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Description:Conceived with the goal of bringing mountain bike pedal performance on par with that of road pedals, the Frog is the most versatile pedal you can buy.
Saves weight, because the Frog's single retention mechanism is in the cleat, instead of the two redundant mechanisms that most off-road pedals have.
Minimalist design does away with confusing adjustments, because engagement security doesn't depend on spring tension.
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Submitted by
CHACHEE
a Cross Country Rider
from Bay Area
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Skeggs | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | lightweight and simple looking. | | Weaknesses: | don't really feel clipped in. | | Similar Products Used: | n/a | | Bike Setup: | blt xtr and chammy x9. | | Bottom Line: | first set of clipless. still trying to adapt to them. hope it comes natural. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Elk Grove, CA
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Trailriders 401 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Can't remember | | Strengths: | Easy to use
Customer support
Durability | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Dean Scout, XT | | Bottom Line: | I've used these pedals for 13 years! XC races, epic rides, two different bikes, mud, rain, snow. These pedals have seen it all.
In that time I've only had one problem. I slammed one of the pedals on a rock one too many times and cracked one half of the pedal body. After talking to the great folks at Speedplay, I ordered a Speedplay "service kit" through my LBS, and had the parts in a couple days.
I must be hard on pedals and shoes, because during this same period I broke the soles of two pairs of shoes.
These pedals will last you a long time! My only advice is to get a lube gun to lube your pedals every few months. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Jacob
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland Oregon USA
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wilder Ranch State Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Spokesman Cycles | | Strengths: | Easy to use, easy on the knees, easy to maintain | | Weaknesses: | Noticeable play between pedal and cleat after several months of use. Sometimes (not very often) pedal would come unclipped. When I started doing MUCH more aggressive downhills I broke the resin housing on one of the pedals | | Similar Products Used: | Coda crap, ATACS, others | | Bike Setup: | When I had these pedals it was: Cannondale F700 w/ Lefty Carbon ELO, full XTR drive train, Coda wheels/front hub XTR rear hub | | Bottom Line: | Good for XC, I would not recommend them for DHing, or Freeriding.
Get an extra set of cleats to swap out when there is too much play. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Jay-Rod
a Downhiller
from Rapid City, SD
Date Reviewed: January 23, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | M Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Scheels | | Strengths: | They are great pedals, perfect for downhilling and freeriding, don't understand what these guys below are talkin about. The only problems I have had is when the cleats begin to wear. Thats it thats all. | | Weaknesses: | just when the cleats wear, then it only clicks me out when i don't want to be. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Faith 2 Downhill, hopefull real soon going to be all sram products | | Bottom Line: | Great pedals when they are adjusted, bad when you need to replace the cleats. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Fox
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | many good ones around here | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$105.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Easy to clip in, float is great. Good on smooth, paved bike routes. | | Weaknesses: | Not good for rough trails, cobble, or technical down hill as your cleat can back out of the pedal so that it is almost clipped in, until you take a jump or hop... and then up in the air, you are wishing your shoes were still connected to your pedals as you begin to wonder if your going to break your leg or your butt when you land! | | Similar Products Used: | Plastic toe clips&strap on mtn bike, and Speedplay X on road bike. | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail frame with LX components, BB7 disk, Skareb Pt front fork. | | Bottom Line: | Speedplay needs to go back to the CAD station, tweak their cleat, get on a mountain bike, ride it and repeat until the cleat does not let go unless you want it to. I called tech support and they were very nice, but I'm not one to put loose change between my cleat & shoe. They suggested putting a dime between the cantilever on the cleat and my shoe to retain the pedal better! So they seem to know full well about the problem, and still advertise this as a mtn bike pedal system. I'm returning them tomorrow. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Edward
a Cross Country Rider
from Malvern, PA 19355
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Weight | | Weaknesses: | Pricey! Cleats are bulky and don't fit normal MTB shoes. Resin composite body is easily broken. Hard to click-in and hard to click-out, with occasional unwanted click-outs. Dirt and mud settles too easily in the peddle. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano-PD M540, Time Atac allium. | | Bike Setup: | 17" Voodoo Sobo aluminum frame
2007 Fox F 100mm X
XT Drive Train
Hope Mono Mini Disc Brake with levers
Chris King No-Thread-Headset
Seat Post Thompson Elite Silver
Stem Thompson Elite Silver 110mm 5degree
Seat Post Clamp Hope Blue 31.8MM
