How to choose surfing ropes? - EP3
This article is a continuation of "How to choose surfing ropes?" There will be three articles in this series. If you haven't read the previous two articles, it is recommended to read them first to have a more comprehensive understanding of surfing ropes. .
🏄🏽EP1 Reading link: How to choose surfing ropes? EP1
🏄🏽EP2 Reading link: How to choose impulse rope? EP2All the same, let’s start by reviewing the parts!
In order to give everyone a better understanding, please first look at the diagram of the leg rope components below, because we will explain each component next, so that you can have a reference when purchasing in the future.
Surfing leg rope components
💡Plate edge protection tape Rail Saver
The board edge protection tape is designed to protect the board edge at the tail end of the surfboard from damage to the board edge due to the friction of the splice rope. It is usually composed of double layers of Velcro felt and is used to connect the leg ropes and splice ropes; similarly Yes, the board edge protection bag can also protect the splicing rope and avoid the friction between the splicing rope and the board edge, which may cause breakage.
Everyone should have seen or at least imagined the breakage of a connecting rope, but it may be difficult for you to imagine how a thin connecting rope can cause damage to the edge of the board, and what kind of damage it may be like? Take a look at the picture below. You may have a new understanding of the power of waves.
Image source: joeropersurfboardrepair
Therefore, one of the things to install the leg rope correctly is to make your board edge protection tape work effectively. If your splice rope is long enough, you should pass the splice rope through the surfboard connecting ring, fold it in half and connect it to the surfboard. To connect the foot rope, if your extension rope is not enough to fold it in half, make sure it is not longer than the tail of your board. For information on using the extension rope and how to install the foot rope on the extension rope, you can refer to the following video:
Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQe1dLvd5-w
After reading the basic usage methods above, some curious Haizi may wonder how the "foot rope" is connected to the "board edge protection tape"? The answer to this question is **"bearings"**. Most of my friends probably have no chance to know about this ( nonsense, who would buy it and dismantle it? )
To put it simply, "the rope body is connected to the bearing, and the bearing is connected to the plate edge protective tape, and the bearing and plate edge protective tape are combined through sutures." The text may be a bit difficult to understand, but through the picture below, You should quickly understand how it is composed.
Board edge protection tape
💡Bearing Swivel, Base
The "bearing" is the component used to connect the foot rope and the "base", and the "base" is the component used to connect the "foot rope" and the "foot muff". Therefore, the design of the base will greatly affect the binding. Foot comfort!
If you read carefully " How to buy a surfing leg rope? EP1 " and " How to buy a surfing leg rope? EP2 ", you will find that a leg rope has a total of two bearings, one is located on the tail side of the board for connection The board edge protective tape and the other one is located on the side of the footmuff for connecting the footmuff. This design using two bearings is called "double bearing". Currently, it is difficult to find a single surfing leg rope on the market. The reason for the design of the bearing is that the single-bearing design will prevent the rope body from rotating freely, which will not only cause the feet to be often entangled during use, but also cause great pressure on the rope body itself (because one end is always fixed). This increases the risk of the leg rope breaking.
As mentioned above, the design of the base will greatly affect the comfort of the leg binding. The material, size, and shape of the base will all make differences. The base is the component that is most often ignored by everyone because it is something you don’t take apart. It is a component that you will not see, but it plays an important role in the composition of the leg rope. Therefore, COTT chose a soft silicone ergonomic base design, which takes into account both comfort and durability, so that everyone will have a better experience when wearing it. better.
Comparison of base differences
Base softness difference
The above is all the content of our series of articles on "How to buy surfing leg ropes". I hope that through these three articles, everyone can have more judgment criteria when buying surfing leg ropes and avoid buying unsuitable legs. rope, which will lead to bad surfing process. If you like this series of articles, please help us share it so that more people can see it, which is the best encouragement and help to us.
As usual, if you are planning to buy a new surfing leg rope for yourself, you are welcome to refer to the high-quality surfing leg rope launched by COTT. While it is functional, safe and sturdy, it also has a different appearance design from other brands. Let your surfing life become more personal, we are convinced that this will be one of the best choices on the market.
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