The Crank Brothers MXR clipless pedal uses the simple maintenance free eggbeater technology. Easy entry and exit. No clogging from mud due to the open design. Lightweight and small profile.
Submitted by
mattfromohio
a Weekend Warrior
from Crooked City, OH
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2011
Strengths: Awesome click-in and release. Never pick up mud. Fairly light for the price.
Weaknesses: Dust caps came off first ride. After 1 season the bearings are totally sloppy- 1/8th inch of lateral movement. I'm just waiting for the balls to come pouring out before I ditch them.
Bottom Line:
These pedals work great, but they don't last. Spend a little more for higher-end. Definitely go with Crank Brothers, though.
Similar Products Used: Onza, Ritchie, Shimano M535, GT (Wellgo), Nashbar (also Wellgo I think)
Bike Setup: Leader 516H, old Judy SL 115, Sram X-7, BB5s, Sun Ringle Equlaizers, Panaracer Fire XC Pros
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Submitted by
mharon47
a Weekend Warrior
from Littleton, CO
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2010
Strengths: Easy to clip in, and come out, gets rid of mud fast.
Bottom Line:
Im not sure why everyone hates these, maybe i havent used them enough, but i have enjoyed them for two years without problems. I clean them after every muddy ride so maybe they have lasted longer because of that.
Submitted by
simoriah
a Weekend Warrior
from Detroit, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2010
Strengths: Cheap. Not like "inexpensive and worth the money" cheap, but like "Hey. These are some cheap pieces of garbage" cheap! And they look like "real" eggbeaters
Weaknesses: Cheap. Endcaps come off and bearings seized up within about 3 miles. 5 miles from home. With no way to reasonably get home other than one-foot it the whole way home.
Bottom Line:
DO NOT buy these. Spend the extra few bucks and get The C's on discount or splurge for the 2010 3's. They're both MUCH nicer pedals. These simply look like the eggbeaters we know and love. That's where the similarities end. These are garbage.
Bike Setup: road tandem. I know. Still doesn't take away from what garbage these pedals are!
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Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from Houghton, Mi
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2009
Strengths: First few days
Weaknesses: ever day there after
Bottom Line:
Nice pedals until the end caps fell off, then the bearings (not sealed) start to go. The pedal has yet to fall apart, however it is definitely on its way out.
If you run in dry conditions on flatter ground where your pedals won't be hitting trees or rocks, these might last for a year or so, but if you run through rocks, trees, snow and creeks, these pedals will start to go after a couple weeks.
The pedals might work on a road bike though, maybe.
Submitted by
Avetrovs
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2009
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Bearings are junk, grease caps broke off in the wind.
Bottom Line:
Bought these for my wife's bike thinking it was a good design, and it is. Just the quality of this model of pedal is crap. After a 40 mile road ride both pedals showed significant play. I pulled the pedals apart after buying a rebuild kit for the eggbeaters... wrong.. these are just tiny bearing sittng on crappy bearing races.. not sealed replacable bearings.. I tried contacting Abaxo about this and got no satifaction. DO NOT Buy crank brothers pedals from abaxo, according to Crank Brothers they will not warranty even new pedals sold anywhere but one of their licenced retailers.. Abaxo is not. Also wasn't impressed with the interaction i had with crank brothers... too bad.
Submitted by
sdet
a Weekend Warrior
from Irvine, CA USA
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2009
Strengths: none so far
Weaknesses: right pedal not properly threaded
Bottom Line:
The right pedal was not threaded far enough along, with the result that it did not seat fully in the crank. Was sticking out by nearly 2 mm! Result was total destruction of half the threading in the right crank after less than 100 miles.
I tried this pedal in 3 different bikes. In 2 cranks it did not screw in fully, though it did seat properly in a Shimano Deore crank.
Crank Bros should be ashamed of peddling this crap. K2 bikes also, as this pedal came with the K2 enemy cyclocross, and it would not screw fully into the FSA Omega Compact MexaEXO cranks that it came with!
Submitted by
Oldschoolride
a Cross Country Rider
from Sanford, NC
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2008
Strengths: None.
Weaknesses: Low quality chrome finish.
Bearings made from swiss cheese.
Too much money for 10 rides.
