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Submitted by
frank
from aptos
Date Reviewed: 1/1/2007 10:17:35 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Strengths: | Somewhat duable, very grippable, look very cool |
| Weaknesses: | Will rip your shins to bits and peices if you slip off. Pins get clogged with dirt so hard to adjust. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Stock |
| Bottom Line: | They stick great, dont spin easily, sturdy, will rip your legs apart!!! |
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Submitted by
steve zellers
a Cross Country Rider
from sterling heights
Date Reviewed: 1/22/2004 7:49:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | P-Lake |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $70 |
| Purchased At: | Antoons |
| Strengths: | Crazy Fly Grip, No Flat pedal should have this much Grip Crazy Fly Lyte, I don't think you can save much more weight on flats |
| Weaknesses: | A little TOO Light, I bashed the right one on a rock coming around a corner at low speed and the axle bent like a cheap lawn chair, and im only 145lbs. |
| Similar Products Tried: | DK Iron Cross, Primo Supertendy's, and ummmm, thats it |
| Bike Setup: | Soon to have a Heckler built up |
| Bottom Line: | These are not worth the money, you would be better off getting a set of magnesium pedals, or the Azonic A-frames are suppose to be the whip-diggity, hmmmm, there is a company out there wit a lifetime warranty on their flats, i can't remember right now though, but i would recommend something other than these, definitely. |
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Submitted by
Lionel
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: 1/2/2004 7:50:05 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Urban |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $65 |
| Purchased At: | Local bike shop |
| Strengths: | Looks, durability (main body) |
| Weaknesses: | Pins fell out, replaced them |
| Similar Products Tried: | None |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized S-Works DS, Manitou 100 mm fork, Hayes hydraulic discs, Easton riser, Mavic rims, some other good but affordable stuff |
| Bottom Line: | Pretty good set of pedals for the money. The pedal body is actually very durable. I hit them pretty hard a couple of times on concrete pavements as I ride urban a lot and because my bike has a pretty low bb height. The anodized finishing doesn't last as well though but it shouldn't matter that much. The pins fell out though, even though they came with thread locker. I had a spare set of pins and I hesitated to use them so I kept them. I just bought some stainless steel allen head bolts of the correct size and used them instead of the original pins. I put thread locker on them of course. This is a better alternative as these allen bolts don't eat the soles of my shoes as do the sharp ended pins that came with the pedal. You won't get as well a grip on the pedals with these allen bolts though. Thankfully I have not riden my bike as much in bad weather so the pedals have not seen much water. I do hose down my bike after some rides in dusty places before I load it on my car. I can't tell you if the seals are great but perhaps they are. I've not had problems with them even though I usually don't bother to dry off the bike properly after hosing it down or washing it. I also like the fact that the pedals don't spin wildly after you take your feet off them. 1 chili deducted from the overall rating for the crappy pins. 1 chili deducted from the value rating for the fact that I had to spend a couple more dollars to get my own set of allen bolts to replace those crappy pins. |
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Submitted by
Pizzy
a Racer
from CAli
Date Reviewed: 9/5/2003 8:01:46 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $60 |
| Strengths: | Light, low profile, pedal doesn't spin too much when you do no-footers and stuff. |
| Weaknesses: | Pins fall out easily, sealed bearings aren't really sealed. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Sun, DB, GT, Tioga |
| Bike Setup: | I have had these pedals on two different slalom bikes |
| Bottom Line: | SUCK. Very frustrating for the money when they seem great for a couple months then just fall apart. Avoid them if you put alot of riding in. For the avid biker, the bearings alone are reason to not buy these crappy pedals. |
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Submitted by
Dimm
a Weekend Warrior
from new york
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2003 9:51:40 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | all of them |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | The pedals, are light, excellent bearings, and strong as rocks |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano DX (my other pedals) |
| Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain "RM7" - wade simmons 2003 Marzocchi Monster 200mm, Mavic DeeMAx dh rims, Azonic seat, XTR everything (besides front duerallier which can only be LX), Easton cully pedals, race face north shore crank, marzocchi stem, Fox Vanilla Coil RC, Hayes HFX Mag HD Disc Brake '03, RAce Face stem and Handle bars, Maxxis highroller 2.7' and 2.5' tires |
| Bottom Line: | excellent pedals, tough as nails, took a few spills on my bike and the pedals got hit quite hard on some cement, and took the blow like a real champ...i would offer these to anyone whos willing to pay the money for some of the best pedals out there |
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Submitted by
tim
from scotland
Date Reviewed: 1/10/2003 11:16:42 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $70 |
| Purchased At: | chain reaction |
| Strengths: | Look cool Solid feeling (when new) Grippy (until your first rocky ride) |
| Weaknesses: | Pins are too thin Bearings develop play and o-rings wear out in no time Expensive at full retail They did tend to take more chunks out of me than other pedals |
| Similar Products Tried: | DMR V8/V12, plain old pedals |
| Bottom Line: | The pins are too thin and either bend or shear off at the merest sight of a rock. Bent pins have almost no grip. If they shear, you cant get them out. Result - less than no grip! O-rings are supposed to stop pedal spinnning (i.e. when jumping) but they only last a few rides in Scottish conditions. The bolt that compresses pedal body and bearings onto the o-ring is now done up to its tightest and the pedal still has side to side play I agree with a previous reviewer. When new they feel fantastic but after 6 months or so you'll wish you'd bought something else. If I'd paid full retail, I'd be inconsolable. |
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Submitted by
Darius Teter
a Weekend Warrior
from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Date Reviewed: 8/6/2002 5:09:10 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Hangaid Forest Loop |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $99999999 |
| Purchased At: | Velo City Bikes, Manila, Philippines |
| Strengths: | Looked kind of cool |
| Weaknesses: | Pins can't take the punishment and eventually bend, making it impossible to adjust them. Internals - spindle and bearings are weak. |
| Similar Products Tried: | A bunch |
| Bike Setup: | Joker, all the goodies. |
| Bottom Line: | I noticed that most of the reviews here were written after a few months or less. Had I written a review when I first bought this product it would have been similarly positive. But I've been running these for more than a year and they suck. All the pins are bent over even though I ride only in soft-soled sneakers. Last week on a generic hill grind I start hearing popping and grinding sounds from the right pedal. On close inspection I saw that the pedal body had 1 cm of lateral play - it was basically coming off hte spindle. Spindle connection to the crank was fine - not loose. The large screw on the outside edge of the body, which holds it to the spindle, was firm. The friggin internals jst broke, plain and simple. I;ve never used these pedals for real jumping, only technical steep DH style runs and a lot of more mellow rides. Pedlas this expensive should not die after just one year. They get one stinking dog poop only. |
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Submitted by
Erskine Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from Newbury Park, Ca
Date Reviewed: 7/22/2002 8:33:00 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Any local trail |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $95 |
| Purchased At: | www.bikesmart.com |
| Strengths: | High quality, great grip, durability, sealed bearing, sweet looks! |
| Weaknesses: | Price?? (But you gotta' pay for quality right?) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kore, Shimano DX |
| Bike Setup: | Giant AC1, Rock Shox Deluxe, Shiver', Hayes, Race Face, Titec, Easton, ME! |
| Bottom Line: | I've only had them a few days, but I love them! Very very grippy. Very comfortable. Wear shin guards if you value your skin! They are kinda pricey. I found a good deal on them. If you buy them, you'll love them. |
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Submitted by
joel cote landry
a Weekend Warrior
from granby quebec canada
Date Reviewed: 6/18/2002 10:33:43 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | bomerang |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | momo sports |
| Strengths: | looks awsome , low prifile , donot spin alot ! , grips like hell , pins are changeble , GRIPS ! , GRIPS!! , GRIPS!!!.... |
| Weaknesses: | SAY WHAT!!! |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano dx , welgo dh , 24 , welgo normal , axiom , noname dh , shimano dh , ... |
| Bike Setup: | kona roast ,, jrt 5'' , easton cully , truvativ husseeflt dh , xtr , hayes dh , .... |
