toe strap questions - Snowboarding Forum

09-03-2009, 04:07 PM

which style of toe strap, traditional or toe cap, is better for park and freestyle riding, and why? i know how each one works, but i dont know why one is better then the other.

arsenic0 · 09-03-2009, 04:10 PM

Most people now adays prefer toe caps for their bindings. The reason being it not only helps hold your foot down, it helps hold your heel in the cup of the binding. And it typically removes the ability to overtighten. If you do so with a strap binding your toes will hate you, its harder(but not impossible) to overtighten a toe cap...

BurtonAvenger · 09-03-2009, 07:12 PM

If your toe strap is holding your heel in the binding you're not ratcheting your heel strap down right. It's all personal preference.

legallyillegal · 09-03-2009, 10:49 PM

traditional sucks ass

Nivek · 09-04-2009, 04:17 AM

Preference. I find that most over the frontish toe staps are exuberantly more comfortable.

j.gnar · 09-04-2009, 05:28 PM

i just got my burton customs in last night
cant wait to ride them, they'll be my first set of bindings with the cap strap

Reede · 09-04-2009, 05:41 PM

Cap straps are where its at, over the top is for trashy hire boards.

pawel · 09-04-2009, 07:56 PM

i like the toe cap, feels more secure with it.

ATOTony76 · 09-05-2009, 12:20 AM

It gives me more of the feeling that i am with the board, one with the board, not just strapped to the top of it seeing where it takes me. Also 10x more comfortable, i like my stuff tight, but not to where i can't feel my toes, and with the cap i can get that tightness.

arsenic0 · 09-05-2009, 07:48 PM

I find though after a bad frontside crash i generally need to check my caps as sometimes they get pushed up off my boot....used to happen much more with my 07 Missions, my 09 cartels it only has once on a faceplant...

09-03-2009, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
skim milk Guest Posts: n/a	toe strap questions which style of toe strap, traditional or toe cap, is better for park and freestyle riding, and why? i know how each one works, but i dont know why one is better then the other.

09-03-2009, 04:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
arsenic0 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 2,106	Most people now adays prefer toe caps for their bindings. The reason being it not only helps hold your foot down, it helps hold your heel in the cup of the binding. And it typically removes the ability to overtighten. If you do so with a strap binding your toes will hate you, its harder(but not impossible) to overtighten a toe cap... __________________ '09 151 Never Summer SL-R '10 K2 T1 DB Bots '09 Burton Cartel Bindings

09-03-2009, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
BurtonAvenger Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mountains Posts: 8,169	If your toe strap is holding your heel in the binding you're not ratcheting your heel strap down right. It's all personal preference. __________________ Angry Snowboarder Because someone has to call it how they see it!

09-03-2009, 10:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
legallyillegal -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: fuck Snowboarding Posts: 4,448	traditional sucks ass __________________ THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS AS TO WHY I AM MORE LOCAL THAN YOU GOD IS DONUT

09-04-2009, 04:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nivek Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mountains of Mordor Posts: 5,418	Preference. I find that most over the frontish toe staps are exuberantly more comfortable. __________________ Snowboarding Sucks. Buy my stuff 2014 Flow Rush LTD 153 $200 2014 Flow Fuse SE Med $100 2012 Trek Remedy Carbon 9.8 $3500 http://rockies.craigslist.org/bik/3766331309.html

09-04-2009, 05:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
j.gnar Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: oxnard,ca Posts: 507	i just got my burton customs in last night cant wait to ride them, they'll be my first set of bindings with the cap strap

09-04-2009, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Reede Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 398	Cap straps are where its at, over the top is for trashy hire boards.

09-04-2009, 07:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
pawel Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 160	i like the toe cap, feels more secure with it.

09-05-2009, 12:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
ATOTony76 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mt. HOOD Posts: 683	It gives me more of the feeling that i am with the board, one with the board, not just strapped to the top of it seeing where it takes me. Also 10x more comfortable, i like my stuff tight, but not to where i can't feel my toes, and with the cap i can get that tightness. __________________ Union Danny Kass signature model Lib Tech Skate Banana K2 Darko Boots Volcom Outerwear Giro Goggles

09-05-2009, 07:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
arsenic0 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 2,106	I find though after a bad frontside crash i generally need to check my caps as sometimes they get pushed up off my boot....used to happen much more with my 07 Missions, my 09 cartels it only has once on a faceplant... __________________ '09 151 Never Summer SL-R '10 K2 T1 DB Bots '09 Burton Cartel Bindings

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