PRESS RELEASE: Chromag BikesWe are excited to introduce a new pedal to the Chromag line up for 2019 – The Dagga. It’s a DH pedal at heart that excels in high impact and demanding conditions where traction, size and durability are an asset.
Chris Kovarik, known as one of the forefathers of flat pedal riding approached us with several ideas to make the pedal he always wanted. The Dagga is the result of our collaboration, featuring the widest stance of any pedal we’ve made and the largest overall platform with increased length, fore and aft for pressure dissipation.
The Dagga is designed to be a rugged, impact resistant pedal. The bodies are initially cold forged and then CNC machined and feature a solid perimeter to resist rock strikes. Chris wanted maximum traction and the pins were an important consideration. We settled on a two-step design that tapers in the length with threads right to the tip. The pins are height adjustable via the included washers. The Dagga features Chromag’s G3 axle system with a hardened, precision ground chromoly axle. A wide layout bearing/bushing combo and a double seal to keep contaminates out.
Profile // Concave Design, 14.3mm at platform center
Material // Alloy
Size // 120mm x 115mm
Pins // 24, Adjustable Height
Weight // 480g/Pair
Rider: Chris Kovarik
Video: @petrifilms
Photos: Rebecca Ritz
The Dagga is currently available in black at quality bike shops, with red, blue, silver and purple available in August.
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Though the forge tooling wont be cheap, near net forging will decrease machine time and waste so over 5-10 years or however long the product life-cycle is things will probably balance out a little.
You are right though, just how many well designed pedal bodies fail, its usually issues with the axle, bearings / bushings eventually giving up or them looking so bashed up / missing pins they get replaced.
Still, its a nice looking pedal, £120 ish or 200cad would put be off though.
Add to that the fact that aluminium extrusion is relatively cheap and already interesting for relatively small batches. I honestly doubt that the machine time on these pedals would be less than what is needed on a properly designed extruded-cnc'd pedal.
Either way you're correct that if the pedals last, they'll be well worth it over the cheapest pedals. But as mentioned, that is more related to the durability of bearings and the threads where the pins go than the grain structure of the platform.
Are Hope pedals from Al2014? I think that is a tougher alloy (more fatigue resistant) than 6061 if I recall correctly. The thing is, I don't think it can be extruded. So yeah, that's where Hope has an edge. It is not the machining by itself that makes the pedal stronger. It is that they can use a tougher alloy because they don't need a knead alloy that can be extruded.
Just look at pedals like burgtecs, cnc machined from 6061 and nobody ever bends the body itself, axles yes but not the body.
If the bearings / axles are up to the job I am sure these things will last years, as I say the Hope pedal certainly does, as does the burgtec.
As I say, cold forging has quite a few benefits aside from grain alignmen, it may help reduce manufacturing time and will certainly reduce waste.
I have stated the improvements in mechanical structure with regard to forging v extrusion, I dont think thats under question?
Yep, the Horizons are nice pedals, got some myself, bent the axles last year in the alps too.. I also have some burgtecs and think to severely dent or bend either pedal body you would probably write the axle, crank and your leg off in the process...
Would you like me to run into the workshop and grab a block of 6061 and mash at it for you on video to see if I can create an accumulative void that my bike will use to grab the passing terrain?
Would grain compaction not fall upon the collective of alignment?
Look, im not denying the obvious mechanical benefits of forging V extrusion, just pointing out that it may also be used here for other reasons, such as manufacturing benefits.
Are the pins not taller than these mountainous dings you create on your petals too?
Care to share some pictures of these ground grabbing pedals you have.
Funny shit.
No, that’s fine, you keep those pictures of ‘my mom’ all to yourself, why not hold onto another fantasy that exists only in your mind, eh?