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Submitted by
Garthran
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, FL
Date Reviewed: November 14, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Grapefruit Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Good grip - they are pedals | | Weaknesses: | Paint comes off pretty easily | | Similar Products Used: | stock pedals | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Giant Yukon | | Bottom Line: | Received 26 stitches on my shin from a freak accident with these pedals. Believe me, wear shin protection!
The posts provide good grip for shoes as well as flesh! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
arctikphox
a Weekend Warrior
from Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Longshore Drive | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Rollin Thunder | | Strengths: | Incredible grip and the appear and feel absolutely bomb proof. | | Weaknesses: | None yet although the commuter crowd might lament the lack of reflectors. | | Similar Products Used: | Whatever POS plastic pedals came standard in my bike that I split in half in less than 2 weeks. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Allegro 1.0 Hybrid (now with sweet aftermarket pedals!!!!) | | Bottom Line: | I've only put 100KM's on these things but I can say night and day difference compared to stock pedals.For platformer enthusiasts it is hard to imagine a better product. Gave it 4's because I don't have enough to compare to give it a 5. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
stevewashere
a Weekend Warrior
from Auckland
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Billy T | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Torpedo 7 | | Strengths: | It has great grip | | Weaknesses: | Not sure as yet, But it needs far more grease than is supplied | | Similar Products Used: | Crank Bros Mallet C, Shimano SPD, Wellgo | | Bike Setup: | Foes Inferno, Rock Shox Lyrik, SRAM X9, Hope M4 brakes and some other Hope Bling bits | | Bottom Line: | They are great value $50 NZD which is about $35USD , fantastic grip. And Im glad I have gone to platform pedals.
As everyone has mentioned before me, make sure you spend the 15 mins prepping them before use and you cant go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cuttsy
a Cross Country Rider
from Winmalee, Australia
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Mountains | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Torpedo7 | | Strengths: | Grippy, light, easy to adjust. | | Weaknesses: | Not enough grease in the initial setup. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano spd 505, cheap platforms | | Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem 2008 | | Bottom Line: | For the money, these are fantastic pedals. I have tried spds and decided flats are the way to go. After reading these reviews, I bought the V8s and never regretted it. After 3 months of hard riding, I took them apart, cleaned them and re-assembled them with ease. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
whatever1
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney NSW
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Anzac Bridge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Extremely strong and durable. very grippy | | Weaknesses: | Chews up your shoes after a while but that's to be expected. The pins can give you some nasty gashes if your foot slips off. | | Similar Products Used: | Plastic pedals, Aluminium pedals, clipless pedals... Mainly shimano | | Bike Setup: | Not interesting | | Bottom Line: | Very very good pedals. I bought these to replace some squeaky cheap pedals I bought a while ago. Also bought them because I like the freedom you get when your feet aren't "locked" to the bike.
I've mainly had shimano stuff before this and have had a range of problems from bent shafts to muddy bearings (as most low end shimanos have crap seals).
These pedals are well sealed (well it's not a seal as such but it does a good job at keeping muck out), and solid. Not to mention extremely light. And cheap. Too many god things about these pedals to mention.
The weaknesses listed above go for all platform pedals of this style and are more of a warning to people who may be considering proper platform pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a Weekend Warrior
from NZ
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Grippy, light, cheap, looks good. | | Weaknesses: | Setup required | | Similar Products Used: | Clips (currently, swap between pedals depending on cource & mood), 647's | | Bike Setup: | Reign | | Bottom Line: | Haven't used them much.
When you get them they need setting up.
Steps have been outlined in others reviews, basically...
tighten screw grubs,
press in pins,
pack it with MORE grease than what comes with it,
and...
Refer to http://www.dmrbikes.com/res/CMSFiles/V8%20Maintenance.pdf
Take off the end cap as in pdf above, tighten/loosen nut under cap until you feel first tiny bit of grinding/resistance when spinning then loosen the bolt roughly an eighth of a turn (use common sense, this was the amount I found practical) this will ensure bearings last a lot, lot longer.
Both my pedals were grinding out the box.
