Pedals - no not those ones, flat pedals.

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Bit of a thread resurrection. To the flat pedal recommendations here stil hold true?
Looking for some flatties for new acquision. Ideally alloy. Grippy. Not too heavy. Serviceable would be nice.
I've a few sets of those available on Amazon and whilst they are okay for the money, they don't look particulary serviceable and the first set I bought is getting a bit graunchy. Fine for the bikes that have flatties which I've been tootling around on, but a carbon hybrid deserves something a bit better I think.

 

[mickle]

These are excellent. Low profile, straight axles, decent seals, grippy and CHEAP. I have them on my town bike.

 

[Marchrider]

I'm sure its these that I have on my bike - was given them by a mate back in 2014 (he wanted a decent set) not the plastic garbage he called these

anyways, I put them on my bike temporarily - they have been on now for about 60,000 miles - never been maintained, serviced, regreased. still spin freely and I have never slipped off them

 

[mjr]

Bit of a thread resurrection. To the flat pedal recommendations here stil hold true?

Pretty much. Not much innovation in pedals lately. Anything by MKS or Wellgo is usually decent. Shimano if you're a fan of them but otherwise you might consider them dearer for the same. I think they all usually make clear if a pedal isn't serviceable.

I've a few sets of those available on Amazon and [...]

Yeah, I'd not buy off Amazon for something as vital as pedals. Too many fakes on it, plus all the scams, or the legit delivery service that feels like a scam.

 

[simongt]

MKS make good pedals, from about £30 up if you want something more premium than Wellgo

Used MKS pedals for years, no problems.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Thanks

I've ordered some MKS Sylvan Touring Next Pedals from SJS Cycles.

 

[simongt]

I've ordered some MKS Sylvan Touring Next Pedals from SJS Cycles.

And an advantage of MKS pedals is that they're easy to owner service.

 

[mickle]

Thanks

I've ordered some MKS Sylvan Touring Next Pedals from SJS Cycles.

Good choice.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Good choice.

I hope they aren't too good, otherwise I might be forced to buy a couple more pairs for the other bikes running flat pedals.

 

[presta]

Pedals are a bane, the best pair I ever had were a cheap Sakae pair from Halfords, they're the only ones I've ever had that were wide enough for a start. They had a painted steel cage with plastic spiders, and lasted me about 15,000 miles before the bearing cup broke. They had removeable cages so you could access the end plug and clean & adjust the bearings. I've never found anything I'm happy with since those.

After they died I used the Union pedals that came with the bike, which lasted 9000 miles before this:

Then I had a couple of pairs of System Ex EX331, which, notwithstanding the usual width problem, would have been ok if the bearings weren't made of cheese. I got about 6-8000 miles out of those if I adjusted them every verse end.

Next were a pair of Wellgo LU939, which had only done 3500 miles when I had to cut them off because they were seized in the cranks.

I now have a pair of MKS MT-Lite (they aren't light). They've done about 12000 miles without any sign of bearing wear at all, in fact they're staggeringly frictionless: if I hold the toeclip at top dead centre and let it drop, it takes 10-15 seconds to stop swinging. But that's the beef I have with them: they swing around all over the place whilst I'm trying to get my feet in the toeclips. After 40 trouble-free years of getting my feet in the clips first time every time, I now fumble and faff like someone who's never used toeclips in their life before. They're a PITA, and practice never made things any better.

What they need is the bearings pumping full of grease so the viscosity damps the oscillations, but the cages are riveted on, so you can't access the end cap.

 

[rogerzilla]

Most cheap pedals have minimal grease in them. Even Shimano skimp on the grease these days. Back in the day a lot of Shimano pedals had no rubber lip seals so had to be full of grease to keep water out.

 

[presta]

I'm not particularly bothered whether they have grease in or not as long as they don't wear out and I can get my feet in the toe clips, the problem with the MKS pedals is that they're so frictionless they won't keep still enough to flick the toeclip upright. Practice and experience are useless because the pedal is never in any consistent position to flick it with your toe.

 

[matticus]

anyways, I put them on my bike temporarily - they have been on now for about 60,000 miles - never been maintained, serviced, regreased. still spin freely

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