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When did Ropes get so $Expensive$, any website deals?

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Chris Cavallaro · · Lone Tree, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 151

It's been about 2-3yrs since I purchased a new rope and I am now due.

I am a sterling rope guy, and I was quite shocked when I pulled up my usual cord on sterling's site to find that the marathon/biathlon pro (10.1 X 70M) is $325...wow. I paid exactly $100 less 2-3yrs ago.

sterlingrope.com/c/climbing…

So does anyone know of some super high-secret website where I may score a deal?

Thanks!

EthanC · · Bay Area, CA · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 253

Sierra trading post occasionally has edelrid 9.8 ropes for 104 dollars. That's the best deal I've seen.

Kirtis Courkamp · · Golden · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 378

found this website the other day pretty helpful

blog.weighmyrack.com/all-th…

Chris Cavallaro · · Lone Tree, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 151

Thanks EthanC and Kirtis!!

James Sweeney · · Roselle Park, NJ · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 30

Chris,
Check your PMs

Todd Leeson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 15

Check out steep and cheap: steepandcheap.com/gear-cach…. They have a Sterling Velocity 9.8 x 70m for $158. Good to see you yesterday :)

Mike Belu · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 135

If you can deal with a little thicker 60m
sierratradingpost.com/sterl…

Hope that link works to sierra trading post.

Code. KAF3264F will take the price down to $123 plus tax.

Damn, now I'm thinking about getting it....

Jeff Johnston · · Bozeman, MT · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 110

Campmor.com,

I got a mammut element 9.5 dry treated for $145, over christmas break.

20 kN · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,346

Starling has always been overpriced IMO. They make reasonable ropes, but I have always found equal quality elsewhere for much less.

Shop around, there are good deals out there. Edelweiss and Bluewater ropes are often priced right. You can get a Bluewater 60m 9.1mm for around $150. If I recall right, the MSRP on the Edelweiss Ally 10.3mm 60m is only $120 or so.

bearbreeder · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 3,065

for those in canuckistan ... tendon dry ropes are on sale right now at lacordee

i just bought 3 of the suckers myself ... 135 maple syrup dollahs for a 70m 9.8mm dry teflon coated rope

soft catches, tendons are the poor bums beal ...

best deal in canuckistan for ropes right now, way better than MEC

lacordee

tendon ambition 9.8mm

lacordee.com/en/climbing/ro…

;)

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Chris Cavallaro wrote:It's been about 2-3yrs since I purchased a new rope and I am now due. I am a sterling rope guy, and I was quite shocked when I pulled up my usual cord on sterling's site to find that the marathon/biathlon pro (10.1 X 70M) is $325...wow. I paid exactly $100 less 2-3yrs ago. sterlingrope.com/c/climbing… So does anyone know of some super high-secret website where I may score a deal? Thanks!
If you go for a 9.8, not dry treated and not bicolor, the Sterling Evolution Velocity 70m is $238.
sterlingrope.com/c/climbing…
Will S · · Joshua Tree · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 1,061

Might as well get my rant on...

Rope companies should ONLY make bi-pattern ropes. Eliminate the option of a non-bipattern and the savings on their end from not having multiple products in the same rope line would likely offset the tiny extra production cost of switching the weave at halfway.

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Will S wrote:Might as well get my rant on... Rope companies should ONLY make bi-pattern ropes.
Why?
bearbreeder · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 3,065

what happens to a bi-pattern rope when you need to chop off one end ... hmmmmm

;)

john strand · · southern colo · Joined May 2008 · Points: 1,640

$300 for rope seems a bit much !? BUT I think you generally get what you pay for...
Of course i use mammut, so high prices have been with me for a while now.

rocknice2 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 3,847
bearbreeder wrote:... 135 maple syrup dollahs ....
Only the $100 bills are maple syrup scented. So it's 1.35 "maple syrup dollahs"

The new rope need to meet the new dry requirement. It might be more expensive to treat the ropes with different chemicals.
They are also getting thinner and might require more R&D to achieve UIAA requirements. Perhaps more testing is being done to ensure quality.
bearbreeder · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 3,065
rocknice2 wrote: Only the $100 bills are maple syrup scented. So it's 1.35 "maple syrup dollahs" The new rope need to meet the new dry requirement. It might be more expensive to treat the ropes with different chemicals. They are also getting thinner and might require more R&D to achieve UIAA requirements. Perhaps more testing is being done to ensure quality.
its the demand from yuppays who think they need an ultrathin duodess dry treated rope for basic TR cragging ...

a "basic" rope is fairly cheap you can always find deals even on mammuts where they are ~100-150 yankee dollahs

MP deals

however if you want a "top end" fancy rope that honestly wont last any longer than a good 10mm+ for cragging purposes and wont allow you to climb any harder unless yr climbing well into the 12s and above ... you pay $$$$$

now if you are using these ultrathin duodess dry treated rope for light and fast situations where they are meant or yr hardest redpoint attempts, you probably wont be pulling them out every climbing day 200+ days a year ... so they should last a bit longer

i have a pretty fun time listening to newish climbers brag about their TC pros, dead bird harnesses, and that 9.2mm dry treated duodess rope that they use to TR that moderate climb

;)
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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