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Submitted by
Mark
from Seal Beach
Date Reviewed: 1/22/2008 3:01:12 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | I'm a cyclocross rider and I find these pedals the easiest to get in and out of. They seem to clip in without me even thinking about it. Nice that they come in a shorter spindle length too since I'm sensitive to the Q factor. |
| Weaknesses: | Price. Getting them as a gift offsets this weakness though ;) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Candys, other flavors of Egg Beaters form Crank Bros |
| Bike Setup: | Several. SS 'Cross and SS MTB |
| Bottom Line: | Pricey, but what a difference the coating makes when entering/exiting these pedals! Ask Santa for a set for sure. |
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Submitted by
Al
a Cross Country Rider
from MN
Date Reviewed: 7/29/2007 3:58:45 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $282 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | Light weight, easy of entry/release, great in mud |
| Weaknesses: | Cost, noisy, bearings, grease fitting |
| Similar Products Tried: | SPD,Time ATAC,Expedo |
| Bottom Line: | I got these pedals as a weight saver over my Time Atac Carbons which I've had for 6yrs. Had some Expedo Ti pedals, broke 2pr in 2 years and decided to move on to the CB 4Ti which are less than half the weight of the Times. Pedals are suprisingly easy to get in and out of, despite not having a tension adjustment like SPD's. My Times with no tension adjustment required me to shave the cleats to get the release low enough, not so with the CB's. These have the perfect balance of smooth entry/release and float while in the pedal. I don't ride much in the mud, but when I have release hasn't been affected like my old SPD's. I had some reservations, having read some negative comments about riders with Eggbeaters being ejected from the pedal when the bottom side hits a rock or root and opens the top side. Happily, I havn't had this issue in the few months I've owned them. The down side of these pedals is that they generated really annoying clicking noises with every pedal stroke. I liberally applied some Pedro's Syn Grease to the outside of the pedal body and it went away, hoopefully it stays this way. Also, the pedals will make a buzzing sound if you're pedaling at about 20mph with some cornering. I repacked the bearings with Pedros Syn, but it has not gone away. The pedals use a plastic bushing on the inboard side and bearing on the outboard side, pretty cheesy compared to Time that uses two inboard and one outboard bearing. One more thing about the bearings, CB gives you a grease fitting which allows you to remove the end cap of the pedal, thread in fitting and pump fresh grease from the outboard side to the inboard side and out the seal. This is an excellent idea to save time on maintenance, unfortunately the pressure required from a bike grease gun to force the new grease through partially dislodges the inboard grease seal leaving the spindle and bushing vulnerable as well as decreasing freedom of pedal movement. Considering the high price, I would have expected more, at least a better bearing system than their low end models. I only have a few hundred miles on them so far, so long term durability is unknown - I have my doubts, but at least rebuild kits are cheap at $15! |
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Submitted by
Ryan McNeel
a Weekend Warrior
from Eagle River, Alaska
Date Reviewed: 7/23/2007 12:51:05 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | ryan_mcneel@yahoo.com |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $325 |
| Purchased At: | price point |
| Strengths: | low weight. looks great. Just a great peda; |
| Weaknesses: | shorter than original version, but works great still. PRICE. |
| Similar Products Tried: | cages, and crankbros. candy |
| Bike Setup: | Novara Team FS |
| Bottom Line: | These are some of the best pedals. The previous poster said they release easily. If you ajust your cleats this will not be a problem. My guess is that if he takes it to his lbs they will fix it for him. These pedals are great. No look lock-in is the way to go with biking. |
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Submitted by
dave
a Racer
from vancouver
Date Reviewed: 7/20/2007 8:21:15 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | super light. look cool. |
| Weaknesses: | release too easily in technical terrain. |
| Similar Products Tried: | spd |
| Bike Setup: | blur |
| Bottom Line: | Nice pedals but not secure enough for BC terrain. Planning to switch to the new spds. For extreme weight weenies only. |
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Submitted by
chris
a Racer
from Colorado Springs
Date Reviewed: 7/28/2006 7:01:13 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Buffalo Creek |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $400 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Light and Functional |
| Weaknesses: | Price |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | 22 lb. Kona King |
| Bottom Line: | Super light best working pedal on the market.I like light stuff but dont want to sacrifice strenght and durability and these fit the bill!!!! |
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