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Submitted by
Gary
a Cross Country Rider
from Spokane
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperGo | | Strengths: | Very durable. I have yet to disassemble them and grease them, no need to. After 3 years of use they still work fine. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo 700's on my hardtail. 4+years of trouble-free use.
Wellgo 96A's on my road bike, just to piss the roadies off. | | Bottom Line: | 96F's work a little better than the 96A's. Don't know why.
They look nice, work well and don't weigh alot. A little WD-40 on the springs before a ride, and an occasional cleaning is all that I have done for upkeep in over 2000 miles.I couldn't be happier with a set of pedals. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JIM
a Cross Country Rider
from LOS ANGELES
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | LOW PRICE, NICE FINISH, EASY IN AND OUT | | Weaknesses: | DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG, NOISY | | Similar Products Used: | TIME ATAC | | Bike Setup: | 1990 FISHER HK2 | | Bottom Line: | BEFORE I BOUGHT THESE PEDALS I WAS USING TOECLIPS AND STRAPS. THE TOE CLIPS AND STRAPS WERE RELIABLE FOR 9 YEARS AND ALLOWED ME TO TRAIN ON MY BIKE AND USE IT TO CRUISE DOWN TO THE STORE WITHOUT CLEATS. I LIKED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLIPLESS PEDALS BUT THEY REQUIRED OILING EVERY RIDE TO KEEP THE CLEATS FROM SQUEAKING. I TRACKED THE SQUEAKING TO THE SCREWS WHICH HELD THE MECHANISM TO THE BODY WHICH BECAME LOOSE. I COULDN'T GET THEM TO STAY TIGHT. I EVEN TRIED RED LOCTITE ON THEM AND THEY STILL GOT LOOSE.
I BOUGHT A NEW MTB, PUT TIME ATACS ON IT AND PUT MY OLD TOE CLIPS AND STRAPS BACK ON THE FISHER. THE WELLGOS WERE GOOD FOR THE $25 THAT I PAID FOR THEM BUT THEY DON'T COMPARE TO THE ATACS. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ruben Henriquez
a Cross-Country Rider
from Caracas Venezuela
Date Reviewed: April 26, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Bike Setup: |
Marin Mourwoods, Manitouw | | Bottom Line: | Yo tengo unos , son estupendos, me cai como un tonto en dos oportunidades en los primeros meses, actualmente ni me
doy cuenta que los uso , son una maravilla y en otras palabras me he acostumbrado a ellos, no tengo problemas con el
sucio si estan bien engrasados. se los recomiendo y son mas economicos que un spd 747. si estos son mejores agamelo
saber | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Rahbany
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: April 23, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Ho Chi Mihn | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
None whatsoever! | | Weaknesses: |
Very difficult to clip-in, too easy to clip out, ugly, heavy for their size, will piss-off the rider to no end. | | Similar Products Used: |
Wellgo 800
Shimano 535, 747 | | Bike Setup: |
Fat Chance Wicked
RockShox Mag21
XT Cranks | | Bottom Line: | Do not consider purchasing these pedals, even for your worst enimy - nobody should be that cruel.NOT WORTH THE SINGLE FLAMING RAT RATING I GIVE IT! | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Silent BoB
a Cross-Country Rider
from Way Upstate NY
Date Reviewed: April 22, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Cheep ($20-$30)
It works like it should
Very clean threads
Servicible Bearing (see Below) | | Weaknesses: |
Grease (See below)
Stupid plastic bushing | | Similar Products Used: |
Others on frends bikes | | Bike Setup: |
Proflex 854 With
Shimano DX, XTR canti levers with V brakes, two diffrent crank arms, '95 Girven Vector Fork | | Bottom Line: | Works well as a clipless pedal.The stock grease that they use in the is horrible (smells funny too). The grease shold be replaced with some better grase.The springs were greased with thisa nasty sticky grease that packed right up with sand and dirt and actually made it impossible to unclip. Get the greas out of there an replace it with white lightning. Still clogs up because of the stuff I ride it through Very thick sticky clay mud that we have tuns of up here. But this stuff makes ATAC's clog so I dont hold the pedal responsible.Good pedal for the mony after the matnence you must do on it to get it to work.P.S. If you want to service the bearing you can get the sheild off the bearing by taking a needle and rinning along the gruve along the outside edge you will fing that there is a metal retaing ring holding the shild on pry it out with the nedle and procede to remove the shield exposing the caged bearings wich sould make it much easer to clean. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross-Country Rider
