As an Adventure Cycle Rider you will learn to spend a good bit of time standing up and using your feet to adjust your weight around on the bike. You need a solid relationship between your feet and the cycle's footpegs, and those stock rubber footpegs are not just bad, they're dangerous! They are slippery when simply dry and dusty, and if you get any kind of moisture on them they're extremely dangerous. In the best cases, you will slip off at inopportune times and cause you to fall over. In the worst cases you injure your privates or your foot hits the ground while your still-moving bike peg gouges your calf.
Any serrated metal foot peg is a big improvement that will grip when wet and allow mud and dirt to fall through the center. I am a big guy with a big foot and I wanted the biggest, widest I could find for stability while bouncing over rough terrain.
Pivot Pegz Mark 3
The Pivot Pegz Mark 3 are the widest (60mm) and lightest pivoting pegs on the market. They are heavy duty with a big, aggressive gripping surface. Man, these are nice pegs! One of the disadvantages of an extra wide peg can be difficulty in shifting because there isn't as much room for your foot to pivot underneath the shift lever. But Mark 3 solves this with a spring-loaded pivoting movement so your foot can rock forward but still gain all the benefits of a very wide foot base. They are little more expensive but I think they're well worth it. Pivot Pegz are made in Australia and available on Amazon.
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