Light flat pedals - any HT pedal experts? other suggestions?
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i have one of their slalom frames in a box in my atticsmart people, just one more reason I keep coming back here. should I see if my neighbor wants me to sell his new mailbox as well?
They are great and super light. Hold up surprising well if you don't ride rocky trails. For now mine are on the pumptrack bike as I have a hard time tracking down the spikier replacement pins in Yurp.
A friend of mine just got the plastic ones too and he is already complaining about the snapped pins.
I wanted to buy the Oneup pedals, very light and wide, but since I'm a stingy fucker I went with these at the end https://www.steeleindustries.co.uk/collections/components/products/po30-platform-pedal. at 400gr they are not light but not heavy, I like the grip but can't comment on durability yet
not great. (I have two sets). 1 bent axle. 2 knackered bearings after minimal use.
Do yourself a favour and remove the axle, lift the bearing seal and put more grease in there. it's a 5 min job. unlike removing that bearing when it seizes or colapses.
found a link on how to eliminate play in race face atlas pedals with a few seconds of filing...worked like a charm. they are now right up there with my kona wah wahs in terms of my approval. grip is great and they’ve shrugged off a number of strikes as i’ve acclimated to the 13” bottom bracket of my 2650bromad on east coast rox.
yup been riding the plastic version since the came out , big improvement over the old version . I see they have an aluminum model now
Hugely impressed with mine. My local terrain is admittedly not super rocky, so huge smashes are a less regular occurrence for me, but it's wet and hard on bearings here, which is a big selling point for them. Grip and feel are also stellar. Proper concave and thin at the same time. I'm sold.
I'll soon have an excuse to buy the new plastic OneUp thennot great. (I have two sets). 1 bent axle. 2 knackered bearings after minimal use.
Do yourself a favour and remove the axle, lift the bearing seal and put more grease in there. it's a 5 min job. unlike removing that bearing when it seizes or colapses.
Been running Gamut Podium pedals (updated Point1s) for about 2 years now. Solid pedal: cromo axle, forged body, pins are easy enough to replace. Recommended.
Are you stuck using Gamut's pins when you need a replacement, or does anything else fit?
So I've only had to replace one or two pins and I just used the spare pins that came with the pedals. Not sure about other pins fitting. They sell stainless steel pins if you're looking for something a bit more solid. http://www.gamutusa.com/podium-pedal-pins/
Did you ever run Easton Flatboys? I had the good fortune to pick those as my first good set of flat pedals and they lasted years without a whimper. When I finally ripped out too many pins, I finally conceded and tried Saints (bent axle), Nukeproofs (bent axles), Spanks (bent axle, collapsed bearings) and now finally DMR Vaults (good luck so far). Granted the Flatboys weigh a ton, but geez either mine were crazy strong or I just had good luck.I bend axles on EVERY pedal
DMR Vaults are a solid pedal (run them on my DJ bike) but there are lighter, thinner pedals that have good reliability out there these days. Don't think DMR have really caught up with some of the other pedal companies.
I like my pedals like my earth, flat, so I run the Nukeproof Horizons.
I am thinking of going to the Boomslang as I stuffed up the geo when I ordered my frame and now have a 310mm BB height. I moved to a 165mm crank with a narrow 163mm Q factor but a couple of mm more clearance would be good.
I am thinking of going to the Boomslang as I stuffed up the geo when I ordered my frame and now have a 310mm BB height. I moved to a 165mm crank with a narrow 163mm Q factor but a couple of mm more clearance would be good.
To be fair. I used to bend and snap cranks (pre-Saint) so I'm not too fussed about a cheap and easily replaced pedal axle going first. Bit like a replacable gear hanger on a nice frame
.Nah. I never used those. Friends did. and loved them. Or was that Cully's? Hmm... err.. nah.. too many bangs to the head to retrieve.
Luck definitely comes into it though. I've bent an axle on a set of Nanos/Nukeproofs just doing a bunnyhop 180 while other sets of the same pedal have lasted full seasons and proper gnarly crashes/cases n shit fine.
Can confirm - have even been holding up pretty well to really rocky trails. Do need to regularly replace outside pins because I'm a hack.
I just got a pair of the OneUp pedals to try.
OneUp are thin and light and offer up no noticeable flex, and are a larger platform than a pair of Straitline pedals. Pins are very grippy. I haven't enough time on these to tell if they'll last but so far so good.
OneUp are thin and light and offer up no noticeable flex, and are a larger platform than a pair of Straitline pedals. Pins are very grippy. I haven't enough time on these to tell if they'll last but so far so good.
