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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2015, 01:36:21 PM »
TERREEEE!!!!   Hell yeah. 
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2015, 02:34:55 PM »
i dont hang up on smiths cuase of plastics, so worth it.

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2015, 03:01:52 PM »
You should consider the éclat Venom pegs. They are 36mm in diameter and come in 4.5" length. I heard the plastic the sleeves are made of are pretty long lasting, too.

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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2015, 03:03:00 PM »
TERREEEE!!!!   Hell yeah.

yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo homie!!!!!!!!
took me half a year to get back to MTL and pick up your box but i did - thanks again! the stem is great and stickers are so so dope. cant wait to run that hubguard.
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2015, 03:08:24 PM »
You should consider the éclat Venom pegs. They are 36mm in diameter and come in 4.5" length. I heard the plastic the sleeves are made of are pretty long lasting, too.

you are a gentleman and a scholar. hats off to you sir!


edit: bah, eclat site says 38mm.

but it's so so dialed if it hits flush tho :(
i bet cult/fed will come out with a long version soon enough.
looks like fly came out with a slim 35mm peg too. only 100mm tho.
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2015, 06:51:19 PM »
i wouldnt worry too much about getting them flush to start with cos as soon as you start grinding them and wearing them down, they will get flatspots and then they wont be flush anymore and your dropouts and hubguards might snag. better off going with a slightly larger diameter to allow for them wearing down
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« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2015, 07:53:53 PM »
THIS ^^^^^ is why i keep you guys around!!!!!! your foreskin amazes me.

...foresight, i mean!

so, i think eclat venom is a good median.  38 being pretty dece? 3mm to wear it down even? should about do it...
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2015, 08:07:26 PM »
my foreskin amazes me as well.

to be honest id try match the diameter of the inner of the peg to your hub guard, or have it only slightly smaller. depends if youre going to be on top of rotating the sleeves or just wait til theyve ground through to spin them around
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2015, 08:26:18 PM »
i've been running plastic pegs since about june 2014.  i bought a set of 4 primo binary plastics, like 4.25 long, i know they make 4.5 long pegs which i regret not buying but they weren't available at the time.  they come with an extra sleeve per peg.  since i bought the pegs, i haven't broken or cracked a sleeve, which is always a good thing because i pretty much spend the majority of my time riding grinding stuff.  i have yet to wear through the plastic and get to the aluminum core, but i do rotate my pegs putting my backs in the front and the fronts in the back.  so i've successfully owned a set of 4 plastic pegs and by rotating them maybe 3 times i've had them last over 6 months.  hopefully this helps.  i'm thinking about ordering another set of 4 sleeves and replacing my current sleeves in the next month or two.

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2015, 08:32:09 PM »
man. maybe i should just get a different hub guard. lol.

that grinding down thing just ruined my whole days work.

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2015, 10:02:05 PM »
also ive snapped two during smiths, but i just dont think about it
wouldnt think about running a pleg in the rear, tho.

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2015, 04:11:45 AM »
I run a S&M cymbal guard with animal pegs and like it. I previously had a BSD (Alone?) plastic guard that was flush.

I prefer not flush as it doesnt touch all the time when I grind. Remember, a hub guard is designed to protect your hub, not necessarily to be grinded on.
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« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2015, 08:27:42 AM »
party on Garth, does it look trash?

could i ask you for a photo?
bsd makes nice shit. the
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might be the only way to avoid mickey mouse style. (for plastics).
lol, and i know in theory i should spend my time on the pegs but really i just hang out wit my guards out.

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2015, 09:52:50 AM »
I just realised that I actually went back to my Ratchet Cassette hub that I cant use my Cymbal on (I think)!
I actually use the inner aluminum core from the BSD guard, as the plastic broke and I cant find a replacement
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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2015, 05:22:52 PM »
does that plastic guard hold up? i know a homie had the animal PYN guard and it snapped almost immediately. all brittle and shit.
the primo snap on ones seemed alright.

and yeah - when i had the ratchet i couldn't run the cymbal on it.
i mean, i could - but it wasn't pretty.
tryin'a gape my dropouts like it was belladonna youknowwhatimsayin

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Re: has anyone given plastics a decent run? which brand holds up?
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