Handle Bar Easton Monkey Lite XC
Selle Italia SLR XC Gel black
Mavic Crossmax LS Disc Wheel set
Panaracer Trailblaster UST tires 22 x 1.95 | | Bottom Line: | My left peddle broke after 4 rides. The composite body cracked from the peddle. Fortunately Performance Bikes returned the peddle without incidence. I don't recommend these peddles for anyone riding heavier terrain, i.e. wooded areas. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Chas
a Cross Country Rider
from Pgh., PA.,USA
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Brady's Run | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Purchased At: | West Liberty Cycles | | Strengths: | Light weight | | Weaknesses: | Unwanted unclips. Not as easy to clip in as the manufacturer states. Cleat cloggs up with debris. The cleat doesn't fit most real mountain shoes. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano SPD 515's, Time Atac's, Coda SPD's, Eggbeater SS. | | Bike Setup: | I've used them on all three mountain bikes. Scalpel, F700, Specialized FSR Enduro | | Bottom Line: | They suck. Well maybe ok for rail trail users. I wouldn't reccomend them to my opponents in a race, well maybe I would. Unclipping when you're going down wasn't as easy but unclipping when you didn't want to was easy. The cleat was always full of mud, snow, or sand, whatever I was riding in at the time and made clipping in virtually impossible and I had the 3rd and newest version of cleat. I had to modify, with the help of my dremel tool, two pairs of shoes to get the cleats to fit. I hated these things so much that I gave up on them in less than a month. By the way, if you want these they will be on ebay. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chester
a Cross Country Rider
from Derry
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Easily serviced, larger platform, intuitive to use | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Time, Ritchey, Crank Bros | | Bike Setup: | Trek Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This is an outstanding product. Having used pedals with spring resistance for most of my riding, switching to these frogs were a godsend for my aching knees. The pedal/shoe interface requires no springs, and the entry and exit motions are very natural movements. The float on these are phenomenal. I ride with my toes turned outwards and the limits of the pedal accomodated my stance. I could not do that with any of the other clip in systems. The pedals are very sturdy and have a large platform should you need to make that occasional beer run or marijuana score and don't want to put on your cycling shoes. Another plus is the serviceability. All you have to do is remove a screw, insert a grease injector and flush it. They are the few things on my bike that are worth every cent. I would recommend this for anyone who can't adjust their cleats enough to make the knee pain subside. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Serafin Jovet
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Strengths: | Easy in-and-out pedals. I like the 20 degree float since it is gentle on my knees. Good for people with knee problems. Good warranty and customer service. | | Weaknesses: | After a month or about 35 miles of ownership, the pedal base (black part) for the left pedal cracked where the shoe cleat stops. I noticed it two days after a ride and called Speedplay Tech. Support (1-800-468-6694) and without any problems, they sent me a replacement. The tech. expressed that this was not a very common occurance with them being only a month old. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimanno, Coda | | Bike Setup: | '04 Cannondale Jekyll 600 with some upgrades | | Bottom Line: | I love these pedals! They are light, EASY to get in-and-out, and shed mudd everytime you clip. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Colleen
a
from Union, MO, USA
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Strengths: | Easy in, Easy out. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano M505 | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Giant OCR2 | | Bottom Line: | I bought these for my road bike. I love them so much I must have a pair for the MTB too. In fact, my MTB has the toe cages that you slip into. I tried riding my MTB about a week ago after a long hiatus and I found the old toe cages to suck. And to think I was so resistant to clipless. All those wasted years....... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Neil Ireland
a Cross Country Rider
from Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Albion Hills Various | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | Weight. Managed to save 0.4 lbs on my rig between the two pedals. Very considerable advantage gain from the Shimano M505s. No clicking and screwing around to get in to your pedals. | | Weaknesses: | Still getting used to not really being "clipped" in. | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS C2 Stock mostly. Ergon grips, these pedals, looking at other upgrades... | | Bottom Line: | These pedals really are fantastic. Essentially, you just slid in them and heal outwards to get out. The natural body weight and leg position seems such that you do not have to worry about popping out. You seem to put force on the locking in so that the "floating" pedal design is obvious. These are quite nice pedals. I have only ridden them twice without any real adjustment period to speak of. They just seem very natural, without any real clicking or unnecessary mechanical feedback of an SPD. If you are looking for a nice pedal to complement your XC ride not to mention save a little weight, these pedals rock... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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