NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/skate/3360

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From: [e-mail] (Mary Malmros)
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Subject: Re: Metroblades?
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Date: 19 Nov 92 18:13:57 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Phil Earnhardt) writes:

   In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Fernando Mato Mira) writes:
   >I read some months ago that some company in the States was going to come
   >up with something called "Metroblades", that is rollerblades that can be
   >switched between "rolling" and "walking" modes (don't ask me how).
   >
   >Has anybody got any info on this?

   Rollerblade has announced the MetroBlade, which is a walking shoe and
   external in-line shell sold as a pair. There have been pictures in
   several US magazines. I haven't seen it in stores, but I haven't been
   looking either. One magazine stated that sizes 7-10 are available now;
   other sizes will be available in the spring.

   The MSRP is $225.

I saw these in Ski Market on Comm Ave in Boston two weeks ago, when I
bought my Coolblades.  I didn't try a pair, nor do I know what sizes
were available.  These were selling for $279, I believe, not $225.

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