[Closed] £200+ on pedals?

I've got some on my sunday best road bike, didn't pay £200+ for them though.

ye gods no, the law of diminishing returns definitely kicked in on these even if they are very nice.

M520s are my friends 🙂

Still not as outrageous as Park charging FORTY POUNDS for that pick set.

Anyone here use pedals that cost north of £200 like the Syntace NumberNine's on the Fresh Goods?

Not flats, but I have carbon/ti Keos on the road bike, and Egg Beater 11s on the MTB. Not like they really wear out.

Why?

I'm still wondering when one started 'hurtling' a set of wheels.

MTB pedals have never cost me more than 20 quid

I've got some on my sunday best road bike, didn't pay £200+ for them though.

this

I know someone who most probably has spent that much

Not like they really wear out.

Why?

Just seems like a lot of money for pedals. I can't help but think that [s]if[/s] when I win the lottery I will upgrade loads of bits that I don't really need to but can. I still won't buy £200s worth of flat pedal.

Guilty 😳 eggbeater 4ti's...that was before the recession and no they havent fallen apart. I have 4 pairs going on my bikes and never had a problem...guess i'm lucky

A friend has some syntace on his nomad. Lovely pedals but they haven't lasted well. They started creaking after a few months that led to the lbs changing the bottom bracket twice under warranty. He gave up trying to stop it and carried on riding. Turned out it was the pedals. They had loads of play and creaked with a similar noise to a knackered bottom bracket. He is unhappy now as you need an expensive special tool to inject grease in to keep them running nice.
He loves them but I doubt he would buy them again.

How can you love an item that fail in basically their sole duty? Do you mean he feels duty bound to like them, because they were expensive, but they're actuslly shit?

He likes the slimness size and weight but not the durability.

I thought a ton was extravagant enough for flats ..

I've got some Twenty6 Prerunner pedals, they were not cheap

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^ They look dangerous.

^ They look dangerous.

Coming to a shin bone near you.

Caution: Contains gore.

DR, there's a great bar right by where Twenty6 are based.

I love Bozeman. What a place!

Njee,

How can you love an item that fail in basically their sole duty?

Says the man with Eggbeaters, pedals which regularly fail in that they need way too much servicing, rebuilding, etc. Get some Times on there.

Brooklyn Machine Works Shinburger - i had these, cost a fortune back in the day, really heavy, naff all grip in the wet

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Pick set for about £40 going [url= http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?search=true&item_ID=643041&PartNo=SGASA204AO&group_id=681259&supersede=&store=uk&tool=all ]rate[/url],

Says the man with Eggbeaters, pedals which regularly fail in that they need way too much servicing, rebuilding, etc. Get some Times on there.

I chuck a new set of bearings in every 2 years or so, total cost £6 and 15 minutes of my time. Never broken a set or had them fail in any way. I can live with this. Not sure what constitutes "too much servicing, rebuilding, etc"

I did snap the body on a pair of Carbon Keos, which was irksome.

[i]sole duty[/i]
Geddit? S****

I saw a thread the other day asking if Garmin Vector pedals would be available for MTB's. £1300 makes those above look like a positive bargain.

But unfair that though, Vectors are rather more than ordinary pedals.

£200 for a set of pedals is pretty outrageous.

I can't spend more than about £50...all of mine get get mashed on rocks. I think it'd bug me if I had some posh pedals that spent their life hitting rocks etc.

But if you've got the cash, hey ho.

But unfair that though, Vectors are rather more than ordinary pedals.

mindmap3 - Member

£200 for a set of pedals is pretty outrageous.

I can't spend more than about £50...all of mine get get mashed on rocks. I think it'd bug me if I had some posh pedals that spent their life hitting rocks etc.

But if you've got the cash, hey ho.

^This^ I have an upper ceiling price for components and though I could afford to go above it just can't bring myself to do so!
Might have something to do with Yorkshire/Scottish family mix 😉

I've recently bought a pair of vault brendogs for £75 which is the most I've ever spent on pedals. As above pedals always end up battered. I feel the same way about expensive cranks, always fancied a set of XTR but always run XT

Definitely, but would you use them off road?

Of course.

Anyone here use pedals that cost north of £200 like the Syntace NumberNine's on the Fresh Goods?

I borrowed a bike for today with those exact pedals on. Didn't notice any difference to the nanos I usually ride with.

Guilty, 😳 Got two pairs of these one blue one grey. Both with Ti axle's ➡
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Not quite £200 tho.