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jmvc
Feb 21, 2008, 2:26 PM
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They would probably be somewhat pricey at this stage..
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mturner
Feb 21, 2008, 2:38 PM
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haha made from vegetable oil and urine.
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hyhuu
Feb 21, 2008, 3:04 PM
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I don't see how that affect climbing shoe rubber. If you are climbing on something that is sharp enough to shred the rubber into pieces then that's going to be the least of your problem.
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Valarc
Feb 21, 2008, 3:07 PM
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mturner wrote: haha made from vegetable oil and urine.
At least now I'd have an excuse why my shoes stink..
"Dude, they're made from urine! I swear!"
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monomyth
Feb 21, 2008, 4:26 PM
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think about the dirt, maybe this material would make sense in a rope's core, unless it does not stretch :)
But recently there was another announcement:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...e/nature/5217240.stm
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mturner
Feb 21, 2008, 4:53 PM
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"Future applications could include an adhesive to repair aircraft, skin grafts or even a Spiderman-style suit."
And they thought climbing shoes made the sport too easy.
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tedwarski
Feb 21, 2008, 5:05 PM
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I've recently seen reporting on a "rubber-band" that is heals itself when broken. I takes a few minutes for all the bonds to reform (hydrogen bonds). Also, the component that they use is not urine, but urea, a molecule component of urine.
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mturner
Feb 21, 2008, 5:13 PM
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tedwarski wrote: I've recently seen reporting on a "rubber-band" that is heals itself when broken. I takes a few minutes for all the bonds to reform (hydrogen bonds). Also, the component that they use is not urine, but urea, a molecule component of urine. Ted
Dude no way! I read the same article when I clicked on that linky thing at the top of this thread 
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unrooted
Feb 21, 2008, 5:18 PM
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maybe in the future your shoes could get thicker instead of thinner when you climb, then I might actually put a wire brush too my shoe.
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itstoearly
Feb 21, 2008, 5:33 PM
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I don't see how this would help climbing shoes.
The main cause of climbing shoe failure is the wearing away of rubber, but cuts in them.
Maybe it could make for easy repair though, I don't know.
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swaghole
Feb 21, 2008, 6:14 PM
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I wonder if they could make condoms out of this stuff.
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mturner
Feb 21, 2008, 7:19 PM
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swaghole wrote: I wonder if they could make condoms out of this stuff.
Unless the rubber also retracts sperm I don't see how that would help. Once the condom breaks you're done.
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drfelatio
Feb 21, 2008, 8:06 PM
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itstoearly wrote: I don't see how this would help climbing shoes. The main cause of climbing shoe failure is the wearing away of rubber, but cuts in them. Maybe it could make for easy repair though, I don't know.
Yeah, like a patch kit we could use at home rather than resoling. That would be pretty cool actually.
I wonder how weak this rubber is to conventional rubber. If it was used in climbing shoes, would we rub it off so quickly that we'd have to repair it constantly?
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