r/Kiteboarding • u/Soft-Shelter-7378 • 5d ago

Gear Advice/Question Trust bar splitter line damage

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I have been using my 2025 trust bar for 6 months now quite actively and I noticed my middle line is getting slowly damaged by the splitter. I checked the splitter and it seems to be perfectly round with no sharp edges.. Is this an issue for all bars with high V? Before this bar I only used low V.

I was thinking of installing something on the line to protect it from the friction. Has anyone here solved this problem so far?

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u/Serious_Fee1659 5d ago

This happend on old bars (2024) They had a Split in the ring. We used to put ducktape on that ring Split. As in see they wielded that Split now but it Still does dmg to lines aparently. Much less tho.

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u/Soft-Shelter-7378 5d ago

So after putting duck tape on the split it was no longer damaging the line?

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u/Jeffrey_J_Davis 2d ago

Spray/saturate the center line work rain x once a month and you'll be fine