I mean they stay horizontal if you put them "down", but if you knock them up with your foot do they stay up? This lass has to clamber up into a wheelchair, so needs two levels of footpeg. These are for a folding chair so they need to fold up and stay there, but when she's inthe chair and needs to get down, they need to be flat. "springing" into position would be better than "by friction". @Fleck - can you guide me to the sort you mean? There are loads cheap on ebay but where I can tell, they spring one way only. They don't always make it easy to tell. Cost isn't likely to be a factor. Wheelchairs ar darned expensive - this one's about £3000. And you have to push it! This sort would do but they spring out only: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycle-Folding-Foot-Pegs-Rear-Pedals-Footpegs-Aluminum-Billet-Universal-8MM/233466013657?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Dbda145935b904505a4459e8c7b1a8884%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D264249426333%26itm%3D233466013657%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851