The HT Talon pedal seems to be at a glance a no nonsense metal flat pedal for a decent price and after a few months of use I'd say this pretty much mi ...
By ben_haworth
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Very similar looking to DMR Vaults? Not a bad thing TBF.
Not surprising, HT made tons of the classic flat pedals for other people. Kona Wah Wahs, the old Superstar Nanos, Nukeproof Horizons. Not sure if they ever did a DMR, but I'd bet on these to be at the very least much more durable than Vaults.
Great review as ever, but am I the only old timer who services their pedal bearings?
So are these user service friendly?
Rebuild kits are easy to find (though I don't know for sure if the existing kit for the AN range will fit) but also, these look to be pretty much the standard HT nano design with bearings on the outside and bushings on the inside, if so all the servicing those really need is an occasional repack with grease, they're very durable. I've run a set of the older nanos basically forever and all they've ever needed is regreasing from time to time.
Their PA03A uses the same general design and is cheap and excellent.
(again assuming they're the same as the existing once but if so, you can dismantle and clean easily but what I do is, I take the endcap/caps out to reveal the axle nut and end bearing, and then I just fill the cavity most of the way with grease and refit the endcap- as you tighten it up it forces the new grease through the bearing just like a grease gun. If you want, you can repeat it a couple of times and it'll push grease right through teh pedal and force it out the crank-end seal for a full refresh, though this does pack them very full and makes them quite slow for a while. Just need to be careful with the plastic ones as it's obviously easier to hurt the thread in the plastic body)
Oh yeah maybe worth adding that some of their pedals like the AE05 have an external bearing under a little metal cap at the end of the axle and these are all absolutely useless in the UK, you can't get them wet.
I expect they will be easy to service. I have some HT alloy pedals (ans-10 or something) and they even came with an extended socket tool. Service kits are reasonably priced too and easy enough to work on.