![]() The CV and XV baseplates feel, to hand, similarly stiff. The straps and buckles are identical. And everything but the highbacks fell right into line with my expectations of excellence. My kiddo has a size 12 boot and needed to migrate away from a failing pair of FR1s, so I thought the newly minted CVs would be perfect. I love XVs – phenomenal buckles functional, burly mounting discs I like the straps a ton and the best boot control I've found (comparing to Catek FR1/FR2, Union Atlas, and Burton Cartels). I ride the XVs on my primary boards and the XFs are on a powder deck. I like the O-Drives for poor conditions, slow speeds, and high comfort the Podiums are fine for all mountain riding on production boards the Flux XV is for high performance direct responsiveness on my fastest boards.Ĭurrent Flux quiver: 3x XV, 2x XF, 1x CV. ![]() I'll take some of the stiffeners out of my boots and ride Drake Podium bindings on my production NeverSummers (mid-wide West Bound DFs) for example. Hardboot stiffness might be too much some boards sure, but I just order stiffer boards and it's not a problem. There's no such thing as too stiff in the soft boot carving world (unless you want to throw in some Knapton style flatland tricks). The stiffer your interface the better your board will carve in great conditions I'll loosen the boots and bindings for very soft or icy surfaces though. No sense coupling the stiffest bindings with a too soft boot for example, you'll just have to ride the binding loose to keep from crushing your feet and then you might as well have the higher heelcup too. I think the bindings should match the boots should match the board should match conditions. any other experiences with any of these models, keep em coming. carbon high back on cv ltd would be the jam, but doesn't exist. ![]() i think it's a sleeper binding and might just have to try em out. ), even without having to put a soccer shin pad in the boot but the slightly softer high back may balance this out (to a degree). i'm sure the xv performs very good (seen your riding. would a more forgiving high back allow for a little more margin for error at high speeds or just create more rebound (ie bounce/chatter)? curious if this balance actually jives in practice while carving both soft or hard groomed or chunder conditions (ie a tracked out race track)? the regular cv has a nylon/fiberglass blend base and the same highback as the cv ltd but the higher heel cup. ankle straps look more reinforced than apollo or odrive too so those'r good. Thanks for the feedback i see that the cv ltd has the same base plate composite make up (nylon/carbon) as the xv but beefed up and higher by 15mm at heelcup and the high back is essentially the only different component between these bindings.
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