It might be fine for a smooth bike park but I couldn't even pedal in corners with 175mm Zee cranks.
It's a hardtail though, right? Not really very low if that's the case. My 165/170mm bike has a 311mm BB height and it's crazy low at sag. I run 170mm cranks though and no issues.
Probably is. plenty manufacturers geometry charts are well out IME.
A good few of my bikes are lower than stated BB heights. Also as I pretty much always run old skool 2.35 rear tyres and never go above a 2.5 up front they'd be lower anyway.
The misinformation is not just down to tyres though. The bike I bought a week ago was stated as -10mm BB drop. it's more like -16mm. I was pleasantly surprised by this. Surely they have access to measuring devices but I suppose manufacturers might be put off printing properly low BB heights. The current long low slack trail/Enduro bike marketting bandwaggon every manufacturer has jumped on recently there aren't really many properly low bikes. mainly just longer ones.
A good few of my bikes are lower than stated BB heights. Also as I pretty much always run old skool 2.35 rear tyres and never go above a 2.5 up front they'd be lower anyway.
The misinformation is not just down to tyres though. The bike I bought a week ago was stated as -10mm BB drop. it's more like -16mm. I was pleasantly surprised by this. Surely they have access to measuring devices but I suppose manufacturers might be put off printing properly low BB heights. The current long low slack trail/Enduro bike marketting bandwaggon every manufacturer has jumped on recently there aren't really many properly low bikes. mainly just longer ones.
I wouldn't say DMR hasn't caught up with other pedal companies. DMR was ahead of the game with platform size. Vaults were big when most flat pedals were under 100mmx100mm. They also didn't follow the thiner at all cost philosophy. It would be tough to make the vault any thiner and preserve the shape (concavity) that makes them work so well. It would be tough to make them lighter without compromising the platform size. The vault has remained unchanged because it's pretty dialed. It's one of those rare examples of a design that works and doesn't change just to follow trends. Vaults are the DHF of pedals.
My only issues with them are the bushings develop play fast. Not a big deal considering the outer bearing lasts. I also bang them often, but that's the trade off for deep concavity and a large platform.
Isn‘t Olly Wilkins responsible in some way for their products? I mean that guy obviously knows what works and what doesn‘t.
I love Gamut’s as well. No issues for two years and still going strong.
Slightly OT, but I need to purchase 8-10 pairs of cheap, alloy, flat pedals for a rental fleet. Any thoughts in the $16-$21.00 range? (wholesale)
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These belong in the 'This Is What's Wrong With The Industry' thread, but they also belong here?
($500)
http://www.vpcomponents.com/product/blade/
($500)
http://www.vpcomponents.com/product/blade/
I also have over a year on a pair of Gamut Podiums.
Would bang again.
Between the Podiums and the Ti axle Spank Spikes - I'm set for pedals.
i think i speak for @jonKranked, and probably everyone else, when i say...KILL LIST
looks like some hipster shit that fucker at the radavist would plug
Which one has a bigger contact area inside the pinned perimeter?
Good to hear the podium has held up, have you wiped out many alloy pins?
Suspect I'd have to switch them out for the stainless personally, should be standard inclusion.
I'm on the Spank Oozy with Ti axles now, very happy.
Retired the Spikes (from 2013 when I started this thread) still functioning.
I did bend one axle in 5 years, and used one new igus bushing kit on them. No complaints.
EDIT -
Now I remember why I didn't get the Podium2, Acadian snapped a body!
Apparently they're in their 3rd gen now though and have forged bodies, sounds sorted.
Stainless pins add 20g which means ~20g heavier than my Oozy/Ti/Stainless combo though, guess I'm sticking with em.
I guess so. But considering they're for "urban" biking that's pretty much the default.
Yeah it is, I tried my last one with 26" wheels and it was 300mm and was absolutely useless for XC, with 650b wheels it was good. The new one is about a 1265mm wheelbase with a long back end and to me a 310mm BB is too low, with 175mm cranks the pedals would contact the ground on seated turns, it was also useless in ruts and sticks seemed to make their way through the pedal bodies every now and then which was not an issue I had ever really had before, Boomslangs should deflect more sticks, hahaha!
I am not saying you guys are wrong, my old DH bike was 325mm but it doesn't suit my current bike. I looked at the Syntace pedals but the bearing bulge is too big and they are a touch thicker than the Spesh pedals.
Another vote for the Podiums here. Best flats I've used over several decades of experience with most of the available brands. Occasional pin replacement is needed.