Curious- is the 13-/14 charger weight with or without the disc?
So far as I can tell (need a couple more days / different conditions) its a no brainer to add the extra weight in exchange for the response I felt the one day I rode since mine were setup correctly.
Haha - I'm sure for many weight isn't an issue. In hand it's hard to tell between diode and charger. I felt it once mounted and I picked my board up. No biggie and no issues on the lift either.
So that's a 10 gram difference over te 12/13. Gotta be the smaller toe strap.....
fuck diodes. My last highback that burton will supply is already cracking. If you buy diodes knowing how weak they are must have too much money.
Light weight means nothing when they break every 15 days or so.
I am still very interested in what the weight is even if it is trivial to most.
The gear nerd in me wants to know anyways but I am actually not concerned with weight while riding. I have a left knee/ankle on-going injury from a rock climbing fall several years ago. I had to take 1.5 seasons off due to it and the lighter I keep my board the less stress is placed on it riding chairlifts, skating around, etc. and I can ride longer without throbbing pain starting.
I would think that your binding weight would be the last thing you look at since the board weighs twice, thrice, as much? Do you already have some insanely light board to begin with?
Just wondering.
Switching from old Forces to Chargers last year made a huge difference and I wanted a different binding anyways. Binding weight is pretty noticeable since when your board hangs the back bindings is leveraged more (I think you get an idea if the physics I am getting at). I suspect there wouldn't be much difference between the Factory, Atlas, and Chargers but I was still curious since its something I pay attention too and I like knowing the technical differences between gear. Lighter weight bindings are also great for ollieing and pretty noticeable jumping IMO. There is a cutoff point where too light isn't a feeling I like in the air though.
My Boards are on the lighter side of average maybe but nothing special. I just avoid anything heavy and I tend to the favor the shorter of two lengths, ie go with a 154 instead of 156 when either would work. I was also riding the lift switch last year some but thats not always so convenient. I can't run anymore or even hike around without issue so I am pretty psyched on snowboarding if I keep my injury in check. Once it flairs up it cause a whole bunch of issues.
That sucks to hear. Yeah I guess you would want to shave off as much weight as possible.
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