Eurobike 2017: Sixpack Racing Go Clipless With New Vertic Pedal

In the past we’ve known Sixpack Racing more for their flat pedals, including the Skywalker ones we had in our issue 113 grouptest, but for 2018 they’re foraying into something new with their Vertec Clipless pedals, which we saw a preview of at Eurobike last year.

The Vertic pedal is going into production right now.

This time round, they’re about to go into production. The Vertec is a Shimano SPD compatible pedal, with an alloy cage and available in two different axle lengths, for Q-factors of 52.5mm or 58.5mm. They weigh 370g per pair including cleats, run on a mix of bearings and bushings, and will come in black, red, blue or green. RRP is €129.50.

You can see a bit more about them over on the Sixpack website.

It has an alloy cage and is Shimano SPD compatible.

There will be two different axle lengths, and they have eight degrees of float.

They were also showing a few brand new things at Eurobike, so new they’re not even on the web yet. As they bring their own CNC mills online, Sixpack are also moving more of their production into Europe too.

The Millennium 2.0 is a facelifted version of their previous Millennium flat, this time with a sleek milled finish. They eeigh 365g with steel pins in, and they ship with washers in case you want to install any of the pins in a shorter position. They also ship with a spare set of alloy pins included, and RRP will be €124.95.

They run three bearings plus a long IGUS bushing, and one feature of the new Millennium is a “safety anchor” on the axle. Even if all three bearings failed and completely disintegrated while you were riding, the pedal body would stay on the axle.

The Millennium pedal is also made in Europe on Sixpack’s on CNC mills.

The platform is 110x105mm.

Like most of Sixpack’s kit, it’s available in a wide variety of colours.

The Icon 2.0 is another European made, upcoming pedal, a bit more basic than the Millennium, it runs on two bearings, one DU bushing, and ships with steel pins and washers only.

The Icon 2.0 is a slightly more basic pedal, with a DU bushing and two bearings.

Likewise, you can match them to or clash with pretty much any bike.

Sixpack will also be offering custom laser etched pedals through their Pedal Konfogurator, though you may have to wait up to a month for your pedals to be etched and dispatched.

At this point in Eurobike, someone from Sixpack typed my name in and I was too tired to think of something funny to replace it with.

They had an assortment of other prototype and upcoming bits to show us, including a Skywalker direct mount stem also made in Europe:

The Skywalker isn’t Sixpack’s first direct mount stem, but is their first design to use top loading bolts instead of front loading.

These modular chain guides and bashguards have metal bits milled in the EU and plastics injection modlded in Asia:

The upper chainguide and lower bash guard can be mounted separately.

Sixpack mill the aluminium parts on Europe.

The plastics for the bashguard are injection molded in Asia, though Sixpack are trying to bring as much manufacturing into their locality as possible.

The back side has a honeycomb pattern.

These are Sixpack’s upcoming Network commuter/trekking pedals. They said they made these as they didn’t like the shortcomings in exsiting commuter pedals, such as poor internals and clip on reflectors that get smashed off easily. Retail for these will be around €60.

This is the Network commuter pedal.

Sixpack are making this because they wanted a high quality commuter pedal.

Fresh mudguard designs too.

David Hayward

David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly. Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.