Vertical or horizontal mounting? - Snowboarding Forum

Inlay · 11-05-2011, 04:33 PM

How do you guys mount your binding baseplates to your snowboard?

Horizontal or vertical?

I like horizontal because I can adjust my width to a more specific number.

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Milo303 · 11-05-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowolf

Horizontal for me because my feet are pretty centered. Some need to do this vertically to eliminate toe drag or heel drag. It is a way that a person with a large foot who might normally want a wide board can make a standard width board work for them. Usually, toe drag is more of a problem than heel drag so these people can mount the bindings a little more toward the heel edge.

Nailed it

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Inlay · 11-05-2011, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowolf

Horizontal for me because my feet are pretty centered. Some need to do this vertically to eliminate toe drag or heel drag. It is a way that a person with a large foot who might normally want a wide board can make a standard width board work for them. Usually, toe drag is more of a problem than heel drag so these people can mount the bindings a little more toward the heel edge.

Also sometimes people use vertical because their bindings don't center with the board's width. I have a friend who does vertical cause of that problem.

KingCharming · 11-08-2011, 01:10 AM

Good to know it doesn't matter. I had installed my Fluxes and then looked at the manual and had to reinstall them. My first time setting up, followed every instruction haha.

CheeseForSteeze · 11-08-2011, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Inlay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowolf

Horizontal for me because my feet are pretty centered. Some need to do this vertically to eliminate toe drag or heel drag. It is a way that a person with a large foot who might normally want a wide board can make a standard width board work for them. Usually, toe drag is more of a problem than heel drag so these people can mount the bindings a little more toward the heel edge.

Also sometimes people use vertical because their bindings don't center with the board's width. I have a friend who does vertical cause of that problem.

Vertical (transverse?) mounting is good in case the binding is too far toward one edge or the other. It allows compensation for this.

hhaidar · 11-08-2011, 08:38 AM

snowolf and cheese nailed it. I have small feet so I often have to mount them horizontally to center the boots over the board.

CheeseForSteeze · 11-08-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by hhaidar

snowolf and cheese nailed it. I have small feet so I often have to mount them vertically to center the boots over the board.

And if you mount them vertically, you can center them better.

MistahTaki · 11-08-2011, 10:10 AM

I mount mine diagonally

hhaidar · 11-08-2011, 10:10 AM

cheese, I clearly hadn't had enough coffee when I posted that. Edited.

CheeseForSteeze · 11-08-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MistahTaki

I mount mine diagonally

I cut them into a 12 slice pie and then shuffle them, reconfigure it back into a disc and mount it upside down.

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11-08-2011, 01:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
KingCharming Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 20	Good to know it doesn't matter. I had installed my Fluxes and then looked at the manual and had to reinstall them. My first time setting up, followed every instruction haha.

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MistahTaki Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,362	I mount mine diagonally

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hhaidar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 121	cheese, I clearly hadn't had enough coffee when I posted that. Edited.