Calling all Camp Gyro users

[Paddy1000111]

On 10/12/2020 at 20:48, Dan Maynard said:

On 10/12/2020 at 12:17, Paddy1000111 said:

Well ignore my shite photoshopping here but this is what my "ideal" gyro would look like. One stainless ring that's 12mm thick and 40mm wide making it the same dimensions as the stock treemotion ring. This would allow it to be used with both rope bridges, sewn eye bridges or even the tape style rope bridge. It would also allow a carabiner to be clipped into the lower ring for a 3rd anchor when pruning or making an awkward cut. Then beef up the other eyes making them a bit thicker as they are very thin at the moment and it places stress on carabs etc. 

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Yep, that looks ideal. Was on two ropes today in a spreading walnut, I use two rings on the bridge which is ok until I turn and they are on the wrong sides....

It's like having a rope attached to each hip D, it's horrible when that happens! 

[Joe Newton]

I'd like to see a small, hard locking pulley in place of the bridge ring.

 

Rope bridges wear metal rings, I wouldn't want to replace the whole gyro because of that. 

 

I'd also like to see a beefier version.  Dunno why it just looks like it would have some very weird forces applied to those rivets holding the side plates together

[Paddy1000111]

15 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

BecauseIf like to see a small, hard locking pulley in place of the bridge ring.

 

Rope bridges wear metal rings, I wouldn't want to replace the whole gyro because of that. 

 

I'd also like to see a beefier version.  Dunno why it just looks like it would have some very weird forces applied to those rivets holding the side plates together

I've said about this in my email, just make the whole thing slightly bigger/beefier. I also suggested making the ring stainless instead of aluminium, it shouldn't wear at any fast rate at all. With the load on them the ball tries to pull through the sockets and pull the plate apart putting tension force on the rivet, I always thought rivets were designed for shear but that's a jobbie for their R&D team not some guy online 😂

[JAG63]

I was looking at the Notch Rook as a possibility, a good bit more expensive but has three attachment rings above the swivel although they don't rotate individually.

[Paddy1000111]

29 minutes ago, JAG63 said:

I was looking at the Notch Rook as a possibility, a good bit more expensive but has three attachment rings above the swivel although they don't rotate individually.

It's the individual rotation that makes it for me. Being able to take twists out of lines and move around un-hindered it's ideal 

[Brocky]

Needs to be more of a tube than a ring for running on the bridge for improved bend radius.  The tube should rotate 360 degrees for even wear 

[Paddy1000111]

10 hours ago, Brocky said:

Needs to be more of a tube than a ring for running on the bridge for improved bend radius.  The tube should rotate 360 degrees for even wear 

I get where you're coming from but a tube would mean that you wouldn't be able to connect a carabiner to the bigger hoop on the rope bridge.

[Mark Bolam]

Why not just climb on a single rope and stop worrying about it, like 99% of us do?

[Mr. Squirrel]

On 17/12/2020 at 09:31, Paddy1000111 said:

I get where you're coming from but a tube would mean that you wouldn't be able to connect a carabiner to the bigger hoop on the rope bridge.

Sure with that many rings hanging off your bridge you'd manage to figure something out. There's spare holes on HC pulleys/zigzag, pinto beckets etc.  

Also is having two bridges going through a single ring THAT beneficial? If you cut one you're probably cutting the other after all...

[Paddy1000111]

16 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Why not just climb on a single rope and stop worrying about it, like 99% of us do?

Well, when that goes wrong I don't fancy having my arse reamed by HSe. Don't think that because you're self employed you aren't going to get absolutely shafted