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Submitted by
Jay
a Cross Country Rider
from Oak Park, California, USA
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Cheseboro Palo Commado | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | They still rock! | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Look on road bike | | Bike Setup: | Klein Rascal, mostly XTR, with a new Klein Palomino on the way | | Bottom Line: | I've had these pedals on my bike that I have ridden hard and regular for 15 years. The pedals just keep on going. I have a new bike on the way and have been looking at the reviews of the new SPD pedals so that my bike is 100% new. There is all this talk of broken spindles, broken springs, feet popping out under load, springs getting weak as time goes on - - - all the while my 737s just keep on going. I'm getting more and more sure that my 737s will be going on my new bike! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Holger
a Cross Country Rider
from Germany
Date Reviewed: January 4, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | 1992 or 1993 | | Strengths: | unbreakable, no need for special maintenance | | Weaknesses: | not very good in heavy mud | | Similar Products Used: | nothing - since my 737's are still working :-) | | Bike Setup: | GT Karakoram Elite (92); XT; Mag21 | | Bottom Line: | Interesting to see people still writing reviews on a pedal system from the last century ....
I really like this pedal system. It is easy to use and it looks like that "we" still have some more years in front of us ...
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Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: December 15, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | USA | | Strengths: | Last forever | | Weaknesses: | bit heavy but hey! Not good in mud | | Bottom Line: | I bought these in 1990 and 16 years later they are still my main and favorite pedal. I have had them on about 6 MTB's, 2 or 3 road bikes and they are still going strong. Overhauled them about a decade ago haven't touched them since. I want them to last forever, until I stop riding when I am 60 or something. I admit I rarely ride them in the wet and when they get caked in mud and sand they aren't great but I don't think many pedals are.
I'm sentimental about them too.
I have to give them 5/5, any product that lasts 16 years of regular riding has to be good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pierre bourgon
a Cross Country Rider
from cornwall, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | everywhere | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | Rhodes | | Strengths: | very durable. easy to get in and out of and they will not let go of the clete on the up-stroke. | | Weaknesses: | heavy | | Similar Products Used: | other SPD pedals, however they are not as easy to get in and out of as these and they will not let go of the clete on the up-stroke. | | Bike Setup: | 1991 NISHIKI ARIAL all XT components. 1996 UNUVEGA 505 Deore LX components | | Bottom Line: | these pedals rule | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sid Dunn
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockbridge, GA USA
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | Durable and OK untill......... | | Weaknesses: | Plastic resin whatever crossthreads very easily into pedal body | | Similar Products Used: | First MTB pedal setup | | Bike Setup: | Klunker Schwinn frame from 80's, XT hubs, Sun Tour front, XT rear changers, Ritchey Vantage rims (originals) DT spokes. Otherwise 27 lbs of heavy workout that has seen many mountain passes. | | Bottom Line: | what pedal do I try next? Or do I try to find plastic parts, which I have had no luck | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
B Turner
a Cross Country Rider
from Yakima, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | Bombproof!! Solid construction and ease of entry/exit | | Weaknesses: | Weight, hard to clean | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano PD-M747, Speedplay Frog | | Bike Setup: | 1992 Trek 9500, Full XTR - first generation M900 series!! | | Bottom Line: | I'm feeling a bit nostalgic tonight since I just bought a pair of these on eBay to replace my original pair which were stolen in '97. Got totally ripped off... The guy promised me a pair of BRAND new 737s and sure enough the ones I receive look like they've had a grinder taken to them. The bearings are totally SHOT too - with enough play to slide a quarter between the spindle and the pedal body. Nevertheless, I LOVE these pedals - I was born and raised on these things and the entry/exit is the easiest I've ever experienced. I'm currently riding on Speedplay Frogs and after a few weeks of riding I still find myself looking down to make sure I'm lining my foot up right to enter. Never had to do that with the 737s! A bit on the heavy side, but hey, they're from the early 90's! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jonathan mitchell
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from somerville, ma
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Back in the day, they had lots.
Currently: nostalgia. | | Weaknesses: | Everybody knows they suck in mud and are heavy | | Similar Products Used: | other shimano's, speedplay magnums and frogs. | | Bottom Line: | Just wanted to say that despite what one reviewer said, in my opinion these pedals have the best bearing seal ever!!
Two years in slop, snow and muck and the grease inside was brand new looking. Bright neon green grease!! No contamination whatsoever. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mads Meldgaard
a Racer
from Aarhus, Denmark
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Build to last, very precise click-in in the dry | | Weaknesses: | Heavy (approx. 550 gr. or more than a pound)
Forget about them in mud | | Similar Products Used: | Time Attack | | Bottom Line: | I had these pedals for 6 years, putting about 10000 of forrest km summer/winter on them with no signs of wear (a slight bit of play in one axel) - getting quit nostalgic writting about them!
