Re: Pedal weights

Roger (Davies) had Wellgo magnesium pedals 'these'
(http://tinyurl.com/gqsu7) at Mountain Mayhem.

They have the typical sealed bearing pedal problem of exploding when
the bearings go, and exploded as he was near the start of the lap,
leaving him riding the rest of the lap on just the spindle.

I've got azonic fusion magnesium which apparently weight 235g each
pedal http://www.go-ride.com/prod_pedals.html and are unsealed, which
makes them less likely to explode and die suddenly, but obviously
slightly heavier.

Alternatively if you really want super lightweight pedals a set of road
quill pedals + half clips might be nice. I know some of the faster
riders over here are riding with clips now. A pair of pedals like
'this' (http://tinyurl.com/nt9vf) only weighs 300g, and the plastic
clips weigh next to nothing.

Joe

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It is worth pointing out that those pedals were not new and had done a
LOT of mileage. What was a surprise was that they went so
dramatically.

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joemarshall said:

Roger (Davies) had Wellgo magnesium pedals 'these'
(http://tinyurl.com/gqsu7) at Mountain Mayhem.

They have the typical sealed bearing pedal problem of exploding when
the bearings go, and exploded as he was near the start of the lap,
leaving him riding the rest of the lap on just the spindle.

I had the same thing happen to my Wellgo Magnesiums; with no obvious
warning, the bit that holds the sealed bearing cartridge failed and the
whole pedal fell off the axle with no way to repair it. Fortunately it
happened in the parking lot just before what was to be a long ride, so
we were able to shoot out to a bike store and still do the ride.

The same thing happened to Ed Hansen when I was riding with him in Moab
in 2004.

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tholub said:

I had the same thing happen to my Wellgo Magnesiums; with no obvious
warning, the bit that holds the sealed bearing cartridge failed and the
whole pedal fell off the axle with no way to repair it. Fortunately it
happened in the parking lot just before what was to be a long ride, so
we were able to shoot out to a bike store and still do the ride.

The same thing happened to Ed Hansen when I was riding with him in Moab
in 2004.

Yeah, that's what my Azonic a-frames did too. Most sealed bearing
pedals will do that.

Atomlab pedals don't have this failure mode which is nice. I've never
seen it happen to any loose bearing pedals either.

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tholub said:

I had the same thing happen to my Wellgo Magnesiums; with no obvious
warning, the bit that holds the sealed bearing cartridge failed and the
whole pedal fell off the axle with no way to repair it.

This is the hallmark of the Wellgo pedal... complete and total failure.
It seems to happen to just about any model of Wellgo pedal. Methinks
the engineer doesn't ride his own designs often enough.

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joemarshall said:

Yeah, that's what my Azonic a-frames did too. Most sealed bearing pedals
will do that.

Atomlab pedals don't have this failure mode which is nice. I've never
seen it happen to any loose bearing pedals either.

Joe

My AtomLab Aircorp pedals had a bearing failure about two weeks during
a group ride. I got to the top of the mountain just fine, went down
the first section of singletrack, and crunch! There went a pedal
bearing. Inconvenient that it happened, but it didn't ruin the ride.
I was still able to finish the ride even with the busted pedal. The
pedal stayed on the spindle and continued to function. I took it a
little easy on the pedal, but still did some drops and had fun all the
way down.

I love those AtomLab pedals. Most other sealed bearing pedals would
have left me stranded. The old AtomLabs won't fall off the spindle
just because the bearing disintegrates.

One of these days I'm going to try the new AtomLab pedals that use two
sets of bushings instead of bearings. No bearings in the pedal. No
bearings to break or fail during a ride. How awesome is that? I'm
just not sure how well they'll work for muni use. Only way to find out
is to try them.

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maestro8 said:

This is the hallmark of the Wellgo pedal... complete and total failure.

I can hear the commercial now.

"Wellgo. When they go, they go well!"

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Klaas Bil said:

"Wellgo. When they go, they go well!"

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict

*groan*

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