Shimano PD-M323 Older Pedals
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Shimano PD-M323
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These are my first pair of clipless pedals, and I think they are great. On difficult courses or steep hills I can get out of the SPD's. They are great to learn how to ride clipless.... After riding a few time with the pedals, they are quit easy to get in. Just push the pedal a little bit to the fromt and slide your shoe in. Riding the normal pedalside, you have to flip the pedal, this I found a bit more difficult....
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these are good learner pedals if u want to use clipless. but once you reach the point that you have to be clipped in all the time these pedals suck. they are a reall pain in the ass to lock into in technical areas, i am always looking down to make sure they are on the right side to clip in, these pedals will always have the non clip side pointing up so you have to spin it with your foot to get on the right side. so if you are already a clipless pedal guy do not get pedals. but if you want to learn these are ok.
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These are the best pedals I've ever used. Their simple dual purpose design is extremely effective. It's great to have a choice between street and spd shoes. It allows you to be much more spontaneous with your bike. Since I've gotten these pedals I've been riding my bike a lot more - doing trials and screwing around in parking lots, etc. On more technical or unfamiliar terrain it's also nice to be able to use the cage. My pedals have a lot of float when I'm clipped in, which I like. They are very easy to get in and out of. Mine always hang the same way, and clipping in became second nature after only a few rides. I can clip into my 323's a lot faster and easier than my Ritchey spds. I haven't had the problem of loose or lost screws that some people have reported in their reviews. You can buy lighter pedals, but so what? I haven't noticed the weight difference and the elegance of design and the quality of the pedals far outweigh the extra grams. The price is nice too. Buy these pedals, you won't regret it. Great job Shimano!
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They suck !!
Either you use spd or you don't.
The quality is shitty. The chrome comes off and they start to rust.
The bearings can't take it. Get the VPs instead.
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Update: Shop tells me that the feel of the bearings is normal - they are assembled very tight and I am told they will smooth out with riding and greasing - so still 5
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I found them very versatile. Using a bike to go to my university I wear normal shoes and use stnadard side of pedals. When riding out of city SPD set is a really advantage. I have never thought they are so safe - really! They are useful especially at evening or night - turning on a light set doesn't affect at all! I use the M-system cleats which seems to be more comfortable to clip off than S'.
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5 |
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These are my first pair of clipless pedals, and I'm extremely pleased with them. I use my bike for off-road, road, and short commutes to the gym and the store. The ability to just flip the pedal and ride in street shoes is great. I still have trouble occasionally clipping in, but it's getting easier. The only problem that I've experienced with these are the top two screws on the clip-in side repeatedly came loose the first two or three times I used them. But a couple of squirts of lock-tite fixed that well.
If you don't want to make the full commitment to clipless pedals, these are definitely the way to go.
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I still like to just hop on my bike a spin around by my home so these have
come in very handy. Clipping in is at times difficult because your essentially
50% less likely to be on the cleat but this is overcome pretty quickly.
the platform is killer on downhills when your overcome by Chicken-poop syndrome!!!
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5 |
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These pedals are excellent! My girfriend and I use them on our Mountain Tandem, which gets mostly road/fire road use. They are a wonderful choice for tandems because you can ride the bike casually with the platform side if you don't have your bike shoes on. I've also used them on my Mountain rig once or twice, before I bought double-sided clipless pedals. I recently lent one set to friend for about a month so he could learn to ride off-road with the cleats, but have the platform side as a fall-back.
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seems a bit boggo to me