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Forte Team ATB Pedal
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Submitted by
B
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from San Jose,CA
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | cheap clipless | | Weaknesses: | durability | | Bottom Line: | Maybe it's just me.. but I commute using these SPD pedals and often clip in and out on one side. That side's screws eventually come loose. I've lost screws and then ultimately parts of the pedals that way. Maybe I have to check more often, but it seems ridiculous since I'm not even riding offroad! This has happened with several pedals. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scooter
a Weekend Warrior
from Hopewell, VA USA
Date Reviewed: December 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Buttermilk | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Extremely poor design and difficult to adjust. Heavy and very poor quality. Rode on them twice, hated them and junked 'em. | | Similar Products Used: | Crank Bros. eggbeaters | | Bike Setup: | Klein Mantra | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your time go with Crank Brothers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gcc
a Cross Country Rider
from Pasadena, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | teleonics | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance (redundant) | | Strengths: | Cheap and light | | Weaknesses: | Not as strong as the Shimanos | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano 747 | | Bike Setup: | 1995 GT Zaskar, XTR brake/shifter, rear derailuer, XT others | | Bottom Line: | I got these as part of a shoe/pedal combo deal from Performance. The shoes work fine, if not a little bigger than advertised, but the pedals have never been quite as smooth as the old Shimano 747 pedals that I got in 1997. I replaced the 747s with these because the old pedal bearings were starting to get crunchy. These pedals, having more materials around the engagement mechanism, would tend to catch the treads on the bottom of the shoes more than the 747s. This made getting in and out of them a little sluggish. Also, they will only work with one type of SPD cleats (forgot which), so you need to be careful if you use the same shoes with different bikes that have different pedals.
I commute with this bike mostly, and ride about once a week through some mountain trails that aren't very technical. But occassionally, I do bang the pedals on rocks. The biggest problem happened a couple of weeks ago on my way home, when I could not get one shoe to engage the pedal. I was able to flip the pedal and engage the other side, and rode on. When I looked more closely at it, I noticed that the front piece of the engagement mechanism had broken off.
Maybe it was the occassional banging on the rocks, or the constant in-out that I have to do during my commutes, but the pedal failed after about a year of use. Contrast that with the Shimano 747's that I had ridden for over 6 years, with countless hits on rocks and tree stumps, and the last 4 years were with commuting. I rebuilt the bearings in the 747's, and they're now back on the bike, replacing the Forte'.
Yes, the Shimano pedals cost about 3 times as much, but I think they were well worth it. I am just glad that the Forte' did not break when I was on a trail.
I'm not sure who would be a good customer for these, but I certainly won't be buying another set; I need better reliability than what these have provided. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gregory Garduno
a Weekend Warrior
from Aurora, CO USA
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Highline Canal | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Easy to use. No problem clipping in or out. Price far lower than 'brand name' pedals. | | Weaknesses: | Some have complained about this item clogging with mud in offroad situations. This is not a problem for me, as I am primarily a roadie. | | Similar Products Used: | None. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Trek 7500 Hybrid w/Rockshox Ruby Metro fork. | | Bottom Line: | An excellent pedal for the first-time clipless user. Inexpensive, and a good way to acclimate to using this more efficient pedaling method. I have put 1000 miles + on them, and they still work flawlessly. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Edel
a Racer
from Downers Grove, IL
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Well made, reasonably light, great value for the money. | | Weaknesses: | Bearing resistance (maybe) | | Similar Products Used: | various | | Bottom Line: | After three years and some 4,000 miles, these pedals are as good as new. For all the criteria that matter to me (weight, materials, construction, easy in/out, adjustability, durability) these are so good it's hard for me to imagine what else you might get by paying for a higher end pedal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jim Nessler
a Cross Country Rider
from Escondido, Ca.
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Daley Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance store closing | | Strengths: | Strong, cheap, fairly light, (370 gr. per pair), durable. | | Weaknesses: | No brag factor like Egg Beater triple ti. They don't like mud very much. | | Similar Products Used: | Platform, standard Egg Beaters | | Bike Setup: | 2002 KHS FXT, many upgrades | | Bottom Line: | For my first clipless pedals, I thought I would get some cheap ones to see if I liked them, and then upgrade later. After I got used to them, I tried some Egg Beaters. To my surprise, I could release much easier from my own pedals. Upgrade? Why? These things have worked flawlessly for 1800 miles on rough trails, and the bearings are still as smooth as silk. I believe these pedals to be one of the best kept secrets at Performance bike shops. Terrific buy for the average rider who does not ride in the mud very often. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dredd
a Cross Country Rider
from Redwood City, CA
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Skeggs | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance (duh) | | Strengths: | Durable, work great, easy adjustment, don't come out of adjustment when you don't want em' to.. | | Weaknesses: | A little heavy... (561 grams a pair) | | Similar Products Used: | Atac Aliums, Eggbeaters.. | | Bottom Line: | For $40 they are great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Tucson Mountian park, Fantasy Island | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance bikes | | Strengths: | strong construction easy to adjust. | | Weaknesses: | none yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Regular pedals | | Bike Setup: | Wal-mart Schwinn S-30 lots of upgrades | | Bottom Line: | These are my first set of pedals that I have to clip in to so it took about a few rides to get use to. Since getting the hang of these powering through washes has never been so easy. I would recommend these to anyone, they are very affordable and are a huge improvment over regular pedals.
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