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hummina shadeeba
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: January 18, 2012
Strengths: light. low stack height. durable cleat.Weaknesses: sometimes they come with some play and setting them up so that they will engage can take a small shim.Bottom Line: When they are set-up right, which isn't too hard, and when you get a set that is tight (some come looser from the start), and when you drill your shoes for two hole...then they're nicer than speedplay in terms of durability, weight, and stack height.
Favorite Ride: paradise dr
Price Paid:
$130.00
Purchased At: numerous
Similar Products Used: speedplay. campy record. spd. time
Bike Setup: various
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ben.pdx
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: December 30, 2011
Strengths: free float, easy in-outWeaknesses: have to modify mtb shoes to mount cleats, distorted cleat from overtightening mounting bolts will affect engagement to pedal, when you need to rebuild these pedals get ready for bad time, my cleats seem loose and they rattle on the pedal when I rideBottom Line: I'm a fan of free-float pedals since a knee issue came up years ago on a week long tour. Decided to use speedplay x pedals and am still happy with them. Wanted another type of f-f pedal for a mtb shoe that the sp-x won't work with. The choice is either bebop or sp-frogs. I chose bebop because of other reviews. I have 1 pr on the bike in this review and 2 more on our tandem. If you can deal with the install issues and adjustments, bebops are great... until the rear seal fails and you have to rebuild. There are rebuild kits (Universal Cycles) but there are no instructions and no info on the website. I went into this blind with the following problems: 1) the screw that must be removed after the circ clip is phillips head and very soft, you will strip it so plan on getting an e-z out to get it out, 2) after you get the body off the spindle you will find that the outer sealed bearing comes off easily, but the inner roller/needle bearing will not come out. This is where I am today with 2 destroyed bodies, several tools and liquid solvent products bought to try to remove them without success. I'm convinced that the steel shell of the bearing has bonded to the alloy pedal body or it's so tight in tolerance that it was never meant to come out after being pressed in by a machine!!! If someone reading this has been successful in rebuilding one, let me know how you got the inner bearing out. It seems that if bonding of 2 different metals is a potential problem, the manuf should have used a little anti-sieze compound during assembly. For this reason I'm going to give speedplay frogs a try. My ratings are low but not the lowest because the pedals were pretty good while they worked.
Favorite Ride: Specialized Tricross S Works
Price Paid:
$2000.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: speedplay x, speedplay frog
Bike Setup: Specialized S-works Tricross with Campy 10 speed etc
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Ian T
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: March 30, 2011
Strengths: Double sided entry, light, plenty of float, no hot spotsWeaknesses: could use a cleat coverBottom Line: Excellent light weight, worked better for me than Speedplay Zero's. Engagement easy and psoitive, no issues with disengaging
Favorite Ride: Tour De Cure
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: shimarno SPD, Speedplay Zero
Bike Setup: Trek 5200, full Ultegra setup, Orbea Orca full Sram Rival setup
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MMELVIS
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: April 13, 2009
Strengths: Great on knees.Weaknesses: Finicky locking system sometimes takes a while to get clicked in. Most unacceptable is that the right pedal now unclips during regular cycling at a moderate clip. Stopped using the pedals due to downright dangerous condition. Light user, good maintenance, simply inexcusable! Cleats are the weak link.Bottom Line: They were good for a while. These pedals allowed me to ride pain free after SPD pedals nearly put me on crutches. The non-centering float is just the ticket for forty something knees.
Favorite Ride: Egypt Valley
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: Look, SPD
Bike Setup: Carbon force frame, SRAM Force group, Easton EC 90 fork and bars, Easton EA 90SL wheels. Speedplay Zero pedals!
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cmtr
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: April 27, 2008
Strengths: Easy to clip in - normally without having to look down.
Easy to clip out - if the cleat is set up just right.
Small and light.Weaknesses: Low pedal height requires cutting away part of the sole (at least on my MTN shoes).
Tricky to tighten cleat screws just right. I went down when unable to unclip an overtightened cleat. I went down unable to unclip when the cleat screws loosened after being undertightened. Had to use threadlock on the screws.
Gave me hotspots on rides over 20-30 miles.
Expensive and hard to find cleats.Bottom Line: It worked very well for short rides, but gave me hot spots over 20-30 miles. Repositioning cleats did not help.
I switched to Shimano A520 (touring pedal), and I like them much more (as clip-in pedal, platform side is a different story).
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: Crank Bros, Speedplay Frog, Shimano A520, platform pedals
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