outward cant

[IceCoast]

Hi all, I'm new to the board and have a question for those who have played with outward cant.

I've been experiencing some discomfort on the outside of my front (left) leg so I started making some adjustments to my setup. After a day of riding while my knee was still sensitive I came to the conclusion I needed to reduce the inward cant on that leg. By the end of my next time out I had found some outward cant on the that leg eliminated the discomfort.

I'm on a set of TD3 SWs with 3 degree cant plates. My set up now is ~1 degree outward cant on my front leg and ~2 degrees inward cant on my back leg. So the way I see it, I've got a little bit o' leanign tower of pisa goin' on.

I know setup is a very individual thing, but for those of you who have found yourself in this situation, did you find any benefit to changing this to say 0 degree cant (front) and 1 degree cant (back)? The way I see it is that this in theory should be the same interface, but eliminating the leaning tower bit.

[Jack M]

Sounds to me like you corrected your own problem! Outward cant is actually fairly common, don't worry about it. If it works for you then run with it. I use outward cant on my back foot and inward cant on my front foot. Most people need such fine tuning, and what works for one person may not work for the next. Nice job experimenting.

Here's an article on cant and lift:

http://www.bomberonline.com/articles/canting.cfm

[bobdea]

Sounds to me like you corrected your own problem! Outward cant is actually fairly common, don't worry about it. If it works for you then run with it. I use outward cant on my back foot and inward cant on my front foot. Most people need such fine tuning, and what works for one person may not work for the next. Nice job experimenting.

Here's an article on cant and lift:

http://www.bomberonline.com/articles/canting.cfm

this is what I run too, I use the boot for my alignment in the front unless I'm running cateks though. either seems to work because for me a little bit in front goes a long way.

in the back I run outwards, works really well particularly for reducing fatigue .

I should probably post a thread I need to figure out what's up with my stuff. after some bodily re-arangement things feel weird and I can't pin down what it is.

[Gtanner]

I'm also curious about outward canting.

My front leg tends to kill me after a good 3-4 hours of riding (mostly my quads). I think I just keep it flexed too much and am not as dynamic with my front leg compression and extension throught the turns. I'm trying to work on it (now have .5-1 deg inward), so we'll see if my new coiler requests a slight tweek in my riding style (for the better of course). I'm debating going outward a bit though to shift my weight.

-Gord

[Sultan Guy]

I have really noticed a difference with .5-1 degree of outward cant on my rear foot. I have not tried any cant on my front foot but probably should.

[Kent]

My only contribution to this thread is that messing with BINDING cant and boot cuff is useless without having an orthodic inside the boot which is holding your foot in place....

[IceCoast]

I tried eliminating the forward Bias over the weekend and that didn't really seem to work. I couldn't control the board at all so i move it back the setting I metioned at the start. I really should have picked a warmer day to play with the bindings on the slopes; temps in the teens makes for plates, screws and wrenches that won't let go even if your not holding them.

This stance is comfortable, but it has affected my ability to pressure the front of the board in a deep heal side, it just pushes and I find myself lying on my side. On the toes I've got wicked hook up. I've add some forward lean in the front boot and that seems to help. I think I may have gotten that pretty well set.

Bobdea you said you run outward in the back and this reduces fatigue. What type of fatigue? I'm comfortable from a joint standpoint, but I feel my quads are working really hard, my front leg moreso than my back.

Any expercience you guys can provide is great. I love carving, but being in the DC area I don't get a ton of days in so I tend to not want to mess with settings too much because it takes away from time on the slopes.