Notice anything different? From the last post, I mean. YES! Good noticing! It’s the foot pegs! They’re badass, huh? And have you noticed that all the new accessories are steel? Of course you have. Steel is real, baby. As you know. Because you are smart. Real smart.
DIGRESSION ALERT!
What’s up with that radio ad that goes, “Save a buck on a truck?” One dollar is not a huge incentive for me to buy a truck. Or maybe ‘a buck’ is slang for one hundred dollars. Still not enough incentive, though. Then later in the ad they say, “save a quarter on all trucks.” Whaaaaat? Now it’s only twenty-five cents off? JMnJ, that is just not going to cut it, people! Good thing I already have the Mini Trooper and don’t need a $37,999.75 truck. Live free or drive and all that. Bicycle Lifestyle, yeah! OK, that wasn’t TOO much of a digression - I managed to bring it back around. I’m good. Just like you, Dear Reader. Real Good. Worthy of Init Caps Good.
So the foot pegs had a previous life (if only they could talk…sigh) as bar ends. Turns out they fit perfectly on the Free Radical uprights. Or would I say they’re on the H-Racks? Hang on while I go look that up…. I’m back. Looks like the proper term would be V-Rack. OK, so the foot pegs are on the V-Racks. Why are they called V-Racks? They’re not shaped like a V. Anyway, when I took the “V-Racks” off the Free Radical, I found a little rust (all of this is documented on Flickr) on their ends so I lubed them before replacing them. I put pieces of a 700c slime tube over them after installation. I didn’t know it was a slime tube until I cut it and it slimed me. It was new old stock from my drawer o’ bike stuff (slash entertainment center); I don’t have a used one. I figure the tubes will make the pegs less slippery and more waterproof. The tube ends are tucked in, then stretched back over the peg ends - they look like belly buttons. Slimy belly buttons.