Which pedals for a folding bike

mkchu84
mkchu84 Posts: 41
edited August 2010 in Commuting general
I have a Dahon Vitesse D7 which I use on a ride-train-ride commute, which I love. The only gripe I have at the moment is the pedals. The stock plastic folding pedals have almost no grip and are even worse in the wet. I was thinking of putting a set of one-sided spds on it since I like riding spds on the road bike and mtb but thought I'd see if there were any other options. Any other foldy riders out there? What pedals do you use?

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  • landrew
    landrew Posts: 69
    MKS make some removable pedals (both flat and clipless). The clipless pedals are quite heavy though.

    If the pedals don't get in the way when the bike is folded I would just put a set of normal SPD pedasls on. This is what I use on my Dahon Cadenza.

    Alternatively you could also look at getting a pair of shoes that have more grip (such as Five Tens).
    Andy
  • Mikelyons
    Mikelyons Posts: 154
    Hi
    I used to use some old Shimano SPD's (similar to M520) on a Brompton a few years ago.
    They didn't fold - but they are not very big compared to conventional pedals- so that wasn't a problem.

    They worked fine & the bike still folded OK.

    In my case I used to wear SPD shoes on the bike & kept some decent shoes at work

    I say it was win-win result as I didn't ruin my work shoes & got better grip when on the bike.

    Mike
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,620
    Got one of them too, and have the same gripe - they are lethal in the wet. I will be swapping them for some M520s when I get round to it. They are small enough not to get in the way even though they don't fold.
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  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    M520's on my birdy
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    M520's would be my suggestion, or there are some one sided SPD on ebay that have a rubber grip insert on the non SPD side which wshould give better grip!

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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    +1 for MKS removable pedals if you can afford them - could chuck on those power toe grip things as well.
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  • mkchu84
    mkchu84 Posts: 41
    I saw the MKS ones but they are a bit pricey. I saw some single sided spd - metal cage type pedals in the lbs today and they seemed pretty heavy. I'll probably borrow the m520s off the mtb for now.
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    Cheap Shimano SPD pedals double sided should do the job.
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