Your skid plate is the single part of the bike taking direct hits from rocks, roots, logs, and stumps. The material determines four things you’ll notice on every ride: how much it weighs, how quietly it runs, how well it slides (rather than catches) on obstacles, and how it behaves after a hard impact – does it flex and recover, dent, or crack? There’s no single “best” material. A hard-enduro racer sliding over granite ledges wants something very different from a desert rider pounding whoops. Here’s how the three stack up.
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