[jonKranked]

I felt this topic was worthy of its own thread.

I've been looking around, and almost all the pegs I see are 4" or 4.5". I've only seen one company (Eclat) that makes a 3" peg. Why does 4" seem to be the magic number for peg length? Why isn't there anyone making a 2" or 2.5" peg? Is it too difficult to line up your pegs with the rail/ledge/coping for anything under 4"? Is it the amount of contact area b/w the peg and what you're grinding? Or does it have something to do with axles? That seems somewhat counter intuitive to me, as a shorter peg is a shorter fulcrum, and hence is less likely to bend an axle. Or is there something else I'm completely missing. Something from the manufacturing & production end of things?

FWIW I know I can just take a hacksaw/disc cutter to my pegs to shorten them, I'm just curious as to why almost all of them are the length they are.

 

[escapeartist]

These are kinda cool. Real small though. I thought about getting some to keep from destroying my axle bolts.
http://www.danscomp.com/518176.php

Same idea here:
http://profileracing.com/estore2/index.php5?productid=99

That said, these are super short and I've never used either of them.

 

[jonKranked]

yea I've seen those, the look like they're under 2". I guess what I'm wondering why there's nothing in between those and regular 4" pegs. I think I might be taking a hack saw to a spare pair of pegs to find out.

 

[cmc]

heh heh, keep in mind pegs were originally designed in the 80s for standing on, not grinding, and they were small.

i think flatlanders were the ones to first try to get longer pegs because they are better for the width of your foot. people would put pvc over their peg, or jam a cut off piece of a broom handle into them and other dumb stuff. then some rider flatlander in the midwest (maybe bill nitchke?? made Pulse pegs--bolt on 4" X 1" pegs). around the same time, Havok pegs were made in SoCal. 4" X 1" bolt ons were better for both flatland and street and short thread-on axle pegs were almost immediately obsolete.

but to answer your question....why not 2" or 3" for street/park. fine if you like it, but i think it's easier to miss the coping or ledge. especially with stuff like icepicks where a lof times you just catch the end of your peg.

 

[sittingduck]

Watch some BMX vids where people miss stuff with their pegs.... It is usually pretty UGLY.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

Watch some BMX vids where people miss stuff with their pegs.... It is usually pretty UGLY.

It sucks really bad coming from someone who it has happened to a few times.

 

[Savage_Animal]

But ive also seen guys axle grind down a rail on a 10 set which was pretty cool.

 

[Cru Jones]

My friend Andrew Jackson does pegless grinds going up rails...

 

[cmc]

My friend Andrew Jackson does pegless grinds going up rails...

Our 7th President would surely have approved.

 

[jonKranked]

My friend Andrew Jackson does pegless grinds going up rails...

I'd love to see a set of pegs attached to a twenty dollar bill