Otherwise once setup a great pedal, but make sure you put the 15mins of time into it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tully stott
a Downhiller
from wales
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | chain reaction cycles | | Strengths: | great grip, long lasting, replaveable pins, grease port | | Weaknesses: | paint comes of easily, body moves on axle after a serious impact on the pedal | | Similar Products Used: | dk's, wellgo | | Bottom Line: | great pedals buy these, great value for the money even though the paint chips off easily. buy, buy, buy. you cant get much better for the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andy s
a Downhiller
from wirral
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | llandegla | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | last for ever, great range of colours, great grip any weather | | Weaknesses: | not enough grease, paint chips very easy but doesnt on the silver ones. | | Similar Products Used: | v8's all the way | | Bike Setup: | giant acid | | Bottom Line: | amazing, good value | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Damian Dunne
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Zermatt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Great color and grips really well to any kind of shoes. I also like the idea of the grease ports. | | Weaknesses: | The paint chips really easily and there's not nearly enough grease in the syringe for the ports. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper Comp | | Bottom Line: | Awesome set of pedals for the money. Would definitely by them again! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan john
a Weekend Warrior
from whitby, on, canada
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | diablo, street | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | impala bicycles | | Strengths: | very grippy, look really nice great price, very light and o yeah very grippy no matter what weather | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | iron horse maverick hardtail, | | Bottom Line: | best pedals for the money go get them now and you'll love them i gurrantee also look cool with all the colours you can choose from | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cliff Eisler
a Weekend Warrior
from Regina Saskatchewan Canada
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Dutch Cycle Regina | | Strengths: | Looks | | Weaknesses: | Weak materials. Poor quality | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano DX flatties. (Very Nice) Truvativ Hussafelt (did I spell that right?) Also very nice, if you get the ones that have replacable pins. | | Bike Setup: | Haro Escape 8.3 | | Bottom Line: | This is just a follow up to an earlier review. I bent my pedal axel with relative ease. I'm not even sure when or where, but it has a slight tweek in it. I'm no dirt jumping maniac so I must say that I am disappointed. I will lower my rating accordingly. Too bad.
I suppose someone who never left the groud at all and weighed no more than 25 pounds could make them last for a long time. Might be good on a kids bike 'cause they do look cool. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Clive K
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | coed Y Brenin | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | www.chainreaction.co.uk | | Strengths: | Look mean, easy to get spares, come with the little bolts and key. Loads of colour options. Fairly light for the price. I got free DMR stickers in my box too! | | Weaknesses: | Not sure there's enough grease in the box, but it feels good when you inject the grease in the grease port. | | Similar Products Used: | I-Drive | | Bike Setup: | Kona Cinder Cone, XT Hubs, Hollowtech crank, XT discs, Mainly LX drive train, Race Face HandleBar and Stem, DT Swiss rims. | | Bottom Line: | These are so grippy, that no mud, stone, or wetness has made them slippy for myself. Probably worth wearing suitable footwear, like flat hard soles.
If you have stock plastic pedals, I would bin them and get these. If, like myself, you're on a budget, don't like SPDs, then these could be for you.
My shins are fine, but I did wear pads for a while to be sure. I got more damage from the pads rubbing than the pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | www.ukbikestore.co.uk | | Strengths: | Strong, good grip, style... | | Weaknesses: | not enough free grease... damn gypsy's! | | Similar Products Used: | clipless: big and small ones... | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Big Hit 3 fully decked out | | Bottom Line: | They are good pedals for the money you pay, like everything really!
yeah the paint scratches off a bit... so what! Your using them on a free riding machine! not a fashion parade! Think of them as battle scars to be reminissed over at the end of a hard day with a cold beer...
Stop reading these reviews and get your ass onto your bike! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Minkis
a Weekend Warrior
from GTA, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | speedgoat | | Strengths: | grippy. awesome after some adjustment.. Hit after hit they feel exactly the same. did I mention they're grippy? | | Weaknesses: | paint sucks. Doesn't come with enough grease to use on one pedal. Small PITA to adjust, because if they were left as is the bearings wouldn't last a week. The grip pin thingies easily got deformed. | | Similar Products Used: | generic $5 platforms | | Bike Setup: | 2007 stumpjumper fsr comp, raceface rings and bashguard | | Bottom Line: | I don't like clipless so I got myself a nice set of platforms. Biggest issue was just adjusting the bearings so they're not too tight. Out of the box the resistance on them was high and you could feel grinding. As soon as I fixed that, they were superb.
