[Tue 16:13] XxHeelyZxX: like a popping noise in the wheel?
[Tue 16:13] XxHeelyZxX: lol
[Tue 16:13] XxHeelyZxX: take a pic me wanna see!
[Tue 16:14] JoshAnker: not in the wheel... closer to the toe-end. Forward of the grind plate. I can't take a pic this minute 'cause I'm at school. But I WILL post a pic to this site, and I'll be calling heelys to ask for a replacement. Figured I'd see if it was a common problem, first, or if I'm the only one
[Tue 16:14] JoshAnker: I think both of them are doing it.
[Tue 16:14] JoshAnker: if I'm the only one, then it MIGHT be related to my weight... I'm about 200 pounds
[Tue 16:15] JoshAnker: but I don't beat on them, all I do is push and coast, and there's NO REASON they should literally be falling apart.
[Tue 16:16] drummer: yeah that doesnt sound right
I'll post a pic when I get home tonight, just thought I'd see if mine was the only pair... |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:31 pm
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Heelys Encyclopedia
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| brian, GH im sure some of merly's and my first red evos all have the same problem. |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:49 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
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| yeah mine had that and my front tip of the shoe is almost seperated from the grind plate |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:57 pm
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Mine start coming apart in the back of the grindplate, a large crack developing in the rubber, a thing I solve with vinyl cement and superglue.
That's caused by hard landings, force, and vert. What's causing this latest problem (just coasting?), I haven't a clue... |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:11 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
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Means you're riding them rough.
Oh Yeaaahhh!
No seriously .. they are going to break if you ride them a lot a lot. Like a skateboard, you need to change them out once a year or more depending on how much you kill them.
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:34 pm
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| merlyn_DHC wrote: | | Means you're riding them rough. |
Except that I'm not. I'm actually very gentle, and they have NOT received heavy use or often use.
| merlyn_DHC wrote: | No seriously .. they are going to break if you ride them a lot a lot. Like a skateboard, you need to change them out once a year or more depending on how much you kill them.
MDHZ |
A shoe shouldn't "break." Normal wear and tear is acceptable, but literally falling apart and breaking in half isn't. Shoes are designed to wear out, or wear away, but heely's were not designed to develop cracks and then have the crack widen to split the shoe in half. My Vapor's have no such problem, and they got beat on a LOT more than my Torches... It's a workmanship problem, or the materials, or SOMEthing...
Like i said... I'll be calling Heely's to ask for a replacement. |
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:43 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
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Yeah - its possible that you got one that wasn't put together right. All I can say is that Heely are a pretty tough little product.
It takes me a few weeks to wreck a pair.
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:49 am
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| A few weeks?! what do you do to them?! |
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:00 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
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| merlyn_DHC wrote: | | It takes me a few weeks to wreck a pair. |
few weeks.  from seeing how you skate, that doesn't suprise me.
| sara48 wrote: | | A few weeks?! what do you do to them?! |
superuberintense vert skating. |
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