| Bottom Line: | these are the sickest pedals , even bender rides with them , buy some and get in the beat , never slip off your pedals , never crash beacause you sliped and WEAR SHINE PADS CAUSE elese see you at the hospital!! |
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Submitted by
Andrew
from Fariport
Date Reviewed: 5/16/2002 12:51:08 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anything unpaved |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $60 |
| Purchased At: | Price Point |
| Strengths: | They are like superglue Look sweet Dont spin...alot |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Bike Setup: | Giant AC Air, valilla RC, cully's, titec hell bent,mrp mini me front chain ring, XTR rear, hayes hydrolic discs, WTB 2.4 Motorapters |
| Bottom Line: | def sweet, but they are expensive, im just lucky to find a great deal, $60....cant get ne better that that! |
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Submitted by
pete
a Weekend Warrior
from england
Date Reviewed: 4/23/2002 2:13:53 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Purchased At: | chainreaction.com |
| Strengths: | strong sealed bearings look sweet in black |
| Weaknesses: | i damaged an axel within the first week, but i got it fixed and have had no further problems |
| Similar Products Tried: | DMR v8's, Grays |
| Bike Setup: | cove sfiffee fr, zi drop offs, sun singletrack rims, hope hubs and disks, raceface bits |
| Bottom Line: | great pedals, bit expensive, i got them half price which makes them better value for money. |
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Submitted by
rei nic
a Weekend Warrior
from Hong Kong
Date Reviewed: 6/12/2001 7:56:45 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Tai Hang |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Speedgoat |
| Strengths: | Looks, quality and comfort |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano DX platforms |
| Bike Setup: | Porsche |
| Bottom Line: | I'm not good on clipless and I bought the DX's first which are quite good but hurt the soles of my feet after a while. The Cully's are IMO the best looking platforms out there so I got a pair hoping they'd be better than the DX's. They are. My feet feel much better and the longer pins keep my feet planted in the most comfortable position. I've already gashed my shin on the pins but that was my fault - I'll just need to be careful. I was surprised by how much more care Easton have taken manufacturing the Cully's compared to the DX's. I'm very happy with them and think they are worth the price. |
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Submitted by
H
from UK
Date Reviewed: 6/12/2001 12:41:26 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Does not apply to this |
| Weaknesses: | Ditto |
| Similar Products Tried: | Ditto |
| Bike Setup: | Ditto |
| Bottom Line: | I see lots of references to pain with these pedals. So here's a tip. This is fairly easy to circumvent if you don't mind slightly reduced grip - the fact is that even some shinpads cannot fully stop the impact of those long pins with flesh. Go to your local hardware store, and if you show them one of the strangely non-hex head pins, and say 'please can i have a shorter one', hey presto he or she will probably have a grub screw to fit in stock, albeit with a hex head. I hope that helps to reduce your pain. BTW, I also rate it highly and think it costs too much. Cheers H |
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Submitted by
Kristof Ulburghs
a Weekend Warrior
from Heverlee, Belgium
Date Reviewed: 5/15/2001 3:38:26 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | The world is a big trail |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $160 |
| Strengths: | Super strong |
| Weaknesses: | The pins do not retract when hitting my legs []-] |
| Similar Products Tried: | Wellgo platforms : adequate, much cheaper NC-17 platforms : like the Wellgo's |
| Bike Setup: | Kona 2000 Stinky |
| Bottom Line: | Funny that almost everyone mentions the pain they cause. I'm currently enjoying the results of a no-shin-guard-wearing-dumb-*ss-move. Ripped up my right calf some. ( Oh, I do love pouring alcohol on deep flesh wounds >-), and getting stitched up ) But they are the Cadillacs of the platforms. Just 3 chilis for value, 'cause there is no reasonable explanation for buying platform pedals this expensive. 5 Chilis overall 'cause these suckers rock and who needs reasonable explanations anyway. Kristof out. |
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Submitted by
Sack O' Spuds
a Downhiller
from Somewhere
Date Reviewed: 5/15/2001 10:49:12 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Strength, quality, low profile, rice paddy field area, spindle brake! |
| Weaknesses: | Price - which is in line with industry but is getting a bit silly for a pedal. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Flats - Atomic, Azonic, Shimano, DK, Primo, DMR, Wellgo |
