Aluminum Pleg inserts?
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Aluminum Pleg inserts?
I saw a pretty trick picture of a guy who machined his own inserts out of aluminum to replace the steel ones. Are there any available for sale anywhere? Or is there a hardware store trick I can pull?
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How much weight do you honestly need to save? I prefer the strength of steel to support the pleg.
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I am not sure this is a strength issue, I thought it was a cost issue? For how cool the plegs are they are a very low price of admission. I wouldn't expect to get aluminum machining for as little as I paid for the plegs.
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you don't bash your rims or stem against steel coping or concrete ledges.
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Still puts alot of stress on it, i would rather the confidence that steel wont bend and cause the peg to give out or bend upwards and cause serious injury....or death!!!!!!!1
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Usually when considering materials for a product, we generally follow the principle that:
If its more likely to bend than snap, use aluminum
If its more likely to snap than bend, use steel
I am gut feeling, with no actual evidence to back me up, that the weak spot here is going to be the plastic itself and not the insert. I could be very wrong, and would love to be pointed to anectdotes showing how plegs have failed. I did read where someone tried to make just a washer and a collar and snapped the pleg at the mating end
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Yeah im not even sure if it would break either, but seriously the weight saving isnt worth the hassle.
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If I'm doing the math right, its saving a bit over 10 oz. That's more than most weight recipies I've seen people do, certainly better than a titanium spindle on your crank or axle
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Doh, you were right, I was WAY off. Maybe, MAYBE 2 oz could be saved, if even that. Next time I'll wait till I have an actual postal scale before I run my mouth
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Haha, yeah i was like i dont think the steel collars were THAT heavy haha
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