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blakcloud
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, CanadaDate Reviewed: October 6, 2009
Strengths: The look good. They accept toe clips.Weaknesses: Cages come loose. Cones and bearings don't last. Terrible customer service.Bottom Line: The first pair I purchased I installed them and went for a ride. When I came back I had lost two of the eight bolts that hold the cage onto the body and the other six were extremely loose. I took them all out and used Locktite and tighten them back up. Within six months, the cone in one pedal got completely chewed up and became unusable. I tried contacting customer service but I never got a response. So I stupidly bought another pair and immediately used Locktite on the bolts. Six months later, the same thing with the cone happened again. I will try contacting customer service again, but I am not holding my breath. Not impressed especially from WTB.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$59.00
Similar Products Used: In the good old days, Suntour and Shimano pedals.
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rgrzybinski
a Cross Country Rider
from Gloucester MA USADate Reviewed: September 16, 2008
Strengths: Simple design, traditional pedal.Weaknesses: Badly adjusted bearings, flimsy cages.Bottom Line: Similar to others' experiences, one of the pedals had the bearings adjusted way too tight. The good news is that you can adjust them yourself (in fact you must do this or eventually the bearings will just be destroyed). These are traditional cup-and-cone pedals, so if you have worked on those before you won't have any trouble. Remove the cage, then pry out the plastic dust cap with a dull knife blade or tiny screwdriver to access the outer locknut & cone.
I wish the quality was better, but unfortunately these seem to be about all that's around other than plastic junk.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$34.00
Purchased At: BikePartsUSA.com
Similar Products Used: MKS touring pedals
Bike Setup: Cross-country hardtail
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MikeStanfill
a Cross Country Rider
from Palmer, Alaska, USADate Reviewed: August 5, 2008
Strengths: Sturdy, Gives quite a bit of grip to your shoe.Weaknesses: Cage screws stripped out of the pedal frame; pedal does not spin freely, yet still wobbles.Bottom Line: Great pedals for the first few months, but needs constant tightening of the cage screws. After about a year, they will strip out of the bolt holes. I would NOT recommend these to anyone.
Favorite Trail: N/A
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$59.00
Purchased At: Alaska Bicycle Cente
Bike Setup: Iron Horse Warrior 6.0, Aftermarket disk brakes (203 front, 158 rear).
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Mitch
a Cross Country Rider
from PittsburghDate Reviewed: April 25, 2008
Strengths: Light Weight, may be used cliplessWeaknesses: Cage looks flimsy - time will tellBottom Line: Good design and priced right. Bear trap design hold my feet in place well enough without clips. I don't like clips on my off road bikes, so the choices are limited. Not as smooth as my old Sun Tour pedals, but I can't gripe as they do the job.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At: REI
Similar Products Used: Sun Tour Bear Traps
Bike Setup: Bianchi 29er SOK-MS
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steve holcomb
a Weekend Warrior
from tampa, floridaDate Reviewed: March 30, 2007
Strengths: Nice pedal for the price. Light weight.Weaknesses: I agree with others here, you look at the cages and they will deform. As to the bearings being tight, I never noticed. I in fact like the fact that they do not spin freely (I don't use straps, gave them up about 4 yrs ago, even on my campa super record pedals, which do spin freely.)Bottom Line: Yes indeed, they need to improve on the quality of the cages. I have never abused these pedals in ANY way. And,
like every mentions, the deform if you look at them.
Favorite Trail: n/a
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: beyond bikes
Similar Products Used: campy record pedals (1975) campy super record pedals (1987).
Man, they keep on going and going and going.
Bike Setup: doesn't matter/litespeed tsali/xtr.....chris king...mavic
easton..........etc.........,
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Pete
a Cross Country Rider
from CADate Reviewed: June 2, 2006
Strengths: Best toe clip pedal on the marketWeaknesses: Just because it is the best, doesn't make it good. Lousy bearings.Bottom Line: Just switched to clipless. These pedals were the best I could find in a clip style, but the quality of the pedal is low. The bearings never got loose enough to make for a free spinning pedal. Grease helped, but not much. My old XTs were great.
Oh well. Not an issue anymore as I will never fo back to clip style pedals.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Old XT clip style.
Bike Setup: Steel Hardtail. All XT
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Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Flagstaff, AZ USADate Reviewed: February 2, 2003
Strengths: Classic design
Weight
Lube portsWeaknesses: Cheezdik cages
PriceyBottom Line: About the only hi-quality option for those who don't use clipless. Major flaw -- cages are waaay to soft and bendable. They will twist like a pretzel if you look at them the wrong way.
