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duality4569
Mar 19, 2005, 2:44 PM
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What are some good tricam sizes to buy
(looking for about 2-3)
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lucas_timmer
Mar 19, 2005, 5:52 PM
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Try Rock Empire MicroBots or MicroComets, they have tricams from size 0,25 to 0,75.Very good ones.
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jimdavis
Mar 19, 2005, 9:11 PM
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In reply to: Try Rock Empire MicroBots or MicroComets, they have tricams from size 0,25 to 0,75.Very good ones.
TriCams and TCU's are NOT the same thing.
Jim
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lucas_timmer
Mar 19, 2005, 10:58 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Try Rock Empire MicroBots or MicroComets, they have tricams from size 0,25 to 0,75.Very good ones. TriCams and TCU's are NOT the same thing. Jim |
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wideguy
Mar 19, 2005, 11:12 PM
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Assuming you mean
http://www.gearx.com/images/tricams.jpg
and not TCU's :wink: :wink: ...
But seriously it depends where you climb most and what the rock is like there. Up here by me I see the pink and red get ALOT of use and it is not unsual to see a rack with doubles of both but everything has a time and place. You might get more meaningful responses from locals (local to you) if you mentioned where you climb the most.
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pjcozzi
Mar 19, 2005, 11:47 PM
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In reply to: But seriously it depends where you climb most and what the rock is like there.
Wideguy is right in that it totally depends on where you’re climbing. But I bet the pink and red are useful at most places. Just watch out for the larger sizes (> 3.0) as they get heavy.
Patrick
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tattooed_climber
Mar 20, 2005, 12:13 AM
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smallest three!
i also got the number 2 as a back up....
pinkie is the best/most fav stick of pro i own
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gunksgoer
Mar 20, 2005, 1:28 AM
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Its gonna be based on the type of rock that your climb on. on some rock types, the small sizes rule, on others the larger sizes are great. on some rock they all suck, it really depends...
id reccomend the smalles 3 sizes (.5,1,1.5), just make sure the rock you climb on is strong enough so the point can be set. tricams can really be fun once you learn to set them. happy climbing.
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esallen
Mar 21, 2005, 3:57 AM
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If you are talking spring-loaded TCUs, then get metolius TCUS: blue, yellow, and red.
If your talking about passive Camp Italy tricams, get the smallest three: pink, red, brown.
Eric
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mazzystr
Apr 1, 2005, 8:13 PM
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everytime i see a red tricam i think of princes song "little red corvette"
lol...i dunno why.
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dontmaytagme
Apr 24, 2005, 6:20 PM
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[quote="lucas_timmer"][quote="jimdavis"][quote="lucas_timmer"]Try Rock Empire MicroBots or MicroComets, they have tricams from size 0,25 to 0,75.Very good ones.
TriCams and TCU's are NOT the same thing.
JimIt was just a suggestion...
Not a very good one though.
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glyrocks
Apr 26, 2005, 3:05 PM
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smallest three sizes
It's absurd how many routes the pink tricam works on.
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onbelay510
Apr 26, 2005, 3:42 PM
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Like everyone says the smallest three or four are amazing, but from there most people don't bother.
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brutusofwyde
Apr 26, 2005, 3:49 PM
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In reply to: Wideguy is right in that it totally depends on where you’re climbing. But I bet the pink and red are useful at most places. Just watch out for the larger sizes (> 3.0) as they get heavy. Patrick
Actually, once you move out of the milled sizes and into the largest tricams (rod-and-plate construction) sizes say 5 - 7, the weight-to-range ratio gets better than most active SLCDs.
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mikeehartley
Apr 27, 2005, 2:23 PM
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I agree (as usual) with Brutus. On the wide stuff I'll often only take one or two big cams due to their weight. I'll use those when I'm desperate or to slide upwards but leave Tri-cams for pro. They're just so much lighter. I just bought an additional #6 for this purpose.
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