I was just at baldface and all of their test bindings have the new falcor base, I’m sad to say I stuck with my atlas and didn’t try them but I didn’t love the way they looked, which was cheap. I also didn’t love the molecular bushing ultra, I didn’t feel any extra bushing.. the old falcor and the Strata consistently feel like the most comfortable as far as mini disk is concerned.
coleslawed wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:20 pm
idk how i feel about the new look of the Falcors
kinda looks like they have one of the old Palmer plates installed under them
michaelangelo wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:49 pm
Anti mini disc
Mega anti mini disc. Never even ridden them, but I know basic physics and I know I break things, so mini discs feels like tempting fate.
Saw this post pop up on Reddit of a guy who pulled the inserts of out 2 different Gnu Moneys, the second one within 2 weeks. Maybe the Gnu Money is just a piece of a crap, but that looks pretty clearly like what I'd expect when you increase the amount of baseplate outside the bindings and effectively create a more efficient lever.
ad1105 wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:14 am
Still wish they kept the camber in the tail contact.
Me too!
I looked for a 2023 season Kazu for months (the last one with camber in the tail), seemed out of stock everywhere, then I found a little shop that still had one in my size
It should be here in the next week
Skidding turns since 2011 - Capita & Salomon boards, Jones Mercury bindings, Salomon boots
michaelangelo wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:49 pm
Anti mini disc
Mega anti mini disc. Never even ridden them, but I know basic physics and I know I break things, so mini discs feels like tempting fate.
Saw this post pop up on Reddit of a guy who pulled the inserts of out 2 different Gnu Moneys, the second one within 2 weeks. Maybe the Gnu Money is just a piece of a crap, but that looks pretty clearly like what I'd expect when you increase the amount of baseplate outside the bindings and effectively create a more efficient lever.
oh man I still love mini disc. I think the Falcor & Strata do it the best with a firmer foam than Contact/Pro's used to have, but I'm still running a pair of @michaelangelo's old Contact Pro baseplates on my early season/jib setup.
I'm also a big guy and ride my boards fairly aggressively, and I've never had an issue with mini-discs.
the only time I ever saw people breaking them at the shop was when they were setup in correctly (slots running toe-heel instead of tip-tail).
i once cracked a contact pro baseplate when running it on burton channelll. maybe only 2 screws tip<->tail instead of screws heel-toe made it flex to much i duno.
it was a drop to flat and i went over the bars. when riding away i noticed the heel on back binding was about an inch above the board =D