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Submitted by
DHR Pinner
a Downhiller
from North Bend, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Angry Pirate | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyone Bikes | | Strengths: | Fairly large platform. Good looks. | | Weaknesses: | Pedal fell off on day 3 in Whistler. Not fun. Pedal fell off the spindle. I am guessing the bearing seized and striped off the spindle threads. I have no use for pedal that fall off! Hopefully Transition will give me a new pair to sell on ebay and I will go get another set of Kona Wah Wah's. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona, Sunline, Welgo | | Bike Setup: | Turner DHR, Boxxer Team and sweet stuff | | Bottom Line: | Not happy...I want to try them again if I get a new set, but am a little afraid of the quality... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Freeride_Rayward
a Downhiller
from Tassmania, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Lea | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | TBSM | | Strengths: | What a sick pedal! Big platform, excellent pin placement, sick colors (I got the gold), and all at a mad low price. I fitted mine with 8mm long pins (muahaha) and have never remembered slipping off. Combined with 510's, the grip is near clip ins... | | Weaknesses: | Bit heavy, could be tighter on the axle. | | Similar Products Used: | Felt branded pedals (great but upgraded to stepdowns) | | Bike Setup: | 07' Felt Straight Shot, 36's, 32" bars, Evolve, Transition, Juicy 7's, ODI, Hope, Atomlab... | | Bottom Line: | Mad pedal for the price. Run with long pins and you get the best grip around! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andykrow
a Downhiller
from Northern Co
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Porc Rim | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | The Fix in Boulder | | Strengths: | Weight, looks, strength, grip, thin profile, wide platform | | Weaknesses: | pins are sort of short, anodizing wears quickly | | Similar Products Used: | sheesh...too many! | | Bike Setup: | Brodie thumper, 66, dhx5.0, ex729, other heavy things | | Bottom Line: | I can't imagine buying another pedal after buying these. One year of riding them really hard and they still spin great, have no play whatsoever, and no metal chunks coming off either. And I've bashed them pretty hard. They're really much thinner than most other pedals out there too. They look expensive too... I can't imagine why anyone would buy pedals that cost 2-3x as much when these are out there.
Couple things that might bug people: First, the anodizing wears quickly. When I first got these I did about a week of really muddy riding (gritty colorado mud...) and the anodizing began to wear through and show some fading in spots. I think it looks cool but it might bother some people. Second, the pins they came with weren't quite as long as I wanted, especially in the mud. It was easy enough to fix though - I just picked up "grub" screws at the hardware store that were the length I wanted. (metric grub screws or set screws, I think m3 size but I don't remember anymore) Voila! Possibly more grip than I need...
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Submitted by
tombo615
a Weekend Warrior
from NY
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Stillwell | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Mail order | | Strengths: | Lite, good looking, strong, excellent pin placement, durability, cost in comparison to similar platform pedals | | Weaknesses: | none that i know of yet | | Similar Products Used: | crank brothers 5050xx | | Bike Setup: | Marin bobcat trail, stock with tbc pedals | | Bottom Line: | After riding a few pretty hairy downhill trails I decieded to ditch the clipless and go pack to platforms. I was skeptical of how good these pedals could be in comparison to way more expensive pedals, but they really are awesome. Use them with a good set of grippy shoes like 5.10 high impacts and your feet are NOT leaving the pedals. If you place your foot on the pedals wrong you have to lift your foot back up because there is absolutely no sliding with these bad boys. Overall excellent product for the money, I'd recommend them for anyone who wants an inexpensive set of great pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bitflogger
a Weekend Warrior
from Trailsville, WI
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | BMSP | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Really good shape and pin placement, wide for your feet and narrow top to bottom. | | Weaknesses: | None that I am aware of. | | Similar Products Used: | Many. | | Bike Setup: | Transition Covert, Spec. Enduro. | | Bottom Line: | These are great pedals with better strength and feel than my light weight magnesium Wellgos. My dealings with the company have been great and I'd suggest looking into their products just becaue of that. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Black Rock Bonzai DH | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$59.00 | | Purchased At: | Ride This | | Strengths: | Grip, even when covered in mud, Wide platform and sealed bearings. | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Jack Sh!t | | Bike Setup: | Turner 5 Spot | | Bottom Line: | Great pedal for the $$. They have a great feel with a wide platform and tons of grip. Peg position is spot on and the strength of the pedal is second to none. Much better grip than my Kona pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Gregory
a Downhiller
from Norway
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | TBC dealer in Norway | | Strengths: | Very wide and solid, excellent grip, price, weight | | Weaknesses: | You get addicted to this pedals | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic A-frame | | Bike Setup: | Transition DirtBag 06, DHX 5.0 coil, Marzocchi 66RC, Mavic Deemax, Diabolus setup, Formula ORO K24 DH brakes, Shimano Saint derailleur, Gazzaloddis | | Bottom Line: | Must be the best pedals on the marked. I dont`t have to worry about my feet any more, they never slip off. Again Transition Bikes proved that they made quality products with reasonable prices | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joel Yang
a Downhiller
from Issaquah, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | No Joke - whistler | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$59.00 | | Purchased At: | Transition Bikes | | Strengths: | Width = Extra stability & torque
Sealed Bearings
Price
Weight
No Glam - just a solid pedal that can take a beating | | Weaknesses: | You will start to not like other pedals after riding with these ones! | | Similar Products Used: | Sunringle Zuzu, Wellgo B27, Azonic A-frames, Sunringle Octanes | | Bike Setup: | Transition Preston, Marzocchi 66rc2x, Shimano Saint cranx, Hayes 8" stoppers, Nokian skins, Franken-drivetrain or shimano lx /xt and mismatched parts | | Bottom Line: | These are super Killer pedals - especially if you have wide feet or are constantly bashing the crank arms with your ankles. Even those with un-wide feet will notice the difference!
They give you excellent grip, wicked torque for switchbacks at speed - because of the added width, and are a wicked price.
Strength to weight to price ratio is awesome - can't beat what you are getting for $59 - sealed bearings too!
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