skates

Someone can't declare another patent arriving at the same result but using a different manufacturing process to create inline skates.

Dutch people are generally very competent at cycling (and other non-motorized transport-on-wheels like inline skates).

Is any part of the video not a barely clothed model wearing the skates?

But I slowed down much faster when actually had the skates on and went down the street.

Every time I even think about strapping on my skates, I feel so much dread that my stomach hurts.

I can think of at least two other reasons as to why skates would be less used: 1) skates require much more skill than bikes, reducing the number of potential users.

He jokingly said he got a cut because he was juggling ice skates.

Every so often I think about a Segway or an electric bicycle or Acme rocket-skates or what-have-you.

Not all rollerblades are difficult to put on -- check out Doop skates.

I think you can get away with cheap/functional+dorky (regular skates), or expensive+cool, but you can't do expensive+dorky (segway territory).

It's easy to take this entitled view if you are part of one of the groups that skates by without any fear of reprisal.

The wheels spun so much faster when I simply spun the wheels on the skates.

So I am not afraid to have a little extra "stuff", for example my $10 pair of ice skates.

Note the "Radio Heater", "Radio Clock", and "Radio Power Roller Skates"...