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Submitted by
jtp400
a Cross Country Rider
from Peabody
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | lynn woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | grippy,strong, decently light, look pretty ill on my bike | | Weaknesses: | none really, if you do manage to somehow slip them they kill | | Similar Products Used: | too many to even list | | Bike Setup: | 09 specacialized rockhopper comp disc | | Bottom Line: | when i first bought this i was a little worried cuz iv never used any sun-ringle gear before but this pedals are friggen kickass. They grip and are very tough. iv smashed them off all kinds of stuff and there still complety fine.
also they look sick on the bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colbster
a Downhiller
from Menlo Park, California, USA
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Live Wire | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction Bikes | | Strengths: | Grippy durable strong cheap!!! | | Weaknesses: | They turn ur calfs into ground beef | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 03' norco launch | | Bottom Line: | These pedals work great. Stick to any skate shoes like glue. I have heard from some people that they break if you hit them on rocks but thats ok cause there cheap as dirt! Also they cut up the back of ur legs just happened to me it kinda looks like I got clawed by a bear! Great for downhill, freeride, or even cross country. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kso
a Weekend Warrior
from san leandro CA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | anything | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | pretty cheap and it is very durable. only has scratches that dont affect it at all. | | Weaknesses: | the grip is okay and it is not super compared to easton flatboy's. the grip could be better | | Similar Products Used: | easton flat boys, wellgo stock | | Bike Setup: | trek4300 hardtail | | Bottom Line: | its a great pedal and it is still working like new. there are no problems other than i am not satisfied with the grippyness. once i used easton flatboys, the easton pedals were about 30% more grippy which is alot and they hurt way more if they hit your shins. overal its a good pedal for the money considering the eastons are almost double the price. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a
from Cary, NC, USA
Date Reviewed: November 9, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Regency, baby! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Strong
Cool looks
Light? | | Weaknesses: | I like em, my shins beg me for less painful ones | | Similar Products Used: | pssh.. stock wellgoes | | Bike Setup: | azonic ds1 multispeed dj/ds setup | | Bottom Line: | These pedals are great, especially considering how cheap they are. Definitely stronger pedals out there though. Considering getting funn souljam vipers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Owen Hatt
a Weekend Warrior
from Saint John
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Rockwood Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Works | | Strengths: | Strong, Very Grippy, and they're quite large which is great for people with big feet like me. The studs don't seem like they'd break very easily at all. | | Weaknesses: | Definatley not quite as grippy when they're wet. They can cut you up quite easily... | | Similar Products Used: | Stock metal pedals | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Kona Blast | | Bottom Line: | I have only been on these pedals for a few weeks, but so far I love em. The guy I bought them from quite literally told me that if they hit your shins hard, they're going to rip flesh from bone. So either suck it up and get a few scars (plus carry a first aid kit)...or wear shin guards. Besides that I'm really happy with these for the price. I've banged these off a few rocks quite hard and the most that happened was the black paint chipped off a bit. The studs seem really tough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
marc ferrara
a Downhiller
from roseville, ca
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | bought through khs | | Strengths: | cheap, sealed, grippy | | Weaknesses: | WEAK, first ride, clipped on a rock and ripped the pedal nearly in half. CHEAP potmetal | | Similar Products Used: | I used my stock specialized platforms for 3 years untill the bearings roasted. Have ridden MANY pedals. | | Bike Setup: | 03 big hit comp, mrp chainguide mostly stock setup | | Bottom Line: | If you're playing around town and don't plan to ride offroad, jump, or anything of that sort these pedals are great for the money. If you are serious at all dont plan on them lasting long at all. I wasnt even missing a stinkin stud, the whole perpendicular section to the bike on one end of the pedal ripped off. rediculous. but now sun ringle is giving me some MAG OCTANE's for 30bucks | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wankpuss
a
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | the store... duuuh | | Strengths: | very durable, to me. ( i've got the mosh one's so it might be different)
| | Weaknesses: | i think i might have broke the axle. it's sliding around alot.
