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Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 09:18:42 am
https://www.dicksclimbing.com/collections/clearance/products/mammut-92mm-revelation-protect

Decent rope (I've got one, it's no sterling, but is lasting ok) but bargain price!

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#1 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 09:52:02 am
I just assume that nobody buys anything shorter than 90m nowadays... maybe that's just me :lol:

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#2 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 10:33:30 am
Hah, my first sterling was 50m, pretty sure it was reduced so much as anyone in the market for such a rope wanted a longer one so the 50m didn't sell!

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#3 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 11:10:04 am
Duma

Hope you don’t mind me splitting this off as it seemed like a good idea like the cheap shoes thread.

I’ve always liked the Revelation for its longevity so ordered one although was considering getting one of the Decathlon ones which has to be the default currently for anyone seeking a bargain rope

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#4 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 11:36:26 am
(isn't there already a 10 page thread on these things?)

 :tumble:

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#5 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 12:02:49 pm
Yes. That’s what I split it from. But that’s general discussion about ropes rather than current bargains to snap up

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#6 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 12, 2021, 12:58:11 pm
No worries, and good title!

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#8 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 27, 2021, 08:43:38 am
cheers Duma

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#9 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 27, 2021, 09:37:55 am
Great rope that. Cheers Duma

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#10 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 27, 2021, 10:04:23 am
I just assume that nobody buys anything shorter than 90m nowadays... maybe that's just me :lol:

There speaks the gritstone aficionado. ;)

Good thread title btw

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#11 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
March 27, 2021, 10:37:30 am
I just assume that nobody buys anything shorter than 90m nowadays... maybe that's just me :lol:

60 m singles are the bomb for bolted multipitch. But they are getting more and more rare. I usually just use old 80s or 100s that have been cut down to about 60, but it always feels a bit iffy to climb long routes on old tired ropes.

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#12 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
June 25, 2021, 08:04:22 pm
I don’t know how good the excellently-named Edelweiss Thruster  :lets_do_it_wild: ropes are but they’re cheap enough for it not to matter that much.

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#13 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
June 25, 2021, 08:37:46 pm
I got that email too! But could you really see yourself rocking up to the salesperson saying
“Give me an Edelweiss Thruster please. Make it a long one.”

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#14 Re: Cheap ropes ‘thread’
August 06, 2021, 09:16:52 pm
More cheap ropes, including some in the underrated sub-50m category.

 

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