Road bike Pedals

[Silver940]

My brother in law has recently got himself a road bike, Specialized Secteur, and is planning a few longer 80 mile rides next year. He has put the SPD pedals from his mountain bike on there for now but I was looking to organise some more road specific pedals for Christmas. He has mentioned Shimano R540 SPD-SL pedals, see these are around 25quid. Is there anything better for upto about 50 quid that anyone could recommend or would these be a good pedal to get.

Road bikes and SPD's aren't my thing so new ground for me.

Ta

[anonymous-user]

Those are great pedals and massively popular.

[The Walrus]

Yep good well priced pedals check they come with cleats whoever you buy them from some do some dont, within your budget is the 105 set though which are much prettier

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop/Road+Parts...

[anonymous-user]

FFS i was happy with my old 540 until I saw those other ones on sale.

I suppose they are looking a bit scuffed.

[amnesia182]

el stovey said:

FFS i was happy with my old 540 until I saw those other ones on sale.

I suppose they are looking a bit scuffed.

Get the silver ones if you go for the 105 pedals... the black ones scratch up REALLY quickly.

Speedplay Zeros FTW though ;-)

[matt-ITR]

I use Time i-Clic racers. Not sure if they are quite under £50, but not far off.
Really nice pedals, easy in & out.

Look Keo's are worth looking at as well. I'll be switching to them in the spring, but only because of Garmin Vector - not because I think they will be any better than the Time's.

[IroningMan]

Can't go wrong with 105. Don't forget that as well as new pedals you'll be giving him all the excuse he needs to buy some new shoes.

[Magic919]

MTB ones are generally a lot easier to clip in than the Shimano road ones. Make sure that's what he wants.

[Silver940]

Cheers for the advice, between mum and us I think we have decided to go for the R540's and some new DHB R1 shoes as well.

[S10 GTA]

I am fond of my Time pedals.

[anonymous-user]

Silver940 said:

Cheers for the advice, between mum and us I think we have decided to go for the R540's and some new DHB R1 shoes as well.

thats the set up i used to have and i liked it. dont forget to buy the cleats as well (they screw into the shoes). i'm not sure if they are sold with the pedals or not.

[The Walrus]

el stovey said:

FFS i was happy with my old 540 until I saw those other ones on sale.

I suppose they are looking a bit scuffed.

Not sure if they will be the same as the Ultegra one's I got but they may come with cleats as well which could be another £20.00 saving

[Silver940]

pablo said:

Silver940 said:

Cheers for the advice, between mum and us I think we have decided to go for the R540's and some new DHB R1 shoes as well.

thats the set up i used to have and i liked it. dont forget to buy the cleats as well (they screw into the shoes). i'm not sure if they are sold with the pedals or not.

Yep, come with Cleats.

Thanks to this thread something I checked!

[Floor Tom]

The pedals should come with them, if they don't you have been ripped off.

[Janosh]

Hmm - not many people recommending Look?

I've just ordered some of the basic Look Keo's (£40) as they seemed to be much lighter than the others, 120g per pedal!

[option click]

amnesia182 said:

Speedplay Zeros FTW though ;-)

+1. If only they fell into the £50 budget though

[The Walrus]

Janosh said:

Hmm - not many people recommending Look?

I've just ordered some of the basic Look Keo's (£40) as they seemed to be much lighter than the others, 120g per pedal!

They are good also, to be fair as far as I know you can't get a bad set of road pedals just varying quality in fit and finish and what action you prefer from all the ones I have seen used or been reviewed.

[anonymous-user]

option click said:

+1. If only they fell into the £50 budget though

I grabbed a set off of eBay virtually as new for £60

[option click]

Same here, but I paid £40 (without cleats though - was a spare set for my turbo bike)

[Saddle bum]

Janosh said:

Hmm - not many people recommending Look?

I've just ordered some of the basic Look Keo's (£40) as they seemed to be much lighter than the others, 120g per pedal!

Look KEO does it for me on three bikes, (with gray cleats, of course).