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Cheap bikes are made with cheap parts. Plastic pedals are cheap to make. Better pedals are made out of metal. (Worth noting: better bicycles don't come with pedals at all. This way the rider can get the pedal system that works for the rider.)

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It's light enough, good enough and inexpensive enough.

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It's various types of thermoplastics.

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