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Postby longwhitecloud » Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:16 am
someone set up a kite lines company, know what it was called and if it is still going? thx
was gonna buy a new bar.. i see bars at $600 -$900 now.. what is wrong with kiteboarding today?!. dyneema is about 10c a m in bulk!
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Postby Zian kiteboarding » Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:59 am
10c/m? Even in bulk 12 braided quality lines from the manufacturers in Europe cost a lot more than this.
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Postby longwhitecloud » Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:59 am
saw a 10km roll of uhmwpe for commercial fishing a fair few years ago 200kg
i better do some research.. i would guess u can get 10km at 28c, something like that, from a quick look (350kg)
i am sure the company was called kite lines.. it was about 6 years ago though
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Postby longwhitecloud » Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:04 am
also i have had line sets with overhand knots and no sleeving for years and they never snapped. ( larks head)
i wonder what the true reality strength reduction is. i am sure there would be somd reduction but maybe not that much..?
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Postby pj sofine » Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:29 pm
longwhitecloud wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:04 am
also i have had line sets with overhand knots and no sleeving for years and they never snapped. ( larks head)
i wonder what the true reality strength reduction is. i am sure there would be somd reduction but maybe not that much..?
I remember seeing a post about strength reduction with different type of knots.Seemed to be around 20 - 40 % .Never sure how that translated into the "real" world.
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Postby matth » Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:49 pm
longwhitecloud wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:16 am
someone set up a kite lines company, know what it was called and if it is still going? thx
was gonna buy a new bar.. i see bars at $600 -$900 now.. what is wrong with kiteboarding today?!. dyneema is about 10c a m in bulk!
I never pay more than $350 for new bars. Shop around you can find great deals on 1 or 2 year old bars. I recently bought a 2017Slingshot sentinal 27m bar for $299.....great bar , works perfect with my 17m Flite..
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Postby evan » Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:38 pm
thanks
longwhitecloud wrote:
saw a 10km roll of uhmwpe for commercial fishing a fair few years ago 200kg
i better do some research.. i would guess u can get 10km at 28c, something like that, from a quick look (350kg)
i am sure the company was called kite lines.. it was about 6 years ago though
Cheapkitelines.com maybe? Although they never had 10km of the same line on stock. I know because I bought them out last year, mainly because of the lines they had in stock as having a wide variety of lines is always handy when repairing bars.
About knots, in Dyneema/spectra/uhmpe lines you lose 70% of the strength with a simple overhand knot in de line. When put in a loop to connect to another line there is less reduction
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Postby madworld » Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:04 pm
Many new bars available on sale in the united states for $200 to $300 online. Just google it.
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