Discussion
Need to get some new pedals for my FR bike. I run V12 mags on my XC bike and never had a problem with them but was thinking of Kona Wah Wah's, nice big platform, seem to have good/strong bearings and all at a reasonable price, but I've never even seen a pair nevermind tried them.
Would love Burgtec but can't justify the cost and have dismissed 50/50's as they do have bearing issues.
Any recommendations?
S
Would love Burgtec but can't justify the cost and have dismissed 50/50's as they do have bearing issues.
Any recommendations?
S
anniesdad said:
vz-r_dave said:
Clips 
Err thanks. These are for a FREERIDE bike..
. Done a load of northshore, drops, skinnies and all that lot. Still they are not ideal.As a clipped in downhill racer I don't really have much experience but I do have a lot of friends with flats experience. From what I can tell from them Burgtec's are really fat and not worth the money, V8/12's are not very grippy, Shimano whatever they are called have tiny little pins that get sheared off if a rock so much as looks at them (this is first hand experience as these were the pedals I used before getting clips. Bloody hatefull pedals), Atomlab's are very grippy AND you can replace the pins when they get wasted because they screw in from the back, however they have a fancy pedal body ejection system which WILL engage when you have landed a huge drop (by fancy ejection system I mean inherant design flaw, loosing a pedal body off the axle is not very fun), and Kona Wah Wahs seem to be pretty good so far.
I'm thinking of going back to flats or at least trying them as I have never used 5/10's, I think I will probably be getting the Wah Wahs
If you want something special/expensive the twenty6 pedals are nice as are the straightline's but probably not worth the extra
Floor Tom said:
anniesdad said:
vz-r_dave said:
Clips
Err thanks. These are for a FREERIDE bike..
. Done a load of northshore, drops, skinnies and all that lot. Still they are not ideal.As a clipped in downhill racer I don't really have much experience but I do have a lot of friends with flats experience. From what I can tell from them Burgtec's are really fat and not worth the money, V8/12's are not very grippy, Shimano whatever they are called have tiny little pins that get sheared off if a rock so much as looks at them (this is first hand experience as these were the pedals I used before getting clips. Bloody hatefull pedals), Atomlab's are very grippy AND you can replace the pins when they get wasted because they screw in from the back, however they have a fancy pedal body ejection system which WILL engage when you have landed a huge drop (by fancy ejection system I mean inherant design flaw, loosing a pedal body off the axle is not very fun), and Kona Wah Wahs seem to be pretty good so far.
I'm thinking of going back to flats or at least trying them as I have never used 5/10's, I think I will probably be getting the Wah Wahs
If you want something special/expensive the twenty6 pedals are nice as are the straightline's but probably not worth the extra
The whole argument of SPDs vs Flats is merely a personal choice.
Even at Caersws in minging muddy conditions, I was engaging and disengaging without any issues...
Moose. said:
Why not stick with the mag V12s? Never had a problem with mine
Yeah I know, I ride V12's with 5-10's and they are pretty bloody good, but sometimes I want lots of grip but also a little bit of movement to readjust as if the foot does slip it's sometimes not easy to readjust on the fly as it's then gripping your foot in the wrong position and I don't really want to be thinking about foot position when focussing on a decent.Sessioning drops, I often find that I'm standing on the pedals, stalling the bike whilst I'm faffing getting my feet right and then.....GO!!
There's certainly a method to the madness with SPD's, but they're not for me. Tried 'em, don't like 'em. But that's just me.
neil_bolton said:
Floor Tom said:
anniesdad said:
vz-r_dave said:
Clips
Err thanks. These are for a FREERIDE bike..
. Done a load of northshore, drops, skinnies and all that lot. Still they are not ideal.As a clipped in downhill racer I don't really have much experience but I do have a lot of friends with flats experience. From what I can tell from them Burgtec's are really fat and not worth the money, V8/12's are not very grippy, Shimano whatever they are called have tiny little pins that get sheared off if a rock so much as looks at them (this is first hand experience as these were the pedals I used before getting clips. Bloody hatefull pedals), Atomlab's are very grippy AND you can replace the pins when they get wasted because they screw in from the back, however they have a fancy pedal body ejection system which WILL engage when you have landed a huge drop (by fancy ejection system I mean inherant design flaw, loosing a pedal body off the axle is not very fun), and Kona Wah Wahs seem to be pretty good so far.
I'm thinking of going back to flats or at least trying them as I have never used 5/10's, I think I will probably be getting the Wah Wahs
If you want something special/expensive the twenty6 pedals are nice as are the straightline's but probably not worth the extra
The whole argument of SPDs vs Flats is merely a personal choice.