The weigt and mud issues is not up to date anymore. 2 chillies for function + 1 chilli for durability. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carlos Herrera
a Weekend Warrior
from Atlanta,Ga
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Sope Creek | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Bulletproof, last forever, reliable, Shimano stuff, Install-ride-forget. | | Weaknesses: | Weight, mud collectors. | | Similar Products Used: | I've been riding since '95, believe or not these have been my pedals all this time. | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh Hard Tail, XT everything 2000/2001 except pedals | | Bottom Line: | I have been checking for replacement pedals, Shimano preferable, have heard bad reviews about 858's, so far there is no match for my good old 737's. Probably they will die in my arms (my feet)
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Submitted by
Tosh
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, ON
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Last forever, reliable, indestructible | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, big, ugly but it's so old I guess that's to be
expected. plus it gets filled up with mud | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey, some ghetto clipless/pedal | | Bike Setup: | K2 Razorback f/s, crosslink fork, classic 95 XTR crank.
race face etc.... | | Bottom Line: | I love these pedals cuz i've had em for five years
and i've never greased them or taken the time
to clean it; I keep meaning to but I never do cuz
of school etc. In dry conditions the pedals
work very well but when it gets muddy these
pedals are horrible. I can barely clip in. Despite that
i have to give it five chillis because they've been with
me for so long. If you can buy em used though I would suggest you rather pay some more and get some 858's or somethin. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Antioch, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Ridge Trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Durable, comfortable, predictable entry/release. | | Weaknesses: | Weight, no float, not so good in gooey mud. | | Similar Products Used: | 747s. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Killer V-HT with XT full-sized drivetrain. | | Bottom Line: | I've had these pedals since they first came out, and they are still working great. I've since bought a bunch of used ones to keep as spares and put on other bikes I have. I have the 747s, but because of their small platform, they hurt my feet on long rides, so I switched back to the 737s (I think Shimano made a mistake by going to such a small platform on the 747s). The 737s were the first SPDs that started the trend. They are practically bulletproof and have real ball bearings in them (unlike others where at least one of the bearings is a bushing). However they have little or no float, so your cleat adjustment must be spot on. Look elsewhere if you have sensitive knees. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Minneapolis, MN
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Durable, easy to clip into, you stay in them! | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to rebuild, no float, HEAVY | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo, Ritchey, Look | | Bike Setup: | Ritchey P-20, Judy SL | | Bottom Line: | This is one durable pedal. I used mine for 7 years before they finally gave up. The plastic axle retain is a liability, and the lack of float would always give me sore knees on longer rides. But they're easy to get into and you stay in. Very good pedal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Racer
from Austin TX
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
Flat creek ranch | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
The indestructable comment is acurate. | | Weaknesses: |
Weight | | Similar Products Used: |
Multiple Ritheys and clones | | Bike Setup: |
'98 M-2 S-Works | | Bottom Line: | I am appalled that pedal has gotten such bad reviews. These pedals are the full on Sh*t. If you got ran over by a mack truck the pedals would survive.
I sold mine for Ritcheys as I'm a weight weinie but my frugal (tight a$$) buddy has been running them since 93 and other than spraying them with WD-40 has never serviced them.
When future archeologist find relics of mountain biking it will probably be a set of 737s.
Rock on 737s.
6 chilis for... I mean 5 chilis for function and durability.
Did I mention this product totally changed the future of MTBing. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard
a Cross-Country Rider
from Simms
Date Reviewed: October 22, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
local secret trails | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
None that I could find. | | Weaknesses: |
Seals in name only, more like warnings. They barely keep out small birds and rocks, and only when new. Weaks spindles, a pain to reassemble and adjust. | | Similar Products Used: |
Onza.H.O.'s, Speedplay Frogs. | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn Paramount hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | I got these pedals, used, with my Schwinn, as well as the pedal tool and new spindles/rebuild kits for them. The fact that some of the balls were crushed to powder and one spindle was bent was irrelivant to me. The seals with the new axle/rebuild kits were nasty plastic and barely any abetter than the totally worn out ones. I started to rebuild them when I realized what a pain (and I'm a good mechanic and have been a technical editor/writer) they were going to be. I'd also just been introduced to Speedlplays. It was immediately pointless to continue with the Spuds, so I traded them to my ex-wife...heh, heh, heh! | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
zach
a Weekend Warrior
from Claremont,CA
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Indestructible
Easy to Clip in and out of | | Weaknesses: |
heavy | | Bike Setup: |
KHS Montana Pro Fz | | Bottom Line: | These pedels can really take a beating. They came on a used bike I recently bought and they obviously were hit with some rocks. I've also smashed them into some rocks since I've had them. They look really heavy, and probably are, but they will probably never break. I'd give them five chilis except that they are heavy and bulky. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bike Master Mike
a Racer
from Canton, MI
Date Reviewed: October 9, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Island Lake | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Look beefy
Easy to rebuild
Havent broken | | Weaknesses: |
Hard to clip in sometimes
Heavy
Almost as large as a platform pedal | | Similar Products Used: |
None yet | | Bike Setup: |
Trek Y with Judy XL fork and Fox Vanilla XTR/XT/Race Face components | | Bottom Line: | Great deal if you pay $20Oh yeah, there really is a 737 for you new MTBers that know nothing of old school parts | | Overall Rating: |
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