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Submitted by
jamie_a4
a Downhiller
from Where, everi, am
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Come On? | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyond Bikes | | Strengths: | Lots of ground clearance. Smooth feel. Extremely durable cages and pins. Tons of grip. Fantastic customer support (someone actually answers the phone and says hello... I love it.) | | Weaknesses: | Needs regular maintenance. Needs replacement parts but they are free from Atomlab. | | Similar Products Used: | Eastons and Well Go. Eastons explode often. | | Bike Setup: | I go everywhere, long cross country, rocky, technical single track, long climbs and lift serviced downhill. | | Bottom Line: | If you like to put a great piece of gear on your bike, that works well and will be there for a long time these are your platforms. That said, you need to maintain these well and keep them greased, particularly if you are riding in the wet and mud.
If you like to get a low price product that works adequately, that you put on your bike and forget about until it breaks, this is not your pedal.
I can't emphasize enough how well the pins and cages hold up to abuse. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter
a Downhiller
from Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt Stromlo | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$103.00 | | Purchased At: | ForTheRiders.com | | Strengths: | Excellent grip! Looks superb, and quite different from the normal stock of flat pedals. | | Weaknesses: | The retaining circlip design, bad idea. Have had that go twice on me.
Doesn't like to get wet, as it tends to bind up if you do.
Stock O-Rings seem to be made from bits of 40A High Roller- they wear fast! | | Similar Products Used: | Primo Super Tenderisers, BBB Butterflies, Funn SolJam, BiLt Flatties. | | Bike Setup: | 08 STP0- Argle 318s, Juicy 3s on 6 inch rotors, X7 Running gear, E-13 SRS, and Sun Rhyno Lites laced to a Deore rear hub and Formula front hub. | | Bottom Line: | Great pedals while they work, but the design will let you down in the long run. I'd look elsewhere. I've re-fitted my old PrImos, and I'll be hunting for something more durable. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Calera, AL USA
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyond Bikes | | Strengths: | Big wide platform but thin. Extreme grip with these pedals! You can really put maximum pedal effort to the ground with these. Great looks. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Piranha stock except for these pedals.
Got a Yeti ASX ordered along with another set of these pedals for that bike. | | Bottom Line: | These pedals are worth every penny. I haven't had any problems yet with O-rings or play that others have mentioned. I weigh 215 lbs with gear and ride rough all mountain terrain. I only have 150 trail miles on these pedals, but don't anticipate any problems. Just periodic maintenance I believe will keep these pedals in shape.
These are strong, stiff pedals and I could immediately feel that more power was going to the rear wheel.
Thanks Atomlab! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Larry
a Weekend Warrior
from Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Looks nice right out of the box, appears well constructed. | | Weaknesses: | Retainer system relies in a circlip, and uses o-rings which are fully exposed to the elemants (dirt) which leads to failure. | | Bike Setup: | Manitiou FS | | Bottom Line: | For the money, seek another pedal unless they re-engineer the axle (sealed bearings), which one would expect for the price of these pedals. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Cross Country Rider
from NZ
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | 120 | | Strengths: | Grippy, easy to work on. | | Weaknesses: | Retaining pin- came off twice | | Similar Products Used: | V8, shimano Dx | | Bike Setup: | Giant reign, van 36s | | Bottom Line: | Great pedals while they worked, but the retaining pin holding the platform on the spindle came off twice while riding-meant grovelling around in the dirt looking for small parts then finishing my ride with the aid of zipties & ductape.
Great customer service however, they are replacing them with trailkings (which apparently have a locknut)
I was also told that the aircorps are changing to a locknut, so if you get a pair once this is done then they should be great pedals (as grippy as a grippy thing) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blair
a Downhiller
from Banff Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Harper (Kamloops), Mount 7 (Golden) | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Atomlab Webstore | | Strengths: | These pedals have amazing grip, and feel awesome with how much surface area there is and how thin they are. The use of bottom loading pins on the outside was a smart move as they don't shear out as easy when you hit them, I also like how the inboard top loading pins are a different size so you get more concave. With 2 years riding on these I have smashed them hard into tons of rock... like ridiculously hurts my foot hard and nothing has happened to the product. No pins missing yet though two on each pedal are getting loose (after having been mashed into nubs). They're also really easy to rebuild, it only takes about 5 minutes for each one. | | Weaknesses: | Develope play quickly since the stock o-rings wear out quickly. A few cents spent at the hardware store on new rings made that better but they seem to always have play. | | Similar Products Used: | DMR V12, cheap Welgo, some other no-name cheap pedals | | Bike Setup: | Commencal VIP Supreme 6, similar to the team replica but better. | | Bottom Line: | I wasn't sure I wanted to spend the money on expensive pedals when I got these but after riding them the way I have been I'm glad I coughed up the extra money. These are one of those parts that so far I can just trust they're going to hold in to whatever I hit. Even though I can't get them through the shop I work at I'd still pay full pop for them instead of cost on something else. People seem to have a huge problem with the play but I can't say that it bothers me at all. I don't notice it while riding so really I'm happy to have bushing play and not siezed bearings.