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: April 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | I bought 96As, supposedly clone to 747s, from SuperGo. At a third of the cost of the 747s, these pedals are GREAT! I clip in with 99 Answer Accelerators, and it is a match made in heaven. I have no trouble clipping in or out. It's easy to adjust tension, plus I didn't have to cut the shoes. I certainly recommend these pedals for ease of use and price. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a racer
from San Luis Obispo
Date Reviewed: October 6, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought these pedals because they were cheap and so far think they have performed okay. Just okay though. I was using 535's before these and feel like I have to try really hard to find the entry point. But once I find it I can clip in okay. My first race with these was really muddy and I was actually clipping in while other people I talked to couldn't clip in at all. Have to be taken care of to work properly though. We'll see if they hold up.l | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ruben Henriquez
a cross-country rider
from Venezuela
Date Reviewed: September 26, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Yo tengo unos , son estupendos, me cai como un tonto en dos oportunidades en los primeros meses, actualmente ni me doy cuenta que los uso , son una maravilla y en otras palabras me he acostumbrado a ellos, no tengo problemas con el sucio si estan bien engrasados. se los recomiendo y son mas economicos que un spd 747. si estos son mejores agamelo saber | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a downhiller
from Arizona
Date Reviewed: September 4, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
After reading the problems with the pedals, sounds like installation problems, maintenance problems or something like that. They should work just fine, they take a beating, and if you have some kind of a problem with clipping out, get bigger legs or file down the cleat. It's not a space ship, it's just a damned receptacle for your foot. Get a more elaborate pedal that has had finite element analysis done on it, if you can afford it, but you'll still get passed on the trail. Nothing wrong with them. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
G
a cross-country rider
from Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: May 1, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got these a couple of years ago when my 737s go stolen, along with my bike. The price seemed right at the time. They are decent pedals on the whole, but there are now much better deals out there. For those on a budget, I recommend the Nashbars. Cheaper, made by the same company, and with the updated dual-tension release design. I just broke a spindle my girvin mag ti, so the 96Fs will have to go back on until I can replace with something better. Oh yeah, the 96Fs are pretty small, which hurts the feet unless you have very stiff shoes. Also, the entry and release is much harder than is preferable. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stuart Winter
a racer
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These pedals aren't that hot. The coloured coating began to chip of almost straight away. The bolts that hold the plates in place would not stay put, even with regular loctite applications. After just under a year, the right pedal stopped releasing outwards and the left became really sloppy.I'll admit that I bashed them on rocks and stuff on a regular basis, but the yellow coating would wear off from where I twist my shoe. I cleaned them on a regular basis, and lubed the springs etc. but eventulally no ammount of work would save them.I've since upgraded to a pair of Shimano 747s. The difference is immediately noticeable - well worth the extra $$$'s. I've had the 747's for 2 months now and I havent's touched them (as far as maintanence is concerned) and they still work better than the Wellgos ever did.For the money, they're not a bad pedal. But don't expect them to last too long.
