or something that helps them to be better?
Views on this from folks who know more about engineering and physics than me?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lightweight- ... 2819099385
If you scroll down there is a link to a youtube vid shot I think in a Lancashire field.
A better tentpeg?
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NATURAL ANKLING
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Re: A better tentpeg?
Hi,
I'm not sure this is simply just a trick.
Even if there is a small advantage, the wildly varying conditions every time you pitch mean any gain will simply be lost Especially on soft ground.
In my opinion it's more to do with technique and long enough pegs for the conditions.
One obvious fault with the diagram is that you should always have the guyline less than 90° to the angle of the peg.
If that condition is not met Then there is a force attempting to pull the peg out!
I'm not sure this is simply just a trick.
Even if there is a small advantage, the wildly varying conditions every time you pitch mean any gain will simply be lost Especially on soft ground.
In my opinion it's more to do with technique and long enough pegs for the conditions.
One obvious fault with the diagram is that you should always have the guyline less than 90° to the angle of the peg.
If that condition is not met Then there is a force attempting to pull the peg out!
NA Thinks Just End 2 End Return + Bivvy - Some day Soon I hope
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You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill
Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.
Re: A better tentpeg?
Push the peg in further until the top is level with where the guy emerges under the round wotsit and you have exactly the same effect...plus more peg in the ground!
It looks to me like pseudo-science - the same as cranks with 90 degree bends in them.
https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files ... k=w_Vbrjxy
However I do agree that it improves those DREADFUL cheap steel pegs with a single bend in them that nearly always rotate under load and spit out the guy. But the solution for those is a proper peg with a question mark-shaped top.
It looks to me like pseudo-science - the same as cranks with 90 degree bends in them.
https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files ... k=w_Vbrjxy
However I do agree that it improves those DREADFUL cheap steel pegs with a single bend in them that nearly always rotate under load and spit out the guy. But the solution for those is a proper peg with a question mark-shaped top.
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Tigerbiten
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Re: A better tentpeg?
The only real advantage I can see is they mark the ends of your pegs.
So the pegs are more visible.
So less pegs get pulled out by people falling over your guys.
A win .......
So the pegs are more visible.
So less pegs get pulled out by people falling over your guys.
A win .......
Re: A better tentpeg?
hamster wrote:It looks to me like pseudo-science - the same as cranks with 90 degree bends in them.
yup. good comparison!