Not bad for $10

Several years ago, Nashbar ran a deal on shoes and SPD pedals. Buy a pair of shoes and get a set of
pedals for $10 more (I think that was the price). Well I bought a pair of cheap shoes and a pair of
pedals. I seem to recall I had about $30 bucks in the whole deal. It was 1997, and it was time to
shed the toe clips. The pedals first found their way on my Cannondale road bike and over the next
two seasons I put about 3500 miles on them. I hung up the Cannondale late in 1998. When I got my
Vrex in 2000 I needed some SPD's. A couple turns of the wrench and they were now part of the power
train of the Vrex. 8500 miles later, they transferred over to the Giro. Today I noticed my right
foot was not locking into the pedal on one side. After a nice ride this afternoon a close
examination of the pedal shows one sides' locking tab is broken. As luck would have it I had ordered
a pair this winter, so I have back ups. Counting the 850 miles on the Giro, the cheapy Nashbar SPD
clones have given me nearly 13000 miles of service. Some times you takes your chances and it comes
out good Spring is back today 70 degrees this afternoon and beautiful. Days like this remind me why
I still live here. Denny in Sayre, Pa "Bent but not broken" www.recumbentstuff.com

 

I almost fell for that same deal at Nasbar. Fortunately for me, they were out of the $10 pedals so I
bit the bullet and bought a $50 pair of Wellgos. Those pedals are now on their second bike, and 5000
miles later they still work great. Recently I saw some of those $10 pedals in a LBS... CHEAP! Just
turning it in my hand, it felt like the bearings were all flat-spotted. Glad I didn't waste the $10.

"Denny Voorhees" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Several years ago, Nashbar ran a deal on shoes and SPD pedals. Buy a pair of shoes and get a set
> of pedals for $10 more (I think that was the price). Well I bought a pair of cheap shoes and a
> pair of pedals. I seem to recall I had about $30 bucks in the whole deal. It was 1997, and it was
> time to shed the toe clips. The pedals first found their way on my Cannondale road bike and over
> the next two seasons I put about 3500 miles on them. I hung up the Cannondale late in 1998. When I
> got my Vrex in 2000 I needed some SPD's. A couple turns of the wrench and they were now part of
> the power train of the Vrex. 8500 miles later, they transferred over to the Giro. Today I noticed
> my right foot was not locking into the pedal on one side. After a nice ride this afternoon a close
> examination of the pedal shows one sides' locking tab is broken. As luck would have it I had
> ordered a pair this winter, so I have back ups. Counting the 850 miles on the Giro, the cheapy
> Nashbar SPD clones have given me nearly 13000 miles of service. Some times you takes your chances
> and it comes out good Spring is back today 70 degrees this afternoon and beautiful. Days like this
> remind me why I still live here. Denny in Sayre, Pa "Bent but not broken" www.recumbentstuff.com