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Wellgo
Platform DMR copies
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Submitted by
bernie
a
from Laguna and Pangasinan, Philippines
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bolinao-Patar TRAILS | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | stock of R3 Shift Haro | | Strengths: | Very lite, strong and almost maintenance free | | Weaknesses: | Just like them, it has sharp heads ( anyway whatever your pedal is, it will damage your shin if you drop bad ) | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano DPD's | | Bike Setup: | Haro R3 Shift FS, see specs at www.harobikes.com | | Bottom Line: | If your on the trail and hates SPD pedalsbecause it's hard to use ion technical rough off roads them this pedal is one if the best choice. You can use any kind of shoes on them, firm grips and most of all as they claim, it's inexpensive yet can do a good trai job. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T R
a Downhiller
from england
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | anythin thats ard | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | no-edir | | Strengths: | grip | | Weaknesses: | like razors on your shins | | Similar Products Used: | v12 | | Bike Setup: | ardtail | | Bottom Line: | they hurt your legs, but grip good | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Florescu
a Weekend Warrior
from Bucharest, Romania
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$14.00 | | Strengths: | They have excellent grips, wide, perfect, and the price is the last thing you need to be sure that they are worth buying. | | Weaknesses: | On a slope, my foot slipped, and I "scratched" my ankle with them... If something 2mm deep and over 4mm wide can be called a scratch. In other words, MAKE SURE YOUR FOOT DOESN'T SLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Bottom Line: | They are excellent pedals for anything like trial or mountain biking, even for downhill. Just make sure your foot is steady on them, because then it can't slip of the grips. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn G
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | University Bikes | | Strengths: | Sturdy, inexpensive, nice grip, replacable pins, large surface area. | | Weaknesses: | None other than I pitty the person who scrapes the shins with these things. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock pedals from Trek 4900 | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4900, Oury Grips(Lovin' them), IRC Mythos XC Slick(*shiver* Sweeeet) | | Bottom Line: | Bought these things to replace the stock pedals from the Trek 4900. Although I'm not used to riding without cages or clipless, I wanted something more suited for urban riding. I'm a pretty big guy at 6'0 240 and these things are sturdy enough for my weight. Excellent grip so if you DO slip...your doing something wrong. I am by no means an expert or hell..even intermediate in biking but I know when something is good. Very impressed with the overall quality and the price is RIGHT even though the LBS charge 10 bucks more than MSRP...I feel like I need to support the LBS' out there and only go online for EXPENSIVE components. Enough rambling...GO BUY THESE PEDALS! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C
a Weekend Warrior
from sale creek tn., usa
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | danscomp.com | | Strengths: | they feel really sturdy, well built, look sweet, DANG INEXPENSIVE!! | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | clipless | | Bike Setup: | HARDTAIL BABY!!! | | Bottom Line: | GOOD GRIEF!!!! If you want platforms how could you go wrong for $15???? besides I love mine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex G
a Weekend Warrior
from London, England
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | Looks, grip, lightweight, durable, secure pins, cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Crap paint durability, turly disastrous bearings. | | Similar Products Used: | DMR 8s and 12s, Outback flats, plastic tastic stock stuff. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 GT Palomar, Zokes shocks, Maguras, Panaracer XCs. | | Bottom Line: | Fantastic when new, they give you a great feeling. Very reassuring to ride with these pedals and almost any surface, they even work when your shoes are caked with mud. The price is fantastic too. Unfortunately, almost exactly 3 months in the bearings started grinding, then failed copletely. One side collapsed beyond recognition, the other was just about about to do the same. I am not saying this will happen to all pedals as a lot of the reviews below are very good, I am saying that mine fell apart. I suppose regular stripping and greasing would help, but I had giving them a good shot of grease about a month ago, and had not done nay hard riding since then. If price is important, get these and keep them service. These are gerat pedals when they work, but mine failed so catastrophically I wouldn't feel the same confidence if I bought a replacement set. I can't give them a 5 for value because the bearings could and should be better, especially as I have had cheaper pedals last much longer. 3 overall because they were great when they worked, but the bearings really do leave something to be desired. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grant
a
from UK
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction | | Strengths: | Price. Amount of grip. Not that heavy. They haven't needed a service yet. | | Weaknesses: | None so far, except for the chunks they can tear from your leg on the very rare occasion your feet might slip. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock cage pedals, clipless. | | Bottom Line: | For £12, these truly are the dogs bollox. So good, I'm buying another pair for another bike.
