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jwajack
Joined: 26 Apr 1994 Posts: 157 Location: San Pedro, CA
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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jpbassking wrote: | I like the Roller Bar..but I thought it closed in '79?? |
If it didn't, you're gonna have to find some plus size skates if you want to go back and hang out. Weren't Hillary and Madeline A. on staff (and skates)? |
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jordanwd
Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 158
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Royce,
Reactor bar works well for me (hell "i've had this same one since 1998 or so..)...I'm at 200 # ..don't saila s radical as I did 10 years ago but evan then only tweaked the screw on the roller... 10 foot waves at Dport ...was that 2 days ago? if so check out some of these pics and see if yer in any of them... they were taken late though..right before the wind died off...
http://wetsands.smugmug.com/gallery/4506034_jiyDu#265261368 |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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The original Reactor bars could bend. The more recent ones (since the mid '90s) are stronger. I've used the same Reactor bar now for at least 6-8 years @190, in everything the Gorge can throw at us 8 months out of the year, preferring too much power, hooked in all day, and crashing as often as I possibly can. My very fast, back-looping, 240-pound stainless steel bud crashes HUGE all day 12/months out of the year and has used the same Reactor bar for years.
Besides, if I bent Reactor bars, I'd just buy 'em by the case, 'cause I wouldn't sail without one.
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victor
Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: |
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I've had bad luck with the reactor bar (roller type) The roller itself broke twice. The screw came loose a few times and many times my harness line would just barely catch on the edge, hold until I got really powered up and then slip off. The device is a little more complicated than it has to be.
Went back to the hook type. One broke where the hook was welded. The hook stayed on, the bar broke. |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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victor wrote: | The screw came loose a few times and many times my harness line would just barely catch on the edge |
Loctite. And I give the roller bolt a check with my fingertip every day, just like I flex and eyeball my rubber uni every time I rig.
That edge-catch is a PITA, all right, but I'm guessing the deeper roller with the narrower lip would prevent that. One of these years I might swap rollers and find out.
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