Best pedals