Even at Caersws in minging muddy conditions, I was engaging and disengaging without any issues...
You know the one. Where you stall on a technical, very slow, almost trackstand, pointing downwards, sheer drop to one side, then your 'mate' accidently brushes past you with his shoulder and you do that really slow gay fall and land while still connected to the bike...
O how they laughed....the f
kers.hondafanatic said:
neil_bolton said:
Floor Tom said:
anniesdad said:
vz-r_dave said:
Clips
Err thanks. These are for a FREERIDE bike..
. Done a load of northshore, drops, skinnies and all that lot. Still they are not ideal.As a clipped in downhill racer I don't really have much experience but I do have a lot of friends with flats experience. From what I can tell from them Burgtec's are really fat and not worth the money, V8/12's are not very grippy, Shimano whatever they are called have tiny little pins that get sheared off if a rock so much as looks at them (this is first hand experience as these were the pedals I used before getting clips. Bloody hatefull pedals), Atomlab's are very grippy AND you can replace the pins when they get wasted because they screw in from the back, however they have a fancy pedal body ejection system which WILL engage when you have landed a huge drop (by fancy ejection system I mean inherant design flaw, loosing a pedal body off the axle is not very fun), and Kona Wah Wahs seem to be pretty good so far.
I'm thinking of going back to flats or at least trying them as I have never used 5/10's, I think I will probably be getting the Wah Wahs
If you want something special/expensive the twenty6 pedals are nice as are the straightline's but probably not worth the extra
The whole argument of SPDs vs Flats is merely a personal choice.
Even at Caersws in minging muddy conditions, I was engaging and disengaging without any issues...
You know the one. Where you stall on a technical, very slow, almost trackstand, pointing downwards, sheer drop to one side, then your 'mate' accidently brushes past you with his shoulder and you do that really slow gay fall and land while still connected to the bike...
O how they laughed....the f
kers.
I did this on Tuesday night (have just started using SPD's and XC/Free-ride for that matter) and ripped my arm a new ass-hole. It hurt a lot.
However, I prefer the connected feel you get with SPD's and I'm sure it makes you more efficient on the bike.
asbo said:
hondafanatic said:
neil_bolton said:
Floor Tom said:
anniesdad said:
vz-r_dave said:
Clips
Err thanks. These are for a FREERIDE bike..
. Done a load of northshore, drops, skinnies and all that lot. Still they are not ideal.As a clipped in downhill racer I don't really have much experience but I do have a lot of friends with flats experience. From what I can tell from them Burgtec's are really fat and not worth the money, V8/12's are not very grippy, Shimano whatever they are called have tiny little pins that get sheared off if a rock so much as looks at them (this is first hand experience as these were the pedals I used before getting clips. Bloody hatefull pedals), Atomlab's are very grippy AND you can replace the pins when they get wasted because they screw in from the back, however they have a fancy pedal body ejection system which WILL engage when you have landed a huge drop (by fancy ejection system I mean inherant design flaw, loosing a pedal body off the axle is not very fun), and Kona Wah Wahs seem to be pretty good so far.
I'm thinking of going back to flats or at least trying them as I have never used 5/10's, I think I will probably be getting the Wah Wahs
If you want something special/expensive the twenty6 pedals are nice as are the straightline's but probably not worth the extra
The whole argument of SPDs vs Flats is merely a personal choice.
Even at Caersws in minging muddy conditions, I was engaging and disengaging without any issues...
You know the one. Where you stall on a technical, very slow, almost trackstand, pointing downwards, sheer drop to one side, then your 'mate' accidently brushes past you with his shoulder and you do that really slow gay fall and land while still connected to the bike...
O how they laughed....the f
kers.I did this on Tuesday night (have just started using SPD's and XC/Free-ride for that matter) and ripped my arm a new ass-hole. It hurt a lot.
However, I prefer the connected feel you get with SPD's and I'm sure it makes you more efficient on the bike.
I explained that one day, for some reason, I'd got a bit squirrely along this trail, wobbled, and whilst clipped in, fell head first into the brambles.
Of course, I was clipped in, stuck in sodding painful brambles, and riding on my own. I couldn't for the life of me, get my feet unclipped. To make it worse, I'd got into such a painful position I couldn't move up or down in order to wriggle around and get my feet out.
It took half an hour of whimpering loudly until a rider found me and helped me out
Still to this day after nearly 20 years of riding, and 15 of those on SPD's, I still have the odd, 1mph, wibbly wobbly, oh feck moment as I gracefully topple over still clipped in.
Usually after dusting some huge jump in style.
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