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Bungy or Bungee
As we already know (modern day) bungee was started in England by Oxford Dangerous Sports club, they called it Bungee. It was comercialised most successfully in New Zealand and they called it Bungy I guess as a spelling mistake. Since they made it more popular they say this is the True spelling.
hairballrm@aol.com (HairballRM) said this on news:alt.sport.bungee
Bungee refers to the use of Shock Cords. Multiple, preloaded core rubber, cased cords. Most typical in North America is the 5/8 inch military specification shock cord. 210% elongation (2.1 times static length. Also recently available here TR2 240% and RipCord 280%.
Bungy originated in New Zealand, is all rubber cords (with no elongation limitation) and a variable offset anchor system allowing end stretch distance tuning and the controllable head dip.
Difference?
- Bungee: more freefall, higher G, Rock and Roll ride. Big hangtime on rebounds. Not for the timid and undurable.
- Bungy: Lower velocity, smoother ride, higher rebounds. Very conducive to ankle jumps.
This can be explained by the two very different cords used in the US and Europe/New Zealand. In the US they use 3-4 cords shrouded in Static sheath which offers a little more safety than the Euro/Kiwi cords which are many elastic strips help together by more elastic strips. The US cords ride exactly like Bungee is described (and that how the makers spell it) and the Euro/Kiwi cords ride just like Bungy is described.
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