Race bar

[cglazier]

Posted below are some race bars made from Ozone bars. All parts are from West Marine.

Don Campbells 4 to 1 bar

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Chris G's 3 to 1 bar

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Chris G's new 4 to 1 bar

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the race bar factory

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[Scribbler]

Setting up the bar like this makes a lot of sense to me - is this setup particularly specific to racing? (And why wouldn't you want a bar set up like this normally?)

Apologies if this is an obvious question - I know very little about kite racing.

Scribbler

[Kyle]

For racing it lets you trim very easily and precisely while under heavy load. This is because we adjust trim very very often when racing, especially when riding upwind with lots of load from the fins.
It really helps so that you can trim your kite to your body position, instead of the other way around.

The downside is that you end up with a lot of extra line dangling. For racing its okay but for freestyle or freeriding it'll get in the way, especially of unhooking. But moreso, you just don't need to adjust that often freeriding so there isn't much point.

[Kyle]

My own bars are similar, but I also have a system to adjust the back lines while riding. I find it useful for changing kite sizes, but also to adjust or stealing line imbalances. I find if I'm looping a kite often to one side then my lines stretch unevenly, even over the course of one day.

[Colinkiteboarding]

Thanks for the beers CG! Oh and the tutorial of the eye-splice.

youtu.be/7YDW8OwL0Oc

[AndyW]

How are we going to tell everyones kites/bars apart?

Shotgun Blue ozones..... Colin I have some yellow paint left over if you want to switch to the full german quiver...

[Kyle]

...the full german quiver...

Seriously... who has black in their flag? How evil is that!?

[AndyW]

...the full german quiver...

Seriously... who has black in their flag? How evil is that!?

Egypt, Iraq, Libya..... just saying..

[Colinkiteboarding]

How are we going to tell everyones kites/bars apart?

Shotgun Blue ozones..... Colin I have some yellow paint left over if you want to switch to the full german quiver...

HA! Every kite I own is blue! Except the monster

[KevinBono]

Can you tell me what Camcleat you are using. Is it the CL827-36

[Kyle]

http://www.clamcleat.com/cleats/cleat_d ... theid2=167

[KevinBono]

Kyle they show Western Marine. They only sell wholesale. Can you buy this cleit directly from some else.

[Kyle]

I just bought mine through clamcleat directly. do they not have that option? It was last year

[Don_C]

Stan put me onto this site: http://www.cleats.co.uk/home/details.asp?id=64

I just ordered one yesterday and it was sent out today.

[AndyW]

Got these coming...... 7.2grams