16 stitches worth of battle wounds | | Similar Products Used: | crap generic wellgo, azonic fusion (thos'er purdy good) | | Bike Setup: | giant stp with everything | | Bottom Line: | awsome pedals. really durable for 2 years of heavy use. really wonderful at ruining your shins. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack
a Downhiller
from NY USA
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Any thing down hill | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Extremely gripy, inexpensive, light, replaceable pins, Looks awesome on a MTB Value! | | Weaknesses: | Non so far. Maybe the paint comes off when you scrape a rock or two. | | Bottom Line: | 28 pins keep you firmly planted on these peddles. They have great mud clearance and you can use them with any shoe you own. (but for bear feet lol OUCH), Big contact area, pins seem indestructible!
I bought these when my Wellgo cage strap ins broke to the spindle in a matter of a week. Have had these 7 months and the only thing I have broke or damaged are a few rocks, logs, and sidewalk curbs. OH and my shins a bit. Grip light glue and takes a bit to get use to having such a large surface that you have you foot on. But other wise perfect for the price and anyone who likes a big grippy peddle.
Looks awesome on a MTB. Fits in well too, though I have some BMX ers ask me were to get a par. Lol I like them and have ordered another 2 pair for my other bike and as spare.
I hear that the cross bar brakes but hasent happened to me and I have hit may things that has nearly flipped me with them.
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Submitted by
Rube
a
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Streets of Boston | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | super grippy, sealed bearings, inexpensive, look good | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | snafu platform, primo meat tenderizer | | Bike Setup: | spooky metalhead urban assault machine | | Bottom Line: | These pedals are a great buy. There are no other pedals in this price range that are this quality and have sealed bearings. They are also far grippier than the snafus that they replaced. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shaun
a Weekend Warrior
from USA
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Strengths: | light, very strong, look cool | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | azonic pedals, brooklyn machine works pedals, | | Bike Setup: | Diamondback X-2 frame, Manitou Stance Kingpin(upgraded internals), and these pedals along with a lot of dh/fr stuff | | Bottom Line: | Great pedals, very strong, ill have these until they break, IF they do, ill buy them again! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle Area, WA
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | Great pedals if you can keep from breaking them. Stick to your feet like glue if you're wearing Vans or other sticky flat-soled shoes. | | Weaknesses: | Cross bar broke when it smacked a log I was riding over. This pedal wasn't designed to withstand any type of real impact to that crossbar. There just isn't enough meat left in the frame after the holes are drilled for the outermost pins on those crossbars. Mine broke right at those pin holes and it was clear as day just how little material there is to take any direct impacts. | | Similar Products Used: | None really, I was a clipless guy before. | | Bike Setup: | KHS FR2000, Bomber FR SL, Rhynolites, Kenda Nevegal 2.5's. | | Bottom Line: | There cheap for what you get. Buy these if want some cheap pedals that work really well as long as you don't smack them hard directly into things. I am going to buy some Azonic A-frames next. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Lawrence, KS
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Grippy, strong, do their job. Lighter than my Primo Tenderizers | | Weaknesses: | Painful when they hit your shins. All platforms should do that, so this really isn't a negative at all. | | Similar Products Used: | Primo Tenderizers, Odyssey cage, Tioga Surefoot, Lots of unmarked stock platforms,... | | Bike Setup: | FSRxc Comp w/ XT/SRAM, Psylo Race, Avid mechs | | Bottom Line: | All of the pins on this pedal are replaceable, and stronger than most other platforms. I pounded a rock with the face of one pedal and when I looked expecting to see some missing pins, I instead saw rock fragments and rock powder coating the pedal. That is good. It is platforms like these that convince me never to buy a set of clipless pedals. The grips is amazing, and I can ride in any decent pair of shoes I choose. Skate shoes are the best. For the price, you can afford to buy a pair of these a year, but I have never had bad luck with the bearing in my pedals. I'm going to get a spare set just to have around too. You never know. Yeah, I recommend them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, Canada
