Bug Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Need a new rope. Anyone come across a screamin deal lately? Quote
Greg_W Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Seems like PMS had a good deal. Might check it out. Quote
fenderfour Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 You missed it - BD had the Beal 9.7mm X 60m double dry for $120 about a week ago. It's not there now. Quote
willstrickland Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Edelweiss 9.9 60m Dry, $120 Edelweiss 9.9 60m Dry BiPattern, $127 Â gearexpress.com Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 barrabes.com  or  telemark-pyrenees.com  they can't be beat... Quote
willstrickland Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I call BS Rudy, in fact they can be beat. Best deal at barrabes on anything close (60m dry sub 10mm) was $157. T-P site is down. Support our homegrown shops Shorty  Starved Rock (gearexpress.com)are good folks and they ship fast. 3 days to Alaska. And they have the better deal. Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 sub $150 Sub $120 ---10.5 though Stinger 9.4mmx50 -$132 AWESOME ROPE, x60--> less than 160bux  Will, you frozen alaskan popsicle, these are pretty good prices for non closeout ropes...the stinger is awesome...i just got an 80m version of it...gear express generally has good prices on CLOSEOUTS and are extremely variable in what they have...  their prices and products regularly change...  fuck the us market...black diamond/fiveten are screwing us hard...  i feel bad for starvedrock type of guys, but you know what? Its the damn mfr's fault for milking the us economy... Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 telemark is NOT down...just bought something from them a week ago... Quote
willstrickland Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Rudy, you petrified mud pincher, you are delusional. Â What part of DRY do you not understand? Â And please tell me how paying $157 for a non-dry, non-bipattern rope, or $120 for a non-dry 10.5mmm is a better deal than paying $120 for a DRY 60m 9.9mm, or $127 for a DRY, 60m, bipattern, 9.9mm? Â I've bought my last 6 ropes from Starved Rock, including my favorite rope I've ever owned, a 10mm 70m dry Maxim, which was only $115. Don't be a communist or a Benedict Arnold, keep your money in the US. Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 petrified mud pincher? WTF...that is god's own rock, you clown!!! Â Didn't catch the dry part... Â fuck it...i'll go communist if it saves me $$...like i said, its plain ass stupid that you can buy bd gear or other us made stuff (5.10) cheaper in another country, pay duty, pay shipping and still save money...doesn't compute other than these companies are going after the yuppie team rei guys...so you just go ahead and support that system... Quote
willstrickland Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Hey Barrabes is opening a store in Berkeley, CA...wonder what the deal with prices there will be? Â I agree, it's bs that we can get the same gear cheaper by going through a foreign source. I've bought stuff from Barrabes before, but I try to support the loca shops...even when "local" means US instead of foreign. Quote
blue_morph Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I doubt that with the exchange rate for the Euro right now that anyone is saving any money by buying from over there. Its not even a deal to go to Canada any more. Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I bet they charge US style prices... Wouldn't you? Â I've talked to the owners of starved rock a few times on the phone...man, their situation sux and they know it...the mfr's are strongarming the prices...THEY are basically mandating a retail price for the us market...one that we continue to implicitly support by buying at that rate... Â the internet is changing everything...global economy and information...bd can kiss my a$$... Quote
lummox Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Need a new rope. Anyone come across a screamin deal lately? the only rope i ever bought on sale i hate. i now buy only bluewater. i pay whatever the fuk they ask for. i climb happy. fukin a. Quote
RuMR Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 never had a rope i didn't like...therefore i go cheap... Quote
lummox Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 never had a rope i didn't like...therefore i go cheap... i have had a few that sucked. a couple cables and one with major sheath slippage. but i am a persnickety mutha fuka anyhow. Quote
Dru Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 i bought a maxim rope once. once was enough.  i had an edelrid 11mm that lasted through about 8 years of heavy use  currently have a bunch of mammut ropes. i wish they made a 8.5 that was rockfall proof though Quote
Bug Posted March 17, 2004 Author Posted March 17, 2004 I'm taking my chances with Edelweis 60m 9.9 bi-colored dry at $127 with free shipping. I am hoping they don't ship me a pink one as there was no choice offered. I have a 7mm 60m rope for long raps but this rope will mostly be used for glacier this spring and alpine as time goes on. Thanks for all the input and market research. Quote
catbirdseat Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 i bought a maxim rope once. once was enough. i had an edelrid 11mm that lasted through about 8 years of heavy use  currently have a bunch of mammut ropes. i wish they made a 8.5 that was rockfall proof though No more Maxim ropes for me. Quote
willstrickland Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Why do you guys not like Maxim? Of the PMI, Bluewater, Maxim, and Sterling ropes I've had, I like the Maxims best. Quote
Dru Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 my maxim  1)fuzzed up super fast 2)sheath separated from core, sheath stretched and core did not so there was 8" of reservoir tip on each end of the rope  3) was supposedly dry but in fact was a sponge 4) no middle mark of any sort  maxim sux imho. i saved 5 bucks over the mammut at mec for the same length & diameter. shoulda coughed up the extra $5 Quote
icegirl Posted March 18, 2004 Posted March 18, 2004 I'll second the comment about Pro Mountain Sports... He's got some nice ropes in there! Good prices too... Â I love my new rope! Edelweiss... Quote
J_Kirby Posted March 18, 2004 Posted March 18, 2004 I'm with Dru on this one. My current lead line is a 60m 10.2 Mammut Supersafe Dry. Best rope I've ever used and it only cost $157. I've had other Mammut cords and I'll continue to buy them. In this case it was quality (and closeout pricing) over country of origin. Quote
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