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Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Victora, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | mt. doug | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$16.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicyclitus | | Strengths: | Cheap. You get your money's -worth- they do their job. Wider than my last pedals (which is a good thing). Pins grip my shoes, but when they do manage to slip, tears your shin. Worth it though.. rarely slip. | | Weaknesses: | Cheap looking. I doubt the bearings will last more than 6 months. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore pedals (stock) | | Bike Setup: | 96' Kona Muni-Mula with these Wellgo pedals | | Bottom Line: | Glad I got them. They are cheap, but will last me long enough to get a more costly version later on. They have helped me a lot - no more worrying and whining about my shines getting chewed up every 10 minutes on XC or urban rides from my old pedals.
Can't beat this price for what you do actually get.
GET these pedals, or a more costly version of them!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Downhiller
from South Wales, UK
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Merlin Cycles | | Strengths: | Cheap, Grip, Replacable pins, sealed bearings. | | Weaknesses: | Not as much grip as DMR, | | Similar Products Used: | DMR V8, V12, DDG platforms, Rob Warner pedals. | | Bottom Line: | For the proce nothing is as good as these. The pins aren't amazing and wear down very quickly. Try and replace them for DMR pins, they are far better.
also after a couple of rides the bearings started grinding and sqeuaking. Once they had been filled with grease they have worked perfectly ever since. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from N.Ireland
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclery | | Strengths: | Plenty of grip to mess about on, cheap compared to its rivals sturdy construction. | | Weaknesses: | Too wide (guess how I found that out)
Pins are soft and the pedals don't come with spares. | | Bottom Line: | Cheap, Plenty of grip , good value for money | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony L
a Racer
from Halifax, NS , Canada
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wrandees | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Inexpensive
looks
excellent for freeriding and Dual Slalom (Jumping) | | Weaknesses: | Didn't come with extra pins
Not good in climbing | | Similar Products Used: | VP flats
VP 108 | | Bike Setup: | Trek 6500
Judy XC all travel
ROACH top tub and chainstay pad
LX compoents
Sugino Crankset mighty x 500 | | Bottom Line: | these pedal are good for jumping I use these for freeriding and I had my first dual slalom race an I had these. But if your doing some serious XC racing go with clipless thats what I use for racing only but I use these awsome pedals when I am not racing XC | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Hughes
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any thats fast. :) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | very cheap
strong
you dont need those damn special shoes | | Weaknesses: | heavy
too fat | | Similar Products Used: | V8's | | Bike Setup: | GT Agressor 00 with these pedals | | Bottom Line: | These are great if you want to do tricks, or if you dont see the point in spending £50 for clipless pedals.
But they are quite wide so on tight corners you need to make sure that your not scraping your pedals... otherwise you'll go flyin'
The weight doesnt really matter unless youve got a £1500 bike that weights about 15lbs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | -Look Good
-Strong
-Good Grip
-Cheap | | Weaknesses: | -Too wide
-Teeth get bent easily | | Bottom Line: | These pedals are pretty good, but too wide. Even on moderate leans they hit the ground (nothing like leaning into a turn and feeling them scrape the ground and feel the bike get jacked up and loose traction). Most of the teeth on the corners of mine are bent. They eat shins for breakfast. But good grip. And good value for your money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kris Hunt
a Cross Country Rider
from Wales
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Machen | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Those 616's again.
Well cheap.
Good quality.
Makes a nice change from clipless.
Learn how to bunny properly without the aid.
Plenty of different colours. | | Weaknesses: | None that I have noticed so far. Ask me in four months about the bearings....
Some might prefer a different lable.
| | Similar Products Used: | Several clipless | | Bike Setup: | Custom Cinder Cone and Caldera. | | Bottom Line: | Why are there so many Brits posting about these pedals?
Paid 11.99 pounds mail order over two months ago, and so far their good reviews seem justified. Just cant seem to get on with clipless at all, so thought I would try these shin scrapers.
Much better confidence whilst riding, grip almost as well as spds yet with easier get-off (doh). Just be careful of your shins.
Also, make sure that you tighten down the pins with the philips screw head below the pedal, as mine came slightly loose out of the box. Maybe thats why some complain that they have lost pins. A few spare pins in the box would be appreciated also.
Apart from that, cant fault them at all. Review might change when I find 12 tram line scars going up my legs..... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Nixon
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne Australia
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Olinda | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | This is a wicked pedal, it has awsome grip. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shamino | | Bike Setup: | Gt with rock shox judy dh forks magura brakes and azonic parts | | Bottom Line: | there a good pedal so buy them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Maarten Wilbrink
a Cross Country Rider
from Drachten-The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sanding,Bakkeveen,Beetsterzwaag. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | No Strengths | | Weaknesses: | Bad coroding pedals with bad bearings too. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Upgraded'98 Giant ATX 860;'99 Rockshox Judy XC,ESP 9.0sl,Mavic Crossride,Selle Italia Trans Am,IRC Mythos XC,Magura HS 11 | | Bottom Line: | Worst pedals of the 6 I tried!
