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New pedals to replace Straitlines?

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Alex.

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Aug 17, 2008
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Howdy monkeys.

My housemate has just bent another axle on the Straitline pedals after a weekends racing, and hes looking for new ones(pedals that is, not axles).

Have you any recommendations? I did a search but i couldn't really find anything that put one particular set above the straitlines.

Ive looked around myself but most of the pedals i find are getting thinner and lighter and i dont think thats going to agree with my housemates riding style.

Thanks
 
Sandwich

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if he's really burly, consider BMX pedals. Most mountain bike stuff is decidedly lighter weight/strength. BMX used to be hucky styles and only now are they lightening up. A-frames would be a good bet, avoid any lo-pro, atomlab, easton, or other MTB specific joint.
 
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Alex.

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I thought about that Sandwich but the things that my mate likes about the pedal are the big platform and the massive pins for loads of grip. The bmx pins wont provide enough grip....although i suppose he could always get bigger pins.
 
al-irl

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the straightlines are fairly tough. I presume he destroyed the pedal in Cloon today. I don't think there is too many pedals which wouldn't have ended up breaking up there. Some of those rocks can be pretty unforgiving. Id personally prefare my pedal to take the hit than end up bending my cranks in a hard hit. The energy from the impact has to go somewhere.
 
spocomptonrider

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FullMonty said:
Kona Wah-Wahs? thin, grippy, not stupidly light. pretty cheap as well.
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+1 Deity Decoy may be a good option as well, pretty similar to the Kona Wah-Wah (in fact I think they are made at the same factory) I've smashed them into many a solid object and barely scratched them, it took one hell of a hit just to lose a pin. I'm a fan.
 
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Alex.

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al-irl said:
I presume he destroyed the pedal in Cloon today. I don't think there is too many pedals which wouldn't have ended up breaking up there.
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Yeah, he did. As far as im aware he wrapped himself around a tree at the same time.:rofl:

Thanks for the help lads, its been really useful:thumb:
 
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FullMonty

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spocomptonrider said:
+1 Deity Decoy may be a good option as well, pretty similar to the Kona Wah-Wah (in fact I think they are made at the same factory) I've smashed them into many a solid object and barely scratched them, it took one hell of a hit just to lose a pin. I'm a fan.
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I like the fact that the pins on the wah-wahs screw in from behind, so if you break one off, you just back it out and install a fresh one.
 
norbar

norbar

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Just buy something from ht pedals offer (or vp for that matter). You don't pay for the brand (be it kona, diety, nukeproof, superstar or whatever you like) and you still get the same cheep reliable pedal.
 
gemini2k

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al-irl said:
Id personally prefare my pedal to take the hit than end up bending my cranks in a hard hit. The energy from the impact has to go somewhere.
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Bingo!

Pedals are cheaper than cranks or feet/femurs! There are some things that are or should be designed to bend at some point, bars, cranks, pedals, etc. You might wanna keep with the straitlines. Those things are pretty f-ing tough anyways. I love the wide platform (and pink anno) personally. Just wish they were as thin as those canfields.
 
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Tayrob

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Do they happen to be an older set of Straitlines?
I bent the spindle on a set of some of the first Straitlines and they told me to send both of the pedals back and they rebuilt both of them with newer,updated stronger spindles for free.
 
jonKranked

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Sandwich said:
if he's really burly, consider BMX pedals. Most mountain bike stuff is decidedly lighter weight/strength. BMX used to be hucky styles and only now are they lightening up.
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They are lightening up to a crazy degree! Plastic pedals are starting to become the commonplace in bmx. Light and cheap. Seriously, they're mad cheap. Most expensive ones are whatever limited edition ones Odyssey has out - around $19, they did some cool color change ones, and some glow in the dark ones too. Most plastic pedals around $14-16. Molded in pins, and the pedals are basically just clones of a metal counterpart.
 
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FullMonty

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jonKranked said:
They are lightening up to a crazy degree! Plastic pedals are starting to become the commonplace in bmx. Light and cheap. Seriously, they're mad cheap. Most expensive ones are whatever limited edition ones Odyssey has out - around $19, they did some cool color change ones, and some glow in the dark ones too. Most plastic pedals around $14-16. Molded in pins, and the pedals are basically just clones of a metal counterpart.
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meh... the plastic pedals aren't even all that light compared to a magnesium body.
 
norbar

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iandude94 said:
But there 3/4th the price.
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I don't know what's more wrong, the grammar or the maths...



As for pedals you can kill everything and yeah bmx stuff goes into lightweight but still a big % of the companies test if their new lightweight stuff by trial and error which often makes you to be the one testing them. What now happens in the bmx scene scares the crap out of me. Twice the lightweight craze, half the science behind it.
 
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