Favorite Trail: No importa
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$65.00
Purchased At: LBS
Bike Setup: Stumpy FSRXC
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Tim Kalina
a Cross Country Rider
from ChicagoDate Reviewed: January 24, 2001
Strengths: The only quality platform pedal still available (they are a lot like the wonderful, old Sun Tour XC Pro). Light. Built-in toe flips Excellent finish especially on the polished metal body. A lovely looking pedal.Weaknesses: Bearings setup way too tight. Cage rivets make installing toe clips time consuming. Indifferent customer service.Bottom Line: I installed these pedals on my girlfriend's bike 2 years ago (she's intimidated by clipless) and they have worked great for her. BUT, only after I readjusted the tight bearings. No Benjamin (see review below) you didn't get a bad set. They are all like that, some worse then others. I have a friend who bought a pair and he could hardly turn the spindle. He called WTB and they told him yes, they tend to get built too tight. They offered no other help! WTB needs to really keep on top of their quality control and be more helpful and supportive to their customers. The bearings will loosen up a little after a few months of riding. And as another reviewer mentioned, the rivets that hold the cage to the body will interfer with toe clip installation. You can use spacers or do what I did on mine. I took a Dremel tool and ground out a hollow in the back of the toe clip where it fits over the rivets. If the bearings would have come adjusted properly and the rivets were flush, this would easily be a 5-Chili product.
Favorite Trail: Kettle Morraine
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$60.00
Purchased At: Higher Gear
Similar Products Used: Simano DX platform, Sun Tour XC Pro.
Bike Setup: Schwinn XT Homegrown.
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Benjamin Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from Castro ValleyDate Reviewed: January 10, 2001
Strengths: Last good quality platform pedal. Grease guard.Weaknesses: Bearing does not spin freely which make it hard to flip up and get into. Horrible warranty.Bottom Line: I might have got a bad example of this product. The pedal rotation was stiff. I thought it would loosen up after a while. It never did even after 2 years of riding. If I adjust the bearings, it will be too loose, and would make noise. This makes it hard to flip the pedal into entry position. Wish Shimano still made the DX or XT platform pedals. The DX was perfect. Good bearing that lasted a long time, and never made any noise. These WTB pedals made clicking noise after only about a month of riding. I called the factory for warranty repair. They said clicking noise is normal. They said the tight bearing was also normal. They could adjust it for me, but would have to charge me. If WTB thinks it is normal for a bearing to make clicking noise, I am afraid to say their quality standard is pathetically low. I won't count on their other products to deliver either. Ok, on the bright side, maybe someone else could be lucky, and receive a pair of pedals that is smooth with no noise. Had these worked, it would be great. On really technical stuff, nothing beats platform pedals for getting out quickly, and you can use normal shoes for riding.
Favorite Trail: Lake Chabot
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$60.00
Similar Products Used: Shimano DX platform pedals, Ritchey SPD
Bike Setup: Hardtail, front suspension
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George
a Cross-Country Rider
from Dublin, CADate Reviewed: December 11, 1999
Strengths:
Greaseguard systemWeaknesses:
does not use sealed cartridge bearings, bearings and bearing surfaces could be smoother, need spacers for installation of your toe clips because of the rivets on the pedal cages.Bottom Line: One of the last traditional pedals out there. Great all around clip pedal. I wish WTB would make these pedals with the same quality of the old Suntour WC pro pedals.
Favorite Trail:
Mammoth Mtn
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Similar Products Used:
Suntour WC pro pedals, most other clip pedals.
Bike Setup:
GT LTS
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Win
a Weekend Warrior
from New York, NYDate Reviewed: April 1, 1999
Strengths:
Grease Guard, better-than-average underside pedaling, good flipsWeaknesses:
NoneBottom Line: I had to post this review because there are still some bikers like me who haven't gotten into clipless pedals yet, and these are the only quality platform pedals out there. The best used to be Suntour XC Pros with the rear teeth filed down, but these are better in 3 respects: (1.) The teeth have a short trapezoidal shape so one's foot doesn't get caught getting in and out of toe clips. (2.) Pedaling the undersides isn't a slippery experience like it is with XC Pros because the pedal body isn't as radically upswept. (3.) They flip much better than the XC Pros. These pedals also have WTB's highly-vaunted Grease Guard system, which for me is just icing on the cake.
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Similar Products Used:
'89 Shimano Deore ii, SR Lo Fats, '90 Suntour XC Pro
Bike Setup:
'98 Merlin XLM
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