[jonKranked]

Ok so I'm thinking about throwing pegs on my bike (20"). There's a good number of parks in my area, and its winter, so MTB will be held to a minimum.

For those of you who are running pegs, do you run them on the same side as your drivetrain or opposite? IE, pegs on right side, while running left side drive (or vice versa). If you run them on the same side, do you notice any interference from your sprocket/chain when you're grinding?

What about foot dominance? I'm right foot dominant, and I think I would be more comfortable with the pegs on the right side as well. Or would I be better off learning to grind on the side opposite of my dominant foot?

Any other recommendations? Thoughts?

 

[demo 9]

same side but not by choice (i rock a 26'er)

 

[jonKranked]

same side but not by choice (i rock a 26'er)

what would your preferred setup be? LSD?

 

[jerseydirt]

Well if you have a problem with drive train and pegs, if you want you can invest into a left side drive hub and problemo solved.

 

[swerve76]

On my my bmx and usb molly its pegs on the left. When I was still riding 26" street, it was pegs on the right. I didnt have any problem with them on the drive side.

 

[sittingduck]

Most of the time, if people run only one pair of pegs, they would go on the same side as your front foot.
Ask yourself which way you would want to peg stall on a quarterpipe.... most people have a strong side to turn to when hitting ramps, etc. You'll want your pegs toward the coping.

 

[Vlad]

Why don't you run four pegs and learn to grind on both sides? Modern drivetrains are small enough that you don't really need to worry about interference.

 

[jonKranked]

Most of the time, if people run only one pair of pegs, they would go on the same side as your front foot.
Ask yourself which way you would want to peg stall on a quarterpipe.... most people have a strong side to turn to when hitting ramps, etc. You'll want your pegs toward the coping.

Yea, that's what I was thinking. I'm right foot dominant and rotating counter-clockwise is my preferred direction (I'm trying to force myself to learn clockwise as well) so I was leaning towards pegs on my right sight. I'm not planning on buying a new wheel for LSD just because of this, but wasn't sure if I should anticipate any issues with RSD. If I do have problems LSD is the solution.

 

[fortyonethirty]

I've always run pegs on the right and never bothered to get an LSD drivetrain. I don't really need one so bad with a 23-10 on my Molly I suppose.

 

[ServeEm]

I run 4pegs with RSD. I have a 11t driver with micro dropouts so my chain does crest outside the dropouts. I've only had issues with my chain being grinded out when I was learning icepicks. Solution was getting a guard and all is well.

 

[demo 9]

what would your preferred setup be? LSD?

yes for sure if i could, while i dont find it a huge difference, it definitly helps and i do not see why somebody wouldnt do it(aside from money)

 

[pickuptrucker]

i think lsd would through me off... but that is just me. just since i'm used to rsd, but i'm a left foot forward left peg kinda guy, so it works out.

 

[Savage_Animal]

I used to have pegs on the right side when i had my bmx bike and it was fine unless you miss a peg.