And forget your shins. Bloody things tore up the back of my leg and the back of my knee. Hurts a lot more than your shins!
Despite the fairly large list of minor weaknesses I would buy these again without question. They are not much more than the crummy basic ones you find at any store. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D
a Weekend Warrior
from NJ
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | shop | | Strengths: | look rad, and grip like a mofo | | Weaknesses: | not sealed. but i woulda got sealed ones if it was a big deal. | | Similar Products Used: | primo platforms, odyssey platforms | | Bike Setup: | freeride setup - soul cycles frame | | Bottom Line: | there badass. there not big and bulky like the primos and they have replacable pins. rock a nice skate shoe or a solid sole pair of kicks and you'll love these pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Aldershot, England.
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Evans | | Strengths: | Strong, grippy, look cool. | | Weaknesses: | Pedals need filling with grease before use. | | Bottom Line: | I love these pedals, they are super grippy, they run smooth and look the nuts.
The only problem is that they require greasing before use, and the syringe that is provided doesnt have enough grease for one pedal, let alone the pair.
Had no trouble with them yet.
Make sure you fill them with grease before you first use them!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Downhiller
from Nelson
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Lots | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Mint pedals, feet never slip if you have 5-10s, nice solid pins | | Weaknesses: | Um berings can wear, platform could be bigger | | Similar Products Used: | duno | | Bottom Line: | Mint pedals, your feet never slip off, the berings will wear fast. Just buy them they are good for anyhing | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: March 7, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Never slip off | | Weaknesses: | Bearings wear away quickly | | Similar Products Used: | DMR V12 | | Bike Setup: | Xile frame, truvativ cranks, single speed, marzocchi bomber forks | | Bottom Line: | Buy them. if you damage your shins by using them, its your own fault, because they are the griipiest pedals ever. even when i went riding in my converse, i didnt slip. great to know that i wont lose my footing when landing from jumps, confidence boost. and for the price, why buy any others? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonny
a
from UK
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Super strong, super grippy, great price | | Weaknesses: | Ive heard the finish wears off the coloured pedals pretty quick, so I went for the silver ones | | Similar Products Used: | Considered Crank Bros 5050s and Gusset Slim Jims | | Bike Setup: | '06 Kona Kikapu | | Bottom Line: | Ive read other reviews complaining about the damage these pedals do to your shins, but the fact is the only reason this happens is because of the grub screws which make them so grippy! 9 times outta 10 your feet wont budge, and if they do its usually because of rider error. For someone like me who doesnt like clipless these are the only pedal worth getting and at £21 you cant complain too much! Comes with grease for servicing and an allen key for adjusting the grub screws. Spares are easy to get as most places stock these pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Matthes
a Weekend Warrior
from Colchester, UK
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$26.00 | | Purchased At: | Thomas Cycle Revolution | | Strengths: | Simple, well designed, cheap and user friendly | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bike Setup: | Spesh Enduro | | Bottom Line: | In the last year of riding, these pedals have utterly transformed the way I ride. They're grippy enough (I don't get on with clipless), easily serviced and very well designed.
