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@idrivetoyota73 Yeah that's what most practitioners seem to lean to in their answers. Live and learn I guess.

@redfox22 Yes, I've been wondering about that indeed. SunTzuWarmaster says the difference in difficulty is negligible. And if the strap on strap friction can be made low enough is an open question, but I could see that happen.

@faith33 Not the answer I was hoping for, but the one I needed. Thanks.

@faith33 It's just that I saw many rings with a strap length of about 1.5 m and I thought that adding a meter there might make an actual difference; it's almost twice as much after all. Sure, it won't help with handstands, but it might mimic the instability of longer straps for iron crosses for...

@tinekarobinson Are you sure you're not being overly literal? I've literally never seen a climbing hall where rings are suspended the way you describe. Instead it's from wooden beams attached to the walls. And those beams could carry this set-up no problem.

@bibbigo No, no experience. Hence my asking here for feedback.

@bibbigo I meant a 3 m strap length indeed. I'd love to build this setup myself but right now it's not possible for me. So I thought I'd at least share my thoughts so far. I'm a bit surprised by your experience of shorter straps being harder. I am under the impression they're easier.

@wc0476 The magnitude of the forces isn't really the problem. They get multiplied by 1, ie stay the same, for 120 degrees. Here it's just 126 degrees and a magnitude just 11 pct more. Some commentators were more worried about bending and shear on the anchors as that is absent in a normal suspension.

@wc0476 This addressed in the final paragraph. It's not the death triangle.

@kenthi Thanks a lot. Would this system differ substantially from a normal implementation for rings? I mean if you were to just bolt the anchors into the ceiling, ie without all this cable stuff i ve proposed here, would there be the same type of problems or would you be better off?

@rejoiceinreality Thanks. This is the kind of feedback I was looking for.

Here is an idea I had the other day that I would love to run by this community. It should allow people to add an extra meter or so to the suspension of their gymnastic rings without needing a taller ceiling -- a "virtual meter" if you will... It is a DIY solution that should be relatively easy...

@learnandbloom I got the same problem/goal as OP, so now I'm curious what EMOM means?