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Jumping Pound Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Did not break the cages. | | Weaknesses: | Both pedals started to show play after a year. Took them apart and was amazed to find that they had no inboard bearings. Just a sleeve that rotated on the pedal spindle. Just like the plastic pedals on a $90 X-Mart bike. Cheap. Anyway, the lubrication was gone on one pedal, so the spindle was scored and shot. I tried to service the other pedal, and found that the outboard cartridge bearing was held in place with a 7mm (yes, 7mm) metric aluminim cap nut. Which of course promptly stripped. Where in the hell am I going to find a 7mm nut? Stupid design. Cheap implementation. | | Similar Products Used: | Everything. Shimano at least puts ball bearings in their pedals. | | Bike Setup: | 10 bikes. Whatever. | | Bottom Line: | My 1972 Atom 700 pedals are still smooth. In contrast,
these pedals are junk. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mo
a Weekend Warrior
from Bethesda, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | durable, bearings are excellent, offers very good grip in any conditions. Spikes are removed from the bottom, NOT the top, where they could be ground down from riding. | | Weaknesses: | the paint comes off after awhile | | Similar Products Used: | numerous other BMX style platforms. | | Bike Setup: | SC Bullit, 5th, Sherman Slider Plus, Mag 30's. | | Bottom Line: | Now that these are cheap everywhere, there is even more of a reason to buy these excellent pedals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Concord
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Lime Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | Cool BMX feel. Fairly wide, works well with skateboard style shoes. Cool for jumping and urban riding. | | Weaknesses: | Slippery when wet or muddy. I hear they break easy when you use them for dirt jumping. I haven't yet, and I hope they don't. | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher | | Bottom Line: | Good for the price. But I hear they break easy if your into jumping. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Teresa Garcia
a Cross Country Rider
from Gainesville, Florida
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | santos! and streetridin' through campus | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | chain reacion bikes | | Strengths: | These pedals are light, they stick to your shoes,
and are pretty cheap. They are good starter pedals
for urban riding. They are also good for xc trails that aren't rocky. | | Weaknesses: | These pedals dont hold up very well on things like
dirt jumps, especially when you are learning and tend
to crash... I cracked one of my crossbars on a dirt jump. I know several people in gainesville that have broken or cracked their zuzu's on rocks or jumps at one time or another. | | Similar Products Used: | They were my first platforms. I think i'm getting some A-frames next. | | Bike Setup: | gary fisher tassajara | | Bottom Line: | I love these pedals, I just wish they were beefier...
They are good starters but you will eventually crack them
when you start getting more advanced. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will Rapp
a Downhiller
from Kingston, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Dickey Bird Hill, WA | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | From a friend | | Strengths: | Strong, pins grip to almost any shoe when not worn out or mud caked, replaceable pins, look good on almost any color bike | | Weaknesses: | Pins fill with mud pretty easy--only causes a problem with tight-gripped shoes | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo, Azonic | | Bike Setup: | Look under Craftworks Rail Review | | Bottom Line: | Good for dry areas, and if you ride in mud a lot try getting some Airwalk Dozer shoes (they go well with almost any pedal). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jc
a Downhiller
from denver
Date Reviewed: January 25, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | the shore | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | very grippy and light | | Weaknesses: | seem to break at the outer crossbar a lot | | Similar Products Used: | azonic a-frames | | Bike Setup: | foes fly yeti as-x | | Bottom Line: | I actually like the pedals but in the span of 6 months. I have broken 4 pedals at the crossbar, I ride mostly technical, downhill and urban. Good pedals but not reliable
if you are a light rider or are not very hard on components
these would be a good choice otherwise you may want to look
elsewhere..... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Skokatt
a Weekend Warrior
from Starkville, MS, USA
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | tough & wide platform, great grip | | Bottom Line: | best grip I've found without going clipless. I ride them daily around campus and ride them hard on the trails. best all around pedal for me.