Bonus tip: Buy the plain silver ones. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim Downs
a cross-country rider
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: February 13, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This is an over all good pedal. But it is a little heavy. I find that this
product is well worth the money paid. I recommend for any cross-country riders
or for recreational use. It gives quick response time with easy access and
disingagement. To find out more about this product, consult DAVE or go to
www.wellgo.com.tw
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Submitted by
Jay
a racer
from Knoxville, TN
Date Reviewed: August 31, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
i have been a cross country racer for 7 years now, and now am in the expert class of norba, and planning to move to pro this summer, so i have seen plenty of good and bad pedals. these are the greatest pedals that i have ever ridden on. i have ridden the 747, Onza, speedplay, and this pedal is half as expensive as all of them, and easily outperforms them all also. this thing even kicks ass in the mud. and for those of you that are color freaks, the yellow on these pedals looks great with a SL and some red anodonized parts :)
L8TRZ | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
keivn
a weekend warrior
from vancouver canada
Date Reviewed: August 17, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
i bought a pair of welgo's about a month ago and they worked great until the mud said hello. Right now i am going out to buy a different pair of pedals completely as these ones broke while i was climbing up a big hill. The clipping mechanism came right of the peddle! Mind you what can you expect for $50 canadian? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug Landers
a weekend warrior
from Los Alamos, NM
Date Reviewed: August 7, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
No gripe. Good price. Work well when adjusted properly. Of course they don't work well in mud, but what else does? Nothing is invincible to mud clogs, so wipe 'em out and ride. If you don't fall often, they don't get that muddy. Best quality for the price. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Oz
a cross-country rider
from CT
Date Reviewed: July 23, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
These are my first pair of clipless pedals.I've been using them since Christmas. At first I had trouble clicking in, but now I wouldn't want to go without clipless. They're easy to get in and out of, they have plenty of float. I imagine that the other replicas ( coda, ritchey, scott ... ) work pretty similar. My LBS said that they have had as good service from them as 535's. The only thing I might try different next time is a pair of ATACs. They're supposed to be one of the best designs. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Philippe Frenette
a racer
from Moncton, NB, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I raced a pair of 96f pedals and was quite surprised at how well they held up in the real awfull conditions we have here in Canada. I found that the clip-in and clip-out was very inconsistent when my cleats were full of mud. The body of the pedal doesn't release mud very well but all you have to do is give it a few wacks with your shoe and it all comes out. If you keep these tings clean and make sure you lube the springs they work fine, especially if you can't afford 747. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wilson Dyer
a cross-country rider
from Sherman Oaks, Ca
Date Reviewed: August 27, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
These pedals are exhibate a very inconsistant entry problem...it's hard to
find the entry point, it seems you really have to aim. I've used them a little
over a year on my Amp B3 because they were light and cost effective. The exit
quality is fine and they seem to be holding up fine. If anyone has found a better
cleat to use thatn Shimano, let us know. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Ruhland
a weekend warrior
from Tempe AZ
Date Reviewed: July 24, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought these pedals as my first attempt at clipless. I have had nothing
but trouble with these things. They are nearly impossible to get out of once
clipped in. After nearly killing myself trying to get out of these things under
technical conditions, I've scrapped them and went back to my Tioga pedals. I thought
maybe it was just me, but after trying a friend's 747's, I figured it was just
the pedal. The old saying is true.....you do get what you pay for.
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Submitted by
Scott Deane
a cross-country rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: June 24, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
These pedals with clips came with my bike, and from the start, I should have
gone right to clipless. I love clipless, and for the time I had these, I was
miserable. Your foot would hardle stay in the strap if you tried to apply
force all the way around your cranks, and they bashed the ground so often, the
clip bolt broke after two weeks of riding. These pedals are awful. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kyle
a cross-country rider
from Dallas TX
Date Reviewed: June 18, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
After my Shimano 737's finally gave up the ghost, I decided to try these pedals
(recommended by a shop manager who shall remain nameless). On the first ride,
the right pedal came unscrewed at the spindle, almost causing the axle to seperate
from the body. I tightened the pedal and continued riding. After 1 month the
right pedal began to develop play between the axel and body. You cannot remove
the spindle form the body because the plastic bushing/fixing bolt is too soft. Needless
to say the shop warrantied the pedals and the next set did exactly the same thing.
The problem is there is no bushing in the pedal at all, just a plastic sleeve and
one small cheap sealed bearing at the end of the spindle. The only redeeming
quality is the retention system (the same as Azonic, Ritchey etc). It worked without
any problems.
P.S. Be careful, the Azonic pedal looks like it has the same plastic bushing. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee
a weekend warrior
from California, USA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Wellgo 96F clipless pedals.
Good: Easy clip in and out.
Cleats will work in Shimano PD-M747, PD-M535, and Ritchey pedals.
Probably some other brands as well.
Low price (Nashbar labeled pedal is about $65).
Bad: Jams pretty badly in dirty or muddy conditions. Cleaning out the
original grease and using White Lightning on the cleats and pedals
mostly fixes the problem. Carrying White Lightning on the ride and
using it when the pedals get sticky is a good thing to do, since
White Lightning sheds pretty fast.
Other: These pedals have a small amount of free float (not as much as the
Shimano PD-M747 and PD-M535).
Small pedal platform may allow some shoes to slip off easily if you
miss the cleat engagement. Performance Kwake shoes are an example
of a shoe that slips off easily. Answer Accelerator shoes grip onto
the pedal better if you miss the cleat engagement, though.
Wellgo apparently makes several brands of pedals, judging from the
similarity of the mechanism between these and other pedals.
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