New Flat Pedals

pesky_jones

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

ianm7222

How about Shimano Saints for £45 - Tweeks Cycles :-)

pesky_jones

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

slickmouse

Pesky Jones wrote:

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

have you tried oiling them ?

pesky_jones

Nope. But they are well greased - still from factory.

slickmouse

Pesky Jones wrote:

Nope. But they are well greased - still from factory.

well not if they are clicking their not, i dont see why they would be clicking otherwise, its a plain bearing isnt it ?

are you sure its the pedals and not the drive train ?

cooldad

Pesky Jones wrote:

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

Errrrrrrr

Pesky Jones wrote:

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

pesky_jones

slickmouse wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Nope. But they are well greased - still from factory.

well not if they are clicking their not, i dont see why they would be clicking otherwise, its a plain bearing isnt it ?

are you sure its the pedals and not the drive train ?

Yes I'm sure, Ive got old pedals on at the moment and its not clicking.

cooldad wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

Errrrrrrr

Pesky Jones wrote:

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

Not sure what your're trying to say here.

slickmouse

Pesky Jones wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Nope. But they are well greased - still from factory.

well not if they are clicking their not, i dont see why they would be clicking otherwise, its a plain bearing isnt it ?

are you sure its the pedals and not the drive train ?

Yes I'm sure, Ive got old pedals on at the moment and its not clicking.

cooldad wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

Errrrrrrr

Pesky Jones wrote:

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

Not sure what your're trying to say here.

its one of his usual condensing posts, ignore him, i do to the most part

what im trying to find out, is do the pedals run on a plain bearing, ie one piece of metal running inside another, or is there an actual caged bearing in there ?

cooldad

Pesky Jones wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Nope. But they are well greased - still from factory.

well not if they are clicking their not, i dont see why they would be clicking otherwise, its a plain bearing isnt it ?

are you sure its the pedals and not the drive train ?

Yes I'm sure, Ive got old pedals on at the moment and its not clicking.

cooldad wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

What? My current saints click which is why I'm replacing them :? Why would I risk another £45?

Errrrrrrr

Pesky Jones wrote:

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

Not sure what your're trying to say here.

Well they obviously weren't fantastic were they?

pesky_jones

They were fantastic in every way, apart from the clicking (grip, size, weight, price etc.).

Sorry, I thought that would be so obvious that I wouldn't have to explain it

pesky_jones

slickmouse wrote:

what im trying to find out, is do the pedals run on a plain bearing, ie one piece of metal running inside another, or is there an actual caged bearing in there ?

Yes, The pedal rotates around a large "pin", the "pin" screws into the crank arm

slickmouse

Pesky Jones wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

what im trying to find out, is do the pedals run on a plain bearing, ie one piece of metal running inside another, or is there an actual caged bearing in there ?

Yes, The pedal rotates around a large "pin", the "pin" screws into the crank arm

im still not clear if these pedals have a needle roller bearing in them of not, however the clicking suggests they do ?

you could try cleaning the grease out of them , throw it in a bowl of white spirit or paraffin over night( petrol works best but be very careful) and then repack with grease, if you lucky its just a bit of grit rather than the onset of bearing failure

TheNorthernTrain

Superstar.

There I said it. there must be thousands of threads all asking the same thing and the usual answer is superstar. Infact that's the normal answer for most parts questions.

Next....

croptonboy

Pesky Jones wrote:

They were fantastic in every way, apart from the clicking (grip, size, weight, price etc.).

Sorry, I thought that would be so obvious that I wouldn't have to explain it

Well if they were fantastic, and they've simply worn out over time, then why not replace them with the same?

If they've worn out in a short period of time (which you haven't explained) then I can see why people might question just how fantastic they are.

felix.london

slickmouse wrote:

you could try cleaning the grease out of them , throw it in a bowl of white spirit or paraffin over night( petrol works best but be very careful) and then repack with grease, if you lucky its just a bit of grit rather than the onset of bearing failure

+1

Strip em down, give 'em a good clean up. re-grease and re-assemble.

pesky_jones

felix.london wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

you could try cleaning the grease out of them , throw it in a bowl of white spirit or paraffin over night( petrol works best but be very careful) and then repack with grease, if you lucky its just a bit of grit rather than the onset of bearing failure

+1

Strip em down, give 'em a good clean up. re-grease and re-assemble.

Ok, will give this a go.

For the record, Ive had them roughly 4 months

rockmonkeysc

Probably just grit in the grease. Strip, clean and re grease

SuperstarComponents.com

While im probblay doing myself out of a sale of a set of Nanos....

my first bet would be the pedal axle threads (where it screws into the crank) have no anti seize grease on. If they are dry they will creak like a swine. that solves 99% of problems.

Regards, Neil (Superstar)

thelonegroover

Pesky Jones wrote:

Need some new flat pedals, the old ones have been clicking for some reason.

Pretty annoyed I have to get new ones, I really liked the saint ones I had, they were fantastic.

Can anyone reccomend pedals similar to saint in strength (for aggresive use) and no more then £50

Try carboncycles, same as superstar's but currently nearly 5 quid cheaper. Sorry superstar!

pesky_jones

It's ok, I'm going to strip and clean and grease as advised before shedding out on new pedals.

cooldad

SuperstarComponents.com wrote:

While im probblay doing myself out of a sale of a set of Nanos....

my first bet would be the pedal axle threads (where it screws into the crank) have no anti seize grease on. If they are dry they will creak like a swine. that solves 99% of problems.

Regards, Neil (Superstar)

But you have saved yourself the cost of a little baggie of Haribo, so it's not all bad.

felix.london

pff...I remember the heady days of Haribo with my Superstar orders. Seems like a lifetime ago. Wonder if any will come with the Ultra Meg pedals I've just ordered

pesky_jones

felix.london wrote:

pff...I remember the heady days of Haribo with my Superstar orders. Seems like a lifetime ago. Wonder if any will come with the Ultra Meg pedals I've just ordered

They still do come with haribo don't they? They accidentally put two packs in when I ordered some rotors from them.

I hope Neil isn't now going to ask for them back. :roll:

felix.london

maybe something about keeping weights to a minimum on international orders

pesky_jones

felix.london wrote:

maybe something about keeping weights to a minimum on international orders

A small price to pay for living in the alps I'd say

cooldad

felix.london wrote:

maybe something about keeping weights to a minimum on international orders

More likely just hate foreigners. Understandable.

pesky_jones

meh

paulc

Plenty of good reviews for nukeproof electron 2013, only 17mm thick and currently £27.99 from Evans