With only maybe 2 months on my DMR V12's that I have on my other bike the bearings have already started to die and pins have fallen out.
Go Atomlab. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bobby Jim
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Mailboxes when built up | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Veloswap @ sanfrancisco | | Strengths: | everything. Its insanely easy to rebuild, super strong, bearings are completely perfect and havent worn in the 2 years i've had mine. And I have no idea how the hell you made the axle snap... its like solid steal 15mm thick | | Weaknesses: | Nothing. Nada. | | Similar Products Used: | CrankBros 50/50XX but i like atom lab more | | Bike Setup: | 03 Bighit Comp with z150 fr sl > that fork pwns
| | Bottom Line: | buy them if you find some for cheap.
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Submitted by
Cory
a Weekend Warrior
from Paducah, KY
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Shawnee | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Surgeon | | Strengths: | Awesome grip, clever design, great idea with the bushings to eliminate bearing failure. | | Weaknesses: | The exposed O-rings. Missing pins right out of the box, they didn't include all of them. | | Similar Products Used: | Haro smallblock, Kona's. | | Bike Setup: | Heckler, Nixon, Thomson stuff, downhill'ish setup. | | Bottom Line: | I destroyed both exposed pre-load O-rings with one ride, less than 10 miles on these things and I have to tear them apart and make a trip to the hardware store. The grip is incredible, they feel very natural, but now one pedal is nearly locked up and one is loose from side to side and spins freely. They'd be great for racing but I'm concerned about using them on nasty trails, which is what I bought them for since I thought they'd be great due to eliminating the possibility of bearing failure. If you get these, go ahead and pick up a whole bag of O-rings and make sure you grease them really good when you install them. The trailking's have this same exposed o-ring system so I don't think they'd be any better. To be fair, I think other manufacturer's do the same thing, maybe the Easton Cully's, but I'm not sure if it's as exposed. All I know is that apparently it's extremely easy to chew these things up. I've had multiple sets of $20 Kona pedals and they were way more reliable than these apparently will be. If they were shipped without grease and I was supposed to grease them then I guess it's my fault, but when a product is supposed to be greased and it arrives at my door with no instructions and already assembled, I assume it comes from the factory already greased and ready to ride. Their website acts like it shouldn't matter much anyway. Anyway, I love the way the pedals feel but the O-ring situation is going to be a major PITA.
P.S. I submitted a similar review yesterday but it wasn't added, sorry if this turns into a near duplicate post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
micha
a Weekend Warrior
from helsinki
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | nuuksio | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | nice grip, great look | | Weaknesses: | no axle tightening in '05 model | | Similar Products Used: | Trailking, Azonics, Shimano DX | | Bike Setup: | Turner 5Spot, Marzocchi Z1 fr2, Crossmax XL Disc, Hope M4, Raceface Atlas, full SRam 9.0, Thomson stem&seatpost, FSA Orbit Xtreme Pro, SDG Satellite... | | Bottom Line: | I rode my first Aircorps' less than 70 miles and both axels loosened up resulting with numb pedals. I found only a rivet(?) at the axels end so it couldn't be tightened, not what I read at the manufacturer's site. I went to my local, and they gave me a new pair. Same issue, I rode once to work after which they started loosening. Having brought the 3rd pair home I didn't even have to ride them and the axle was loose. Got a pair of Trailkings and their bolts screwed out of figure by the time (<50 miles) I had to try to tighten them. 2 chili's for the looks... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
anthony
a Downhiller
from london
Date Reviewed: May 20, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike shop | | Strengths: | good level of grip, wide platform, light (like other cheaper pedals on the market) | | Weaknesses: | crap crap bearings have had them replaced 3 times!! | | Similar Products Used: | DMR V8's much tougher and cheaper | | Bike Setup: | DH | | Bottom Line: | buy another set of platform pedals, unless u can afford to replace the pedals every 4 months and waste valuable time that could be spent riding, they sux! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike finley
a Downhiller
from bellevegas il
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | chubb | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | t.c. | | Strengths: | Grippy extremely strong spindle
