I'm looking at buying some of the above and have heard that you can change/remove the colour of the platforms….. but can i still ride the bike with no platforms? Essentially just making them a normal "egg beater"
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Don't worry about it. Being a CB product it'll just fall off sooner rather than later……

Wot he ^ said. Just ride it and eventually, at the furthest point away from your home / car, the body of the pedal will effortlessly detach itself from the axle in under 1 second

Yeah i know they have their issues but i've has a set of eggbeaters for a couupl of years with no issues……….I'm a believer!

Anyone else (with faith in CB):)

I would avoid CB smartys – had a set and had to bin that after 6 monts due to them have seized solid (couldn't be bothered servicing). Been running Shimano m520's since and they have been faultless despite being neglected.

I've got 2 sets of them, quite like them in fact. I've had no problems thus far (bar not being able to get them off because you can't use a pedal spanner!) when / if they break I think I'll try some "proper" eggbeaters though…

and to answer the question:
its not the whole platform that comes off, just a "bumper" around the edge so that you can change the colour of some of it
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13013
its the grey bit that comes off on the black and grey pedals, and the black bit on the black and blue ones.