I can't praise them highly enough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
linton r
a Downhiller
from nz
Date Reviewed: November 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | [cool runnings] porthills chch nz | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | chain reaction nz | | Strengths: | best thing ive every bought grippy as look mint and wont stuff up on you | | Weaknesses: | metal piece moves round the crome thing but thats normal lol and if your feet come off and pedals hit your shins it hurts like hell worst pedals to have that happen cause so good and grippy | | Bike Setup: | my diamondback BSX sport with FSA cranks and bb,highrolla tyre,V8 DMR pedals,truative bash guard and chain guide,shimano Deore hydos,scott lizard skin,DMR grips,gay seat, mint sik stem,dp20 front rim,dv back rim, marin handle bars and the good old 03 bombers sus | | Bottom Line: | just buy them you wont regret unless you hit ya shins with them but other than that they mint and look [SIK] | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cliff eisler
a Cross Country Rider
from regina, sask, canada
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | any new one | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | dutch cycle, regina | | Strengths: | Good looks, very easy to work on/maintain, inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | not set up well to begin with, pins came loose. don't like the chintzy plastic end cap that looks as if it will fall out at any moment,(but hasn't yet, so I'll cool my jets). | | Similar Products Used: | truvative "super-slippy" model, axiom double jump. | | Bike Setup: | Haro Escape 8.3 with a bunch of truvativ stuff and avid brakes | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line? Hmmm...well, okay. If you want these pedals to last, then be prepared to set them up. Mine needed to have the bearings adjusted, which was simple to do and they also needed to have the pins secured a little better, which was also easy. With loose ball bearings and a simple cup and cone set-up, a semi-competent mech can easily set the bearings "just right". That's good because odds are they will need a slight tweak. When set up right, bearings will last a long time. Let them run too tight and it's over really quickly.The little grease gun that comes with is just a novelty item. It doesn't really work. Instead, just pop off the end cap and shove some good grease in with your thumb until it squirts out the other side. Greased pedals made easy.Next, take the pedals, a small hammer, and a block of wood and tap in the silver pins. They're just pressed in and they can wiggle loose. I found mine were not all pressed in as well as they should have been. Set the pedal on the block of wood, take the hammer and tap in the pins. I did this and haven't lost any yet. Keep an eye-ball on them.
Overall, I like the looks, the easy service-ability and the low price. They look like they should cost more than they do and that's cool. They aren't the finest pedal in the world, but they seem to be a good value. No reflector holes also makes them look pro-moto and not department store-ish.
So far, I like them.
Who should buy them? Someone who doesn't mind, or even enjoys, working on his /her own stuff to make them "perfect". | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Pemberton
a Weekend Warrior
from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | 7 Stanes Scotland | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | £20 | | Strengths: | Super Grippy! You see people with grazed shins from these, there so grippy my feet havnt slipped!! Good Value for money. worth getting for any type of ridin! | | Weaknesses: | Paints crap! We ever you leave ur bike on the floor the paint just comes off, my pedals look 2tone now lol! No good in wet, like tryna pedal with on ice. | | Similar Products Used: | V12s (No different performance wise) | | Bike Setup: | Upgrades GT | | Bottom Line: | Buy these if your gna do Freeride, Dirt Jumpin, Street, Trail Ridin jus get em!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
osinsh
a Weekend Warrior
from Riga, Latvia
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Grips good, but that strength is for all new pedals nowadays. Look's like pedals, not sousages. | | Weaknesses: | Bearings are, emmm, sh*t! | | Bike Setup: | Norco Dirt250 singlespeed. Mods: Shadow Conspiracy chain, WTP saddle, barends [stock didn't have barends - that amazed me], hookworms. | | Bottom Line: | Ok. I got them with Norco 250 stock bike [switched from BMX]. I really not hardcore rider, but after two rides one of the pedals just "gone" - bearings was destroyed. I know, V8's are low end pedals, but this is too much! I'm so glad, I gan my bmx bike, so V8 was replaced with good old DK IronCross'es. Love 'em!
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Submitted by
Ben Briant
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Lysterfield | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | These pedals are soo grippy! Best I have ever used. I use them for cross country and they work well. | | Weaknesses: | The paint. I've hit a few rocks with them and its ripped the paint off big time. Its a bit sad. I have the red ones and they look really wrecked, but still work well. | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Giant Yukon mostly stock | | Bottom Line: | Great pedal. Use it for freeride/downhill/ cross country, it all works well in any riding you do. The paint is a worry and it makes the pedal look really stuffed, but it still performs at its best. Maybe i should get a red spray paint and spray paint it red...? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
EUAN
a Weekend Warrior
from TAYPORT, SCOTLAND
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | DALES , GLASGOW | | Strengths: | CAGE STRENGTH, GRIP, REPLACEABLE PINS | | Weaknesses: | BEARINGS NOT THE BEST QUALITY.
| | Bike Setup: | S-WORKS FSR XC | | Bottom Line: | Not made my shins bleed yet but some have found they do. Don't know how many rocks have smacked these pedals but the rocks come off worse. Bearings felt a touch rough from new but have held up ok - until now, they need replaced after a hard life but for the price I might get a new set or maybe the V12's | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jim
a Weekend Warrior
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | TradeMe |
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$ 25.00
