I would love to hear a rational explanation for these pegs.
Let me see if I have this right: KHE (who, in case you forgot, are also in the process of bringing us the one-piece bar/stem combo and the baseball seat) developed a plastic/fiberglass peg called the Alchemy. Relatively cheap, apparently slid on everything. Yet somehow they decided that the plastic compound wasn't durable enough for street riding, so they made a titanium-sleeved "street" version.
This is odd because no one even makes titanium pegs anymore. Odyssey, Macneil and DK all discontinued theirs. Heck, you can't even find ti sprockets or bolt kits anymore. Remember RNC? Titanium is prohibitively expensive, grinds slowly, and wears down quickly on rough surfaces. What's next? Gold- and platinum-sleeved versions? Ones with $20 bills glued to them? Apparently there will be a steel version, which actually DOES make a fair amount of sense if you want light, inexpensive pegs that still feel 'normal'. But the ti version just seems like an awful waste of money and material. Is there a titanium glut in Germany that I'm not aware of? Is this what we're doing with the remaining F117s?
It would make more sense to me if they made a titanium-cored peg with a replaceable composite outer sleeve (kind of like this but different). That way you ruin the cheap part.
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My pegs have a baby seal core that makes them slide like whale shit on an ice flow.
the most cost effective pegs known to man right there.
i say we all get spilljuice suicide roller pegs.
epgs r 2 hevy 4 street
or you know get regular pegs made of steel and just go faster...kids want everything given to them...
I'm pretty sure mutiny did a run of titanium pegs that either joe simon or another team rider rode because of the ability to grind multiple surfaces easier and the spark factor
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