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Postby BillyGoatGruff » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:35 pm
few years back the UK Epic dealer sent me a 9m screamer with the sliding ring on the bridal. Within 10 minuites it snapped resulting in a death looping kite in 35mph...
Silt, sand and salt get inside the rope and you have a smooth metal ring wearing away at it slowly. Maybe they work on really nice clean and warm Greek beaches but in cold wet climates you have a lot of sand sticking to the bridal ropes.
Normal pullys are fine, it is not the pully that is the problem, it's the rope! Most kite companies are running the wrong rope on their bridals. I recommend "Marlow 3.8mm formuline" and a standard 4mm ronstan orbit or Riley pully. After over 100 sessions you struggle to see where the pully has run.
I ride RRD Obsessions and the pully is a standard 4mm ronstan on 3mm dyneema... they are bad and snap after 100 or so sessions. Replaced all the inserts with "marlow formuline" and virtually no wear any more. Interestingly the company in the UK that seems to have virtually NO issues is Flexifoil, they use 4mm Metal Riley pullys and decent rope.
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Postby Kamikuza » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:59 am
Mmm...
Cabrinha uses sliders (on the kites I have) but they use that hard sheathed line too. I'm guessing it's like that Marlow stuff... hmm.
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Postby BWD » Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:38 am
they've exploded
I've never worn out car tyres.
umm, maybe there is something you haven't realized about car tires?
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Postby Kamikuza » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:53 am
BWD wrote:they've exploded
I've never worn out car tyres.
umm, maybe there is something you haven't realized about car tires?
Yeah, they need to be ram air for superior performance
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Postby Bille » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:13 pm
Kamikuza wrote:BWD wrote:they've exploded
I've never worn out car tyres.
umm, maybe there is something you haven't realized about car tires?
Yeah, they need to be ram air for superior performance
GREAT Come-Back !!!
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Postby mansaloco » Thu May 12, 2016 5:39 pm
I have to disagree.....
Very disappointing product.
Check out my lines after 2hours on the water.....
This were brand new Dyneema 3mm lines.
Stay away from this product
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Postby CaptainArgh » Fri May 13, 2016 7:49 pm
What? That's nuts.
Plenty of kites have sliders now instead of pulleys.
Obviously something out of spec with your application. Good luck, I guess it's back to the pulley for you.
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Postby Bushflyr » Fri May 13, 2016 9:26 pm
That's not a Dyneema line. It looks like a Dyneema core with some oddball sheathing on the outside. A slider won't work on that. 100% user error.
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Postby airsurfer » Sat May 14, 2016 4:22 am
100s of hours on Naish pivots sliders very little bridle wear. I still prefer no pulleys or sliders as on my Ozone Enduro and Reo though more direct feel no wear or extra parts to worry about
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Postby nikalaitzian » Sat May 14, 2016 10:19 pm
mansaloco wrote:I have to disagree.....
Very disappointing product.
Check out my lines after 2hours on the water.....
This were brand new Dyneema 3mm lines.
20160406_114410.jpg
Stay away from this product
This is NOT dyneema ..... this is a cheap bullshit that you bought!!!!
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