Which Lightweight pegs ????

[Slacker]

So I have got to the point where I can't leave any more stuff out of my bikepacking gear to lighten my load.
For quite a few WRT's and the like I have decided that the best form of weight saving is not to take as much kit.
ie why take 3 days food when you will pass many many shops on your way.
So my tent pegs feel a bit lardy. So whats light and cheap .
Oh I am using some karrimor ali ones at the moment 13 grams each and £2.99 for six .
Can I go lower for sensible money ????

[Bearbonesnorm]

Alpkit Ti pins are half the weight @ 6.5g each and not stupidly small (165mm x 3mm) ... £15 for 10.

https://www.alpkit.com/products/tipins

[Cheeky Monkey]

... or use sticks, then nothing to carry. Works surprisingly often and well when hanging (i.e. in the woods). Not sure I'd always rely on it to bivi.

[johnnystorm]

I decided to go for these:
https://www.alpkit.com/products/y-beams-xl

I only need 6 for my tarp so and at 17gms each I get a secure peg that I can be pretty clumsy with and get away with it.

Used recently in longer grass being bright red with red pull cords meant I'm less likely to lose them.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Can I go lower for sensible money ????

If you listen to Nigel you can go 4g heavier and it'll only cost £5.50 ... a total gain of 24g

[99percentchimp]

Alpkit Tikes for me - carry 8 (of the 10 in the pack) for the tarp tent - good holding in everything including very sandy soils..
• Weight per peg: 12 g
• Tikes are 16 cm long, and 14 mm wide.
• Pack size: 10
• Titanium
£17.00 for a pack

[AlasdairMc]

I've got the Terra Nova candy cane ones with my Laser Comp, and have had no problems whatsoever with them. The ones with the yellow plastic on the crook of them - unsure of the weight.

However, if you're looking to go light on short events, ditch the tarp altogether and go with a pure bivi. I'm toying with this for all my riding as one night in the rain isn't the end of the world.

[benp1]

Pegs are the one of the areas that I find saving weight can lead to a negative impact in actual use

The lightest pegs, like Ti skewers, don't hold anything well when the ground is vaguely soft. I sometimes use them for ancillary points, but anything taking a proper load is done with something like an Alpkit Y stake. They're not light per se, but they certainly aren't heavy, but they're great value and work incredibly well.

Ti versions or ones that are similar cost quite a bit more and save relatively little weight overall.

Mind you, I bent one of my Y stakes trying to dig a cat hole on the WRT. I've already picked up an MSR blizzard peg for next time but I suspect that a Ti version would have been stronger...

[slarge]

Also you don't need all the pegs to be the same. You can use the strong v shape ones for the high stress points and the ti wire ones for the low stress points. And don't use all the pegging points.

[Slacker]

lots of sensible stuff here, thanks guys.
As many of you have said I am not going to save much weight at all.
My 8 karrimor v pegs come in at 104g , so even if I go with Stuarts suggestion that will only save 52g . So not really much at all.
Maybe look for other things to lighten up on.
Maybe my Tesco sleeping bag ???

Thanks all

[johnnystorm]

Can I go lower for sensible money ????

If you listen to Nigel you can go 4g heavier and it'll only cost £5.50 ... a total gain of 24g

I guess I was saying the weight loss is negligible but functionality loss is huge. Or something.