My first Wellgo's corode and the plastic broke too, within 3 weeks!
My second ( how stupid could I have been! )Wellgo's had problems with the bearings,within 7 weeks.
NEVER BUY ANYTHING OF WELLGO !!!!!
THEY ARE P.O.S.!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colin
a Downhiller
from Somerset
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
cheap
proven design | | Weaknesses: |
bit too cheap for some? | | Similar Products Used: |
DMR V8, SharkBites | | Bike Setup: |
Spooky MetalHead, Z1s, Maguras etc | | Bottom Line: | Yeah for £13 how can you go wrong? If you're thinking about flatties but aren't sure go for a pair of these, however there are better pedals on the market if you're looking to spend a lot more. But for the money how can you fault them? my bearings were shot after 6months (i got the unsealed) but that's easy to fix, or cheap to replace. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ted
a Cross-Country Rider
from Miami Beach
Date Reviewed: July 26, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Oleta State park | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Great. Lots of tork. Good push off | | Weaknesses: |
None yet | | Similar Products Used: |
specialized clipless...but not platform | | Bike Setup: |
FSR comp with a Judy | | Bottom Line: | Excellent. 30 bucks. Guys at the bike shop all use the Shimano platforms. These are EXACTLY the same if not better. I used to use just plain old clipless, but these are all purpose and cool looking too. Not really that much heavier. My foot is more stable on the pedal too. Go to Performance bike. Got mine for 30. Happy and proud.
Thanks | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tom
a Weekend Warrior
from Wales
Date Reviewed: July 1, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Fast ones | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
excellent grip, cheap | | Weaknesses: |
had to replace bearings | | Similar Products Used: |
plastic ones, plastic body- metal cage | | Bike Setup: |
98 rockhopper, spyders | | Bottom Line: | i bought the v8 type ones, only £11.99 now (mail order). Bargain. great grip. had to repace the bearings but they were only 60p, even though, still a bargain. Buy them now! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross-Country Rider
from Kent, UK.
Date Reviewed: May 1, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Cheap | | Weaknesses: |
Crap | | Bike Setup: |
Trek 8900SL, SID's, XTR,
Kore, Crap Pedals.. | | Bottom Line: | What was I thinking, hanging 15 quid pedals on my bike.??, well, they were ok for 2 weeks, now the bearings feel like they are square and they knock like I don't know what..I took them back to the shop and they say I'ld have been better off buying plastic pedals..nice one.One star cause I have to put it in.
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Submitted by
Chris C
a Cross-Country Rider
from Nottingham, England
Date Reviewed: March 19, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Cheap cost
Reliability | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
DMR | | Bike Setup: |
7000-Alu hardtail, Mozo-pro fork | | Bottom Line: | Geat pedal. Sealed bearings, replaceable pins, strudy cage, solid axle, no lateral movement, extremely grippy. And, best of all, at £25 UK Pounds, they're nearly half the price of a DMR V12, but give as good performance. Can't be beaten! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack Harris
a weekend warrior
from Shropshire, England.
Date Reviewed: March 6, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought the more expensive £25 v-12 Type with sealed bearings and replacable studs. The V-12 types are really good, have amazing grip (just sling your foot anywhere near the pedal and it sticks). Plus, many of my friends have experienced stud loss with their v-12's but no such thing has happened on the
Wellgo's. The seals are excellent, the bearing are still silky smooth after half a year of very wet, muddy riding.The cro-mo axles are also very good, they don't
seem to rust as fast as other designs. Overall these are DMR's (maybe even better) just without that tiny stamped name and half the price. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grant Turtle
a
from Surrey England
Date Reviewed: February 26, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
These pedals are the same as the DMR's exept: They cost one third as much (only 15 of you English bones), The bearings are different, and they don't have replaceable studs (although I here there is such a model available).These pedals rock. They are of average weight and they have good bearings that are easily accesible for cleaning and lubing. They wear quite well, lasting on average about a year of hard riding. They also grip better than any other pedal I have ever used. I favour platforms to SPD's because with platforms you can ride with whatever shoes you like and you don't have clipping in problems in the mud. They are a nice pedal that I would give 4 for performance but a big 5.5 for value and looks so I'll give them 5 Toastie Chillis. (please excuse the contradiction in terms). | | Overall Rating: |
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