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Best bungees?
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:39 am
by rainbowgirl28
What are the best bungees out there?
It seems like a lot of the best ones are homemade. How do you make them? What tubing do you buy?
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:56 am
by Barto
Lowes / Home Depot 3/8" rubber tubing
Buy 13' of it.
Loop 4" on each end back onto itself and then secure with 1/2" athletic tape.
This will outlast any commercially available ones.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:03 am
by theczar
we use "surgical tubing", or at least thats what I think it's called...
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:13 am
by lonestar
Barto wrote:Lowes / Home Depot 3/8" rubber tubing
Buy 13' of it.
Loop 4" on each end back onto itself and then secure with 1/2" athletic tape.
This will outlast any commercially available ones.
What department do you find it in - plumbing?
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:55 am
by Barto
With the bulk rope and chain.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:32 pm
by RidinHigh
thanks for the post Becca!
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:07 pm
by cdmilton
I don't like to use bungee's. It gives the kids a false confidence for what they are clearing. It does mean that I have to put up the bar a lot but I am really fast now and I can throw up 12-6 without a "putter".
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:10 pm
by Cooleo111
I can throw up 12-6 without a "putter".
That's pretty impressive!
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:34 pm
by achtungpv
lonestar wrote:Barto wrote:Lowes / Home Depot 3/8" rubber tubing
Buy 13' of it.
Loop 4" on each end back onto itself and then secure with 1/2" athletic tape.
This will outlast any commercially available ones.
What department do you find it in - plumbing?
Yes. Lowes/HOme Depot around here has it with plumbing. They only carry 10' lengths though...
get this instead:
http://www.4mymedicalsupplies.com/105522_659_prd0.htm
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:13 pm
by master
When I have bought surgical tubing, I bought it at GI Joes in the fishing department. It is used in short lengths to attach weights to fishing line. It comes on rolls and you can measure out the number of feet you want. In the past they have had a few different diameters.
I then put some pieces of pipe insulation (ethafoam type) on the bungee before creating the loop at the end.
- master
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:30 pm
by lonestar
cdmilton wrote:I don't like to use bungee's. It gives the kids a false confidence for what they are clearing. It does mean that I have to put up the bar a lot but I am really fast now and I can throw up 12-6 without a "putter".
I agree - I rarely use them. Yes, putting a bar up takes time and especially in a big group with multiple abilities, and yes they get expensive when they break, but I think vaulters get too comfortable with raping bungees and never really learn how to negotiate the bar unless they train with one.
Bubba used to have a good rule of thumb which pisses all the pro-bungee people off - whatever height bungee you can clear, you really would have cleared a bar set 2.5 feet lower.
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:55 am
by CB