When Chromag launched the Dagga pedal late in 2019, there was heaps of interest in the aggressive pins and large platform. Less obvious was the attention to Q-factor that engineer, Ben Arnott and owner, Ian Ritz focused on. The Dagga pedal and its wider stance were initiated by Kovarik’s odd testing methods with his chosen pedals at the time. Slotting as many washers as possible between your crank arm and pedal body isn’t something many consider, or that anyone would openly recommend. Chris’s desire for a wider stance is what set the direction for the new pedal.
The second desire Kovarik had for the new pedal was the long, aggressive pins everyone has taken note of. They’re prominent, for sure, but simply moving to a longer pin isn’t always beneficial. Chromag and Kovarik discovered this during development when trying a longer version of the pins found in Chromag’s Scarab and Contact pedals. That didn’t fly and left riders in the test group feeling elevated from their pedal, rather than glued down on it.
Eventually, Chromag engineer, Ben Arnott designed a custom pin to achieve their goals. As you can imagine, designing and developing a pin from scratch is no easy or cheap process.
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