Bottom Line:
Very disappointed with this product. Got the MXR's from Nashbar on sale and got a nice price. My old Nashbar SPD copies were over 5 years old and starting to be played out. I liked the idea of the float and simple design, but the extremely poor quality of construction makes them unusable. I'm 5'11", 215lbs and ride a singlespeed so I may be a little harder on pedals than the average user, but my old ones lasted 5 years. The chrome plating on the pedals was flaking off within 30 days of purchase (8 rides) and the bearings were shot in one pedal and loose in the other after 10 rides. They rusted and basically were completely unusable within 60 days (and I ride in the Triangle region of NC and we can't ride wet trails around here...). Crank Brothers had a good reputation by word of mouth in the area, but I can't see this lasting long. Do yourself a favor and avoid these pedals.
Kudos to Nashbar however for taking them back 75 days after purchase.
Similar Products Used: xtr spds, time attack, Spds
Bike Setup: Blur, Xtr
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Submitted by
Ron
from New York
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2007
Strengths: Real cheap
Weaknesses: Garbagio throughout. Trash-o-la
Bottom Line:
Really nasty. Chrome plating peeling atter 3 months. Bearings freezing up solid. Whacked it really hard with a hammer and it freed up, but probably not for long. Rust going on. Rough edges, grabby, unpredictable release. Not in the same league with other Crank Bros. pedals. The best I can say is they sort of work. Spend a few extra bucks for decent pedals. Avoid these.
Similar Products Used: Eggbeater C, SL, Candy C, SL
Bike Setup: Lotsa bikes
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Submitted by
adrian
a Cross Country Rider
from ploiesti
Date Reviewed: September 3, 2007
Strengths: good mud shedding,easy to clip out,imposibile to pop out of.
Weaknesses: after 2 months of use my spring broke,and i could nou use ani clipping surface,and the had a lot of play,that gave an unpleasant sensation
Bottom Line:
i don't thnik you should buy these,they wear out and break after only one month,just pay a little more and get C's,which are waaaay better,most important thing is that the sping on mxr is weak and made out of plain steel,and the c's have the almost same type of spring as the 4ti's,300series steel. I broke the sping on mxr,and i am never going to ride mxr ever again,i am waitin for the warranty so i can sell the mxr's and get c's.
Submitted by
Hub
a Cross Country Rider
from Central PA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2007
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Yes
Bottom Line:
I bought a replacement set of the egg beaters after one of the pedals that came with my bike broke within the first month. The most frustrating thing is that my feet seem to pop out of these pedals way too easily often and occasionally I can't get it to release when I want to. Then, when I was doing a long climb last week my one shoe felt like the cleat was loose and was moving around, but actually the cleat was completely secure. I'm going back to the Time's.
These pedals are junk. They're junk. I went out my way to submit this review so that everyone is clear that these pedals are junk. I own two pairs of Candy C pedals from Crank Brothers and they, in stark contrast to these junky pedals, quite nice. When I first installed these pedals the left one was extraordinarilly sloppy. So sloppy in fact that it was difficult to unclip from the pedal. You could literally move the eggbeater part back and forth several millimeters. I returned it, got it back and now the left pedal just feels crummy all around. I can feel it moving around under my foot, and if you turn it with your hand it feels awful. Certainly not the precision engineering I had come to expect from Crank Brothers. No one should buy these pedals. I can't believe that Crank Brothers even puts their name on them. Go for the Candy C pedals on discount. Even at the lower price these MXR pedals are junk. Plus, you can find the Candys for about the same price.
Similar Products Used: Crank Brothers Candy C pedals.
Bike Setup: Salsa Casseroll, Campy Centaur stuff
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Submitted by
ron chang
a Cross Country Rider
from seattle
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007
Strengths: It "looks" like its crank brothers bretheren....
Weaknesses: Oh, man.. I'm a mechanic at a shop and have been through a lot of pedals... and these are the worst. I have had the candy's, mallets, etc. The cage, spring, and bearings are NOT the same as the other crank brothers! You get what you pay for. The bearings are horribly rough, and a few months in had noticable play. The bearings have enough play from typical use to whine up climbs, and allow your feet to move up and off the pedal, and come back down by a few mm's. Annoying.
Bottom Line:
Pay the extra $25 or so and get pedals that will actually work.