| | Weaknesses: | The crap sh*t bearings | | Similar Products Used: | Kona jack sh*ts & SNAFU | | Bike Setup: | 03 KONA SCAB with a DJ1,RaceFace Signature DH bb,mammoth fat rims Race Face DH Crank | | Bottom Line: | I am a very small guy i only weigh about 135lbs and i killed the bearings turning it in to metal shavings in about 2 months. Atomlab sent me new bearings and I killed them in about 3 months. So I tried to kill them with no bearings and cant break um. Even my 340lbs buddy could not break um. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Downhiller
from Hollywood
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | kenter | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | wheelworld | | Strengths: | Replacable parts | | Weaknesses: | you can not get the parts from atomlab | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano DX, sun, | | Bike Setup: | P1, hays hidro, xt 9spd, mrp, sun suv, Dj3, answer bar, pig HS, stock stem crank, thompson post, marzocchi saddle Maxxis | | Bottom Line: | I liked the product but need replacement parts and can not get atomlab to send them, retun a phone call, return e-mail or ship anything I ordered on their web. This did not stop them crom charging me. This has been going on for about two years. I am taking them to small clams court to get my money back, just on principle. I will report back after 11/14/04. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara, CA
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Strengths: | Amazing grip, low profile, great stability. | | Weaknesses: | Highly unreliable bearing/bushing system. If I'm gonna pay $90 for a pair of pedals, they should come with full sealed bearings, not cheap-ass bushings. They develop play very quickly and Atomlab has horrible customer service. | | Similar Products Used: | Kore platforms, Easton Cully | | Bottom Line: | Almost a good product, except that the bearings suck. Although the grip is excellent, the reliability is horrible, as is the company's customer service. I'd buy a different pair of pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stupordave
a Downhiller
from NC
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS in WV | | Strengths: | Super grip, second to none...fairly light...thin profile...pins stay in | | Weaknesses: | Cartridge bearings. I've replaced mine twice. Fairly easy to do. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Jack*hit, numerous SPD pedals, Azonic A-frames, TrailKings, etc. | | Bike Setup: | Foes Fly | | Bottom Line: | Great pedals if you don't mind a bit of maintenance. I trashed the first set of bearings in a few months and contacted Atom Labs and they sent me a few sets of bearings for free. It's been 7 months since I replaced them the last time and I've had no issues. Maybe they had a few bad batches of bearings. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Weekend Warrior
from Lynnfield
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$109.00 | | Purchased At: | Northeast Bikes Saugus Ma | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | The bearings and seals turned to metal shavings. I don't mind the price if they were as rebuildable as they say. NE Bikes has been telling me to check back next week for 3 months now | | Similar Products Used: | zuzu's, snafu's, wam flats, kona jacks**t deelux(nice) | | Bike Setup: | 03 RM7 with super T pro from JRA cycles sweet ride and good service | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy these. Don't buy anything from Northeast Bikes in Saugus Ma. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
charlie
a Downhiller
from portland oregon
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | The field Dj's | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$93.00 | | Purchased At: | universal cycles | | Strengths: | Crazy grippy, good bearings, really thin, inspire confidence
Bearings feel new. GREAT shape | | Weaknesses: | do a number on open shins, expensive, pins fall out | | Similar Products Used: | Oddysey southgates, primo, easton | | Bike Setup: | Planet X bommer, DJ3, trailpimps, X-drives, mrp, atomic lab stem, pedals, wheels | | Bottom Line: | Basically, these are the best pedals I've ever owned. They are so grippy that they almost don't work for dirt jumping, because it's hard to move feet around. They have a killer platform, just the right size, and with just the right dip in the middle. My bike felt strange at first, going from Primos to these, as the pedal is much, much shorter. The oonly problem is that, as with all removable stud pedals, they have a tendency to loosen and fall out. I lost 9 in the first week. So, I bought another pair of replacement studs, and as the old come out, I put a new one in with red locktight, and I haven't lost another one yet. And even though they are ridiculously expensive, they are the LAST pedals you'll ever buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kat
a
from New York
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Any W/O Poison Ivy | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Webcyclery | | Strengths: | Nice big, fat pedals that are easy to find in case your foot gets knocked off by that damn rock after the first turn. | | Weaknesses: | A little hard on the shins and ankles, but I have yet to find a durable pedal made of a pillow-like material.
