How do I know if my ropes need to be replaced?

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Rob Pizem · Answer

How do I know if my ropes need to be replaced? Well sadly there's not a time stamp on anything. You have to go ahead and assess your ropes daily every time you use them. So I like to rub the rope as I pull it through and stack it. I hold it between my fingers and if I get to a point where it's the same thickness the whole way through the rope is still in good shape and there's no damage onto the sheath which is the outside of the rope. But if as I'm stacking it and I feel I get an hourglass so I'm so I can pinch narrow and then it gets wider that's a place where there's damage to the rope and I need to go ahead and either cut that section off or potentially retire the whole rope due to the location of that. So if it's in the middle of the rope itself that's going to make it only half as good so you cut it in half and maybe you can use it in the gym each of those halves. But if it's on the end you can go ahead and cut the end off and still use the rope.

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"How do I know if my ropes need to be replaced?"