I got my first shin scars from them this weekend... if you plan to get any air while riding these, think of investing in shin guards or prepare yourself for a nasty scar or two. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon Lee
a Cross Country Rider
from Seoul, Korea
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Backyard | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Han's MTB | | Strengths: | Super tacky. This pedal grips like a bad habit. I had couple of rough tumbles in rocky trail and the pedals were severely scratched up but didn't break nor did the pegs break off. Pretty sweet. My experience have been positive so far. I love these pedals. Look good, too. | | Weaknesses: | As much as the black coating is nice when new but one scratch and damn... But that's cool too 'cuz that what riding is all about. Right? | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, chopsticks, and porkchop | | Bike Setup: | Basic | | Bottom Line: | Looking at what other guys paid for man I got ripped off. I guess that's the price I have to pay for living in Korea. Everything costs double or more in this frickin' country. Otherwise excellent pedal. Better watch out for the damn PEGS. Got some major peg mark on my legs and won't go away. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Antony Wilson
a Downhiller
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Braille | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | grip, durability, bleeding shins impress the girls | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | stock giant pedals and old shimano bmx platforms | | Bike Setup: | Bullit | | Bottom Line: | After close to two years of hard riding(XC, Downhill and jumping) they are still spinning just fine, axles are straight, no cracks or breaks and all pins are intact. Have bashed/grinded these on rocks numerous times with no problems(except chipped paint). Have lasted long enough to span two bikes. Didn't bend after some pretty hard landings(I weigh 225) on a hardtail and are working just fine on the Bullit. Only one instance of foot slippage while jumping that resulted in two circular puncture wounds to my shin :-) Highly recommended. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Maddy
a Weekend Warrior
from Wahkiacus WA. USA
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | earth | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | cheap | | Weaknesses: | can't even bump rocks. | | Similar Products Used: | cheap alloy and plastic things | | Bike Setup: | stimulating | | Bottom Line: | These are great peadals for the price. They grip very well and hurt like you would not believe when thay slam into you shins. These things will last a long time provided that you do not slam them into a rock. Bottom line great pedals great price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Notorious_BIL
a Downhiller
from Stuarts Draft, Virginia
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | wintergreen | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Cheap and grippy | | Weaknesses: | Weak. Do not buy these if you have rocks and like to hit them with your pedals. | | Bike Setup: | SLX w/ Avy and Super T | | Bottom Line: | I broke my pedal the other day after hitting a rock. One of the cross-bar thingies broke off. I didn't smack the rock that hard. Same thing happened to two other riders I know. One of them doesn't ride hard at all.
If you ride in rocky terrain or do street, look elsewere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Puchacho Mulago
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | City Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$28.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Grippy... smooth. | | Weaknesses: | Weak... bearings will loosen quickly. | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo, S&M, Primo | | Bike Setup: | Yep. | | Bottom Line: | The good about this pedal is that it grips great and spins smoother than most loose bearing pedals.
The bad is that the part of the pedal that holds the four tractions pins breaks easily. I cracked mine within like a week of installation, but continued to ride it. It finally completely broke so I replaced it with a spare Zu Zu. On my trip out of state, I broke the pedal again in the same exact spot. The crossbar that has four traction pins seems a bit weak. Considering that mountain biking sometimes takes riders into rock gardens and ledges, it's kinda strange. Maybe I'm being a bit piddly because I've used other similar pedals for years and have never had them break like that. I'm talking 7+ years, and seven different bikes and numerous sets of pedals (I don't ride clipless on but one bike). I've ripped traction pins clean out of the bodies, destroyed bearings, worn pins down to nubs but never broken any of the pedals but these. Build em stronger.
* When the service department tries to sell you a set of their new pedals when you inquire about warranty replacement, that's a bad sign. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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