what pedals are good value?
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pcolatri posted 18 weeks ago.
I am not sure if or how much lighter they are but the Look Sprint pedal works well for me and you can pick up a pair for under 90 bucks on ebay!
Just looked, they are 250 grams a pair!
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silverchair posted 18 weeks ago.
so reducing the rotating mass weight helps on pedals too?
is there a difference in performance between shimano and look?
or is it, you get what you pay for, $100 of shimano is as good as $100 for look.
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jnrice posted 18 weeks ago.
yeah, just passing on the advice a great coach gave me. "Buy better food, not better equipment". I think that there is a lot of wisdom in that. We get very hung up on gear, and not hung up enough on being able to push the gear that we have effectively. I ride ultegra pedals, they are not perfect, but I don't think that they are the weak link in my racing. Here's a vote for keeping the pedals and going and taking a Total Immersion swim clinic, or a cycling technique class, who knows. Wish I could have addressed your question more directly, but that's my $0.02
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Triguy98 posted 18 weeks ago.
Shimano SPD SLs come cheap via ebay and last forever. Go with either the 105 or Ultegra models.
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prendergi posted 18 weeks ago.
I love my Look pedals. I am still getting use to clipping in but it is so much easier to clip in with the Look than the SPD - IMHO. I am sure you get use to what you have regardless of what it is but even running through transition on Look vs. SPD is easier - for me anyway. I have two pairs of shoes - one is SPD - I use for spinning and my tri shoes, well that is obvious what I use them for, but those are Look (couldn't use SPD with the shoes). Out of the two I prefer my tri shoes.
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TriSooner posted 18 weeks ago.
silverchair wrote:
so reducing the rotating mass weight helps on pedals too?
Reducing weight anywhere helps. Yes, 330g is bulky, but IMHO, changing pedals for weight reduction should rank pretty low in the overall weight reduction heirarchy: first you worry about how much excess weight you are carrying around. Then frame, then wheels, then components. Nothing stupider than a pudgy rider pointing out how light his carbon cages are.
jnrice wrote:
"Buy better food, not better equipment".
I like it. A revamped version of Merckx's "Don't buy upgrades. Ride up grades." (Which he doesn't tout too much anymore because he shills $7,500 bikes.) But to your OP, I ride Speedplay X5 @ 220g (the base model with ChroMo spindles as I am too manly for the ti spindles). Granted, 330g - 220g = ~4oz if my conversions are correct, which is literally a .12% difference (a fraction of 1%) of my rider+bike weight between the two pedals. So not really a big deal.
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sasquatch posted 18 weeks ago.
look keo carbons - do a google search and you can find 'em for about $150. They are lightweight, but to me it's not about the weight. It about the stiffness/flex. Same reason I would not recommend people go with spd style cleats for road/tri. The wider platform for the cleat creates a better power transfer as does the stiffer pedal. I've found a 5-10 watt difference in going from cheap spd pedal to my look keo carbons, and that isn't taking the weight drop into account.
anyway, just ramblin. Good luck!
what pedals are good value?
I have ultegra pedals, but they are 330grams and are a bit heavy. I see that there are lighter ones, other brands for a similar price.
So what others are worth a moving too? never used anything other than shimano pedals.
Look??
olympic 2:10 IM 10:20
24hr sprint tri 8.5k swim, 250k bike, 89k run, 27 laps