I got mine in black and they are already looking scraped up after three months. | | Similar Products Used: | The poop pedals Specialized put on the Hardrock Comp and the Enduro. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro, switched to the Atomic Pedals and WTB DH Seat. | | Bottom Line: | The Enduro rides kind of low, so I needed a good, solid pedal and this is IT! They can take a beating and look great. Worth every penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay McCauley
a Weekend Warrior
from Plattsburgh NY USA
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Trail...or as my boys say "The Holy Trail" | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Purchased At: | speedgoat | | Strengths: | A strong reliable pedal. Low profile so doesnt get int he way when riding woods and railing turns. I ride three or four times a week, 7-8 months of the year, technical singletrack, and lots of jump/terrain park time. | | Weaknesses: | Distributers for the replacement parts can't get the parts, or have long lead time based on my recent experience.
Mike At Atomic deserves huge props...when he found about about my difficulty getting parts, he immediatey got me the stuff I needed! That is great support!! Im sure Atomic will get the distributership issue straightened out. These pedals are not cheap..but you get what you pay for..solid performance and durability. | | Similar Products Used: | Primo flats, Kona Jacks**t. I like the lower profile of the Aircorps. I feel I have more control and better clearance with these pedals | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Bullit, Super T, Raceface NS crank with BB(dual ring with CORERAT bashguard), Hayes, XTR, Atomic Trail pimp rim/hubs with WTB skins.... | | Bottom Line: | The pedals are great...lasted two years of hard riding before needing a rebuild. With the support Mike at Atomic gave me in getting replacement parts, its a cinch I would would buy Atomic again.
PS: The Atomic Trailpimp rims are as bombproof as you get.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CHARLES SAVOIE LE BLANC
a Weekend Warrior
from ST-HUBERT,QUÉBEC,CANADA
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | BASE DE PLEIN AIR (LONGEUIL) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Purchased At: | ANDRÉ PRIMEAU VÉLOS INC. | | Strengths: | THIS PEDALS IS THE BEST PEDALS YOU COULD HAVE. IT REALLY GRIP. I JUMP STEPS AND A LOT OF DOWNHILL BUT MORE URBAIN AND I NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND. PLUS YOU COULD REPLACE ALL THE GRIP | | Weaknesses: | NONE SINE I HAVE THEM | | Similar Products Used: | NONE USEFULL LIKE THAT | | Bike Setup: | BALFA 2STEP 2001, SHIMANO AIRLINES REAR DERAILLEUR, FOX VANILLA 125RLC, AZONIC SHORTY DELUXE STEM, HUGI FR HUBS, MRP SLALOM CHAINGUIDE 36T, ATOLAB AIRCORP PEDALS, PLANET-X SEAT, RACE FACE XY SEATPOST,RACE FACE THERMO SP HEADSET, BB EVOVLE DH, RACE FACE | | Bottom Line: | MAYBE THE REST OF THE BIKE HELP BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST SET OF PEDALS EVER MADE
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Submitted by
TC
a Weekend Warrior
from Washington State
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$93.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | Awesome grip and feel, like glue on your shoe, nice low profile | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Specialized Enduro Pro | | Bottom Line: | I've given up on the clipless pedals. I hate them. I'm tired of not being able to unclip when I need to and/or unclipping when I don't want to. I've been through the Times and Shimano. These pedals remind me of my good 'ol BMX days. :-) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sam
a Racer
from uk
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | frame works | | Strengths: | very thin, lots of replaceable pins, morre exposed pins bolt up through the pedal so they cant be ripped out , thiness mean feet are very close to the pedal axle , nice concave parrellogram design. | | Weaknesses: | Lhs axle snapped after 2 weeks.
The uk distributor.
a little pricey. | | Similar Products Used: | dmr v12, dmr v8, woodmans, beartraps, azonics , 24/7. | | Bike Setup: | tomac | | Bottom Line: | lovely pedals really close feeling. obscene amounts of grip.
only they need to beef up the axles and get a new distributor in the uk.
when my axle snapped i sent them back to two wheel trading and was lied to the repeatedly for nearly two months. I was told all kinds of things ranging from "we never recieved them" to " your new ones are siting here in front of me" and "i'll despatch them after this call ends" finally when i threatened them with trading standards , they sent me some new ones.
