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Tendon Rope, Fixe biners, Viamont curved nuts aok?

illawarra
20-Jul-2006
4:26:23 PM
Interested in buying some climbing gear of a company in Sydney who can supply a top rope kit at a great price. See http://www.climbinganchors.com/ but the gear is by brands I am not familiar with such as Tendon Ropes, Fixe biners and slings and Viamont nuts. Can any body advise whether these brands are aok? Thanks!!!
kp
20-Jul-2006
4:31:19 PM
tendon ropes are good. I paid retail for my mine and it has served me well for 6 months or so.

tnd
20-Jul-2006
5:47:12 PM
The guys at Climbing Anchors are cool and won't sell you rubbish. They will have used the gear so will give you an honest opinion on it. Their prices are good as they are importing direct.

sliamese
21-Jul-2006
8:33:14 PM
i had a quick look at their ebay shop and found a lot of their bolting stuff way way expensive. but not sure about other gear. ive generally found Fixe brand stuff fairly reliable!

sliamese
25-Jul-2006
7:15:10 AM
On 21/07/2006 sliamese wrote:
>i had a quick look at their ebay shop and found a lot of their bolting
>stuff way way expensive.

let me rephrase, for what it is the gear is relatively cheap, but there are cheaper ways of safely bolting routes.

vwills
25-Jul-2006
10:10:26 PM
like what? Have I been wasting money all these years putting in glue in 316 stainless rings or U's?

tnd
26-Jul-2006
10:03:35 AM
On 25/07/2006 sliamese wrote:
>(snip) but there
>are cheaper ways of safely bolting routes.

Like what? Bash in mild steel carrots?
mikl law
26-Jul-2006
1:00:22 PM
Their gear is good and not too expensive (particularly if you are only bolting 10 routes), but there is heaps of gear that people will donate to you:-
-many climbers don't realise that4WD owners are keen supporters of climbign and put shackles on their tow bars for your future use.
- pubs and malls often leave 10 mm 316 stainless out for climbers in neat bundles in the urinals. Wash it and cut it up.


Eduardo Slabofvic
26-Jul-2006
1:50:14 PM
You could always under-bolt your route, then wait for the retro-bolters to come along and fill in the gaps.
dalai
26-Jul-2006
2:09:09 PM
Or even better yet, just toprope the FA...
simey
26-Jul-2006
3:23:48 PM
On 26/07/2006 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>You could always under-bolt your route, then wait for the retro-bolters to come along and fill in the gaps.

Or even better, remove someone else's bolts and use them to bolt your route.


adski
26-Jul-2006
3:33:58 PM
Mikl, you crack me up!

tnd
26-Jul-2006
4:50:44 PM
On 26/07/2006 mikl law wrote:
>- pubs and malls often leave 10 mm 316 stainless out for climbers in neat
>bundles in the urinals. Wash it and cut it up.

Mike, I noticed on Sat morning that the urinal grid in the Blackheath carpark toilet was missing. Now I know where it went...

sliamese
26-Jul-2006
5:13:52 PM
10mm expansion bolts $5.50 vs $3.00

Stainless U-bolts $4.50 vs $1.50

'Belay Station $26 vs chain cheap as

like i said for what it is the price is better than most places. but when you consider a route bolted for $45 vs $65, both exactly the same.


the rest of the stuff looks ok. nobody else does lanex(to my knowledge) so thats pretty cool.

tnd
26-Jul-2006
5:32:29 PM
On 26/07/2006 sliamese wrote:
>Stainless U-bolts $4.50 vs $1.50

Where do you buy pre-made U-bolts for $1.50? That's about the cost of the steel these days.

climbinganchors.com's new threaded U-bolts are only $3.50 each in 50's and, being threaded, embed significantly more strongly than home made notched ones. I buy them instead of making my own. I'd rather spend the extra couple of bucks per bolt than faff around in the garage making them.
SCWA
26-Jul-2006
7:00:31 PM
$1.50 per U-bolt!! Where?:)

Vertigo
26-Jul-2006
7:46:57 PM
So back onto the subject....Can anyone inform me also if they own or have used VIAMONT nuts/hexs etc
Ive talked with climbing anchors and seem really good,just wondering if anyone out there hase first hand experience?
Thanks for any feedback

cheers.....

belayslave
26-Jul-2006
8:14:38 PM
On 26/07/2006 sliamese wrote:
>nobody else does lanex(to my knowledge)
>so thats pretty cool.

Climbing Edge in Hobart does Lanex ropes/gear. I'm sure there'd be others around the country that do
too. the ropes are pretty good. hard wearing but tend to stretch a fair bit.

sliamese
26-Jul-2006
9:02:02 PM
no unfortunately the Edge doesnt any more. as far as i know lanex was no longer sold in australia. they're good ropes so im glad someone is importing them!
kp
27-Jul-2006
8:44:24 AM
Simon,
where do you get U bolts for $1.50 ?

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