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malcolm
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I'm sure I go against the flow but I find most standard pegs adequately clear the mud and offer sufficient grip.

Given the properties above, what else do we need from a footrest? Well, the teeth need to be capable of being kept sharp with a file then easy to weld to start again when the filing has reached its limit.

Welding is also required from time to time to keep the rests level or tilted up slightly at the ends. I've seen some very expensive rests pointing to the ground thus offering reduced grip and control.

They also need to be soft enough to bend to avoid transmitting undesirable forces to the frame and damaging it (which rules out titanium and possibly alloy), then easily straightened with a bit of heat.

All the above seems to point to steel as the best. Weight? The difference is negligible in the context and it would be easy and cheap to lose more off the rider's body. Personally I'd feel a lot more benefit from spending the money on a tire and get some beer (vital replacement of the salts lost during a trial :-) with what's left between the cost of titanium rests and the tyre.

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Iv used hard rock for about 8 months and they are a good foot peg but it doesn't take long before the colour comes off, not that it matters much, they are wider than the standard pegs and have adjustable studs, they really are good pegs but i do agree, there are more important things to buy before new pegs.

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I've had a pair of S3 Alloy Hardrock Footrest with the little adjustable grub screw teeth for a few years.

They seem to find their way on whatever I'm riding!

 

But I agree, there's more important things to buy before footrests.

First aid kit springs to mind!

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