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Almost. To me, that's two separated bends of 90° (more or less, along the real position of the two rings related to each other), yes. But though, as one is 1" and the other is 0.75"( I take your numbers), it isn't 1.75" as a total radius but still only 0.75, like the tightest part.

And that's why you loose a good 50% of the rope's strength most of the time with the knots. When I looked for the bend radius thing, I found a detailed answer on a site dedicated to the wire ropes for cranes. Actually, the rope has its nominal strength when it lays purely in line. As soon as it...