| Bike Setup: | Think of a bike you cant afford, equipped with all the parts you cant afford. I probably have it. HAHAHAHAHAHA. |
| Bottom Line: | Extreme lean factor: 10. Very good. Only the Atomics are (slightly) better. Grip factor: 11. Top grippiness. Hurt factor: 11. Long narrow pins for max grip (although they are adjustable) means crunch time for your shins/calves. Feet Flail Factor: 1. It's very unlikely your feet wont find some part of the pedal to latch onto in those panicky moments when you've realised that the superman isnt going according to plan... Spindle Brake factor: 11,000. It's the nearest thing to an Instrument Landing System for your feet. Overt Cool factor: 5. There's nothing to scream that you're riding one of the best pedals in the world. True Cool factor: 11. Which is very cool. Wallet factor: 3. They say you have to pay for quality, but...? |
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Submitted by
TLtheHun
a Weekend Warrior
from Mountain View, California
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2001 9:05:46 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $114 |
| Purchased At: | Cambria Bike mail order |
| Strengths: | low profile, appearance, warranty, large spindle |
| Weaknesses: | allen socket head at the end of spindle would be a nice touch to ease installation and removal` |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano 747 clipless, generic BMX platform |
| Bike Setup: | Heckler |
| Bottom Line: | I swap between the 747s and Cullys depending on the ride. Clipless are for climbing, platforms are for fun. If you find yourself enjoying the descents a lot less than you should be, get a pair of platforms. Cullys, Flatboys, Kores, $20 generics, whatever. Yeah, they make climbing a little harder but (at least for me) not so much so that it matters. I'd say they hurt me less going up than clipless hurts me going down. My last crash with clipless (washed front end) put me on my knee, forearm and shoulder. My only crash with the Cullys so far (tucked front end) had me stepping over the front of the bike and landing on my feet 6 feet down the trail. Would have never gotten both feet out of what are excellent clipless pedals. 2001 Easton Cully: 280 grams on Gram digital scale, (8) 0.113 dia x 0.150 inch protrusion replaceable studs per side, 0.800 thick at axis, approx 3.5 x 3.5 concave platform, approx 1.0 thick at widest point parallel to spindle. |
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Submitted by
Russell
from Marin, CA
Date Reviewed: 4/10/2001 5:30:17 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | came w/ used bike |
| Strengths: | It is a very strong pedal. Grips foot the best out of any other platform pedal. Cleans off easy. |
| Weaknesses: | expensive if you buy them retail |
| Similar Products Tried: | wellgo, performance, shimano m646 clipless, cage pedals |
| Bike Setup: | Cove Stiffee- north shore cranks, sram halfpipe, hayes hydro disc front, magura hydro rim rear, hugi hubs, wtb laser beam rims, moto raptors, xtr cassette, race face stem, bars, headset, seatpost, wtb sst.2k saddle, marzocchi z1 |
| Bottom Line: | The best! Buy this pedal if you are into bikes. You can use it for xc,dh,freeride, etc. I have these on my freeride hardtail. I do alot of everthing on that bike. Very versatile pedal. Although I have only used these pedals for a month, the guy who i bought the bike from had 'em for 6 months. Only a couple bent spikes but they still grip good! They are 530 grams. Wear shins guards just in case! I was coming down a rocky section of a favorite singletrack and my foot bounced of the pedal. It was my fault, getting a little careless. The pedal whipped around and my fox shin guard got snapped into 3 pieces. Thank goodness it mangled my guard instead of my sasquach chicken legs! I haven't found a pedal yet that deserves 5 flamin' poops, but this is close. |
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Submitted by
Charles T
a Cross-Country Rider
from Baltimore Maryland
Date Reviewed: 11/13/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | all |
| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Strengths: |
Built like a army Tank 2 year wrn from easton double sealed bearings Threaded removable pins serval hieght adjustments |
| Weaknesses: | NONE |
| Similar Products Tried: |
M636 Shimano M545 Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Schwinn S10 Full Sus |
| Bottom Line: | After spending a fortune on pedals buying more than just shown here. I FOUND IT. This ia one bad ARSE pedal has more grip than crupi platfroms also has a slight concave to pedal. If you nail this one wrong though, Better have good shin guards or something to stitch you back up with. Clipless is not for ME . But dam this pedal is the ONE! Price is high. Also has oversize spindle see site. |
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