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Submitted by
Chris Mills
a Weekend Warrior
from Atlanta, GA
Date Reviewed: 2/20/2008 6:59:00 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | blankets...bear |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $138 |
| Purchased At: | Tree Fort Bikes |
| Strengths: | light weight, look cool, come out when you need to and dont when you dont |
| Weaknesses: | none! unless you count the fact that the paint chips away after a while (but if yours don't then you're not riding them hard enough!) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Time Atac, Shimano M520 |
| Bike Setup: | Fisher Hifi Deluxe |
| Bottom Line: | these pedals are great! they stay clipped in when I need them too and almost always unclip if i take a spill! I can't say enough good things about them. Before i had these i had some times and some shimanos, the times were decent enough but the shimanos SUCKED! they were constantly coming unclipped (which a lot of time resulted in a crash for me) |
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Submitted by
Amy Coleman
a Cross Country Rider
from Richmond, VA
Date Reviewed: 2/4/2008 3:03:38 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Buttermilk |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $79 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Very durable, I have smashed them into rocks & concrete and still hold up. Very easy to clip in and out of. I LOVE these pedals. |
| Weaknesses: | Hmm.. not any really. The one thing that I was warned about and I have had happen, is of you bounce the bottom of the pedal off something, you might unclip. |
| Similar Products Tried: | SPD |
| Bike Setup: | Ironhorse Warrior Expert |
| Bottom Line: | A durable pedal, easy in and out, great product for the price. Would highly recommend these pedals. |
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Submitted by
Don
a Weekend Warrior
from Gilbert AZ
Date Reviewed: 11/27/2007 6:18:39 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Hawes |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Cactus |
| Strengths: | The platform is the perfect size for all around trail riding. Crankbrothers easy to use, no adjustment required clips are fantastic. |
| Weaknesses: | The left pedal began shooting out grease after a few rides. The pedal had to be rebuilt. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano 505 |
| Bike Setup: | Iron Horse MKIII Comp with Rockshock Revelation fork and WTB Weirwolf tires |
| Bottom Line: | I love the pedals. The pedals are light for a platform pedal and allows me to unclip when I come to a rough technical section. I use the 15 degree setup since 20 degrees appears to be a bit overkill. |
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Submitted by
Caleb
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: 10/15/2007 11:50:38 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | singletrack dirt |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $78 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Good Design. Easy to clip in, easy to clip out. Great in the mud. Never a problem with gumming up even if my shoes are caked from walking in peanut butter textured mud. I like the platform / support. |
| Weaknesses: | A little harder to clip than my M520's. |
| Similar Products Tried: | M520's, M505's, Shimano Platform Clipless |
| Bike Setup: | 2008 Gary Fisher Hi-Fi Pro 29er |
| Bottom Line: | I like these pedals. They are good pedals. I like the platform with the egg-beater clip in design. Great for any condition. I clip out easily, I fell 3X yesterday and was able to clip out to catch myself. Smooth bearing action. |
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Submitted by
Colin
from SLO, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 8/5/2007 11:19:49 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | My backyard |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Arts Cyclery |
| Strengths: | Light, decent sized platform, lots of float for my bad knee |
| Weaknesses: | Quality of axle, quality of bearings/seals, clip in angle |
| Similar Products Tried: | SPD, egg beaters, Time ATAC carbon |
| Bike Setup: | Nomad, Float 36 |
| Bottom Line: | I got these (acid 1) because I needed a bit more platform. I have flat pedals for when I am doing bigger stuff but wanted these for trail riding after I bent my Time's. After my first 3 hour ride in dusty conditions the left pedal was drooling oil out the seal and felt rough. They are really easy to rebuild though so that wasn't too bad. Still, 1 ride and a rebuild? I have gotten a couple rides since then and that pedal is feeling slightly rough, I may have to replace the needle bearing, we'll see. As for function, I have used the egg beaters for about a year before I bent them and switched to Time's which lasted almost 2 years (my trails are very rocky). For some reason the Acid's feel like I have to go a bit toe in to clip in which is very weird. I can't clip in with my foot in its natural position no matter how hard I push. That was never an issue with the Time's but at least the platform makes it possible to continue riding even if I am not clipped in though being distracted by wrestling with the pedal isn't the best. Hopefully I will get used to it but it still feels unnatural to put my toe that far in every time I want to clip in. BTW, I run them at 15 degree as 20 is just too much. I have to applaud Crank Brothers for being the first to make an "All Mountain" style pedal that is a platform but lighter weight. |
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Submitted by
Al C
a Weekend Warrior
from Alhambra
Date Reviewed: 6/16/2007 6:00:35 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Aliso wood cyn |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $85 |
| Purchased At: | Beyond bikes |
| Strengths: | weight, looks good |
| Weaknesses: | small learning curve coming from spd, not a snappy release like spd |
| Similar Products Tried: | lots of spds, 959,520,647, time atac and smarty |
| Bike Setup: | the works, Ibis mojo carbon, Maverick Duc32 and speedball R, Marta SL, I9 wheels, XTR cranks and F-der, X.O shifter and R-der, ODI, and so on. |
| Bottom Line: | good looking and functioning pedal I'm using the Acid 1 now and waiting for the Acid2. It weight almost the same as the regular spd pedals but provide much more plattform. A bit of a learning curve when switching from spd, getting in required a new muscle memory. Currently it takes a few second longer than my 959 but I'll get use to it. Clipping in you can sense a dull click not snappy by any mean, but click out you can't really feel any thing. As far as the release, 15 degree is good for me, at 20 your knee is moving out so much before release. It feel like mud and dirt will not be an issue with this pedal at all. Overall I like the pedal a lot, hopefully once it's broken in it will fill in all of the flaw it has right now. |
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