I've avoided kicking the pegs as didn't want to bend them....
Maybe we should have mentioned that you are not meant to pretend to kick from outside the 50 but to kick to yourself.
BTW, if your pegs are stuck frozen, rather than trying to pull them out you tap them (with a rock or piece of wood or ice pick) downwards so that you break the bond .
Some time ago I mentioned how the same product can be almost universally praised in one forum and rubbished by the members of another one.
The Easton pegs are a good example of that.
Not long ago , I can't remember where, several were focusing on those tops coming off, yet recently in a UK forum this thread was started :
http://www.trek-lite.com/index.php?thre ... akes.2074/same pegs, just a different take on them.