Inline skate maintenance, cleaning bearings, wheel rotation and all that inline skate related paraphernalia you really ought to know.

This bit is the missing manual that should have come in the box with your new inline skates. It describes all the useful stuff you need to know to be an inline skate geek. Do you know your ABECs from your FSKs? Do you oil or grease your bearings? What is wheel durometer and why does it matter? Read on young novice.

• About inline skate wheels
• Rotating inline skate wheels
• Anatomy of an inline skate
• Cleaning inline skate bearings