however i'd still go through all that hassle if they break again because they are without doubt the best feeling pedals i've ever ridden | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston
Date Reviewed: October 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Strengths: | This is my initial review. Pedals are sweet. Grippy as hell, nice little inversion seats shoes into pedals. 12 pins per side. Feels bulletproof and are totally rebuildable. Does not spin at all when not on pedals. | | Weaknesses: | None so far, I foresee the usual trouble getting inner pins totally out for replacement as they are not threaded all the way through, but thats a tiny tiny thing. Oh yeah, $$ is steep but worth it. | | Similar Products Used: | None like this, typical flats, clipless. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Enduro Pro frameset, fsa v-drive extreme crans, e13 dual ring security guide, fox vanilla 125 rlc fork, king hubs,headset, avids, xt drivetrain etc. Custom build on the enduro frame. | | Bottom Line: | Sweet pedals. Get a pair of sticky gummy shoes and you can almost lift the pedal up with your foot, theyre that grippy. They feel stable and great for anything I have thrown at them thus far. Took a pedal hit at about 30 mph and had zero damage other than a surface scratch. I will update the review after some time goes by, but so far these things are awesome! You get what you pay for! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris gray
a
from uk
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | big grippy platform | | Weaknesses: | my axle snapped and the price | | Similar Products Used: | trailkings same grip but alot stronger only problem with them is that i think they weigh more but who cares | | Bike Setup: | 24le toy3 Z1mcr bombers profiles biguns on sun rims and xt and the rest is mostly bmx stuff | | Bottom Line: | great fr people wh dont do big drops onto flat. only 3 chilies cos mine broke | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
darcy
a Weekend Warrior
from edmonton, canada
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$53.00 | | Purchased At: | sorry, can't say.. :) | | Strengths: | -durable
-holy f'ing grip batman!!
-large footing surface
-i can take my foot off and they don't spin!
-look nice
-all replaceable parts(if you actually need to)
-price paid | | Weaknesses: | ya, whatever. | | Similar Products Used: | that stock junk that comes on most bikes | | Bike Setup: | specialized hr comp 2002 + atomlab aircorp pedals + sks fenders | | Bottom Line: | night and day, that would best describe the difference between the pedals that came with my bike and these. they have a large surface area for bigger feet(13), grip like a mofo, and can withstand vicious impacts at high speeds without flintching. i HIGHLY RECOMMEND these pedals to anyone who wants to get rid of the gripless pieces of crap that come on most bikes, hell, even if you bought new pedals, get these instead! they're worth every penny, even if you pay the retail! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony McGuire
a Downhiller
from Edinburgh, Scotland
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Phantom's Cleugh | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$105.00 | | Purchased At: | Wiggle | | Strengths: | Great shape really lets your feet sink in to them; excellent sealed cartridge bearings that work in the Scottish mud; the whole pedal is strippable and rebuildable; masses of grip due to their size and you can always find a surface if your feet do slip | | Weaknesses: | None as of yet | | Similar Products Used: | DMR V8 | | Bike Setup: | Club Roost VCV-DH, Junior T's, Hope discs, Race Face cranks with Blackspire device. | | Bottom Line: | Having tried my mates' V8's, i was sceptical about the levels of grip from flatties as i had only ever ridden clipless. I bought these and they give me so much more confidence to do other things i wouldn't normally consider. this is the pedal, and not flats in general, as i found the V8's grip was crap.
Great big surface area and lots of grip from the pins, but i would wear pads as they tore up the backs of my legs and removed the skin.
Cost me £70 in the UK, so i wasn't really sure about how many dollars that was. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Young Jerome
a Cross Country Rider
from Alaska
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt. Baldy | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$109.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria Bike | | Strengths: | Huge pedaling surface. Pedals don't rotate when your foot is not on them. Lots of traction screws. | | Weaknesses: | Weight (but who cares) | | Similar Products Used: | Time ATAC, Look, 747s, old style cage pedals | | Bike Setup: | Airbourne Lucky Strike set up for winter riding with Atom Race fork, Snow Cat rims, Nokian Extreme tires, Nightsun lights,Koski V-brakes, retro Suntour MicroDrive drive train (with thumb shifters no less) | | Bottom Line: | I put these on the new winter bike I just built, although Atomic probably did not design the pedals with this purpose in mind. The pedals are absolutely perfect for winter riding. Plenty of room for winter boots to get a solid foundation, strong for slamming into the snow berms and other winter mishaps. I would not put these on a summer cross-country bike, but when you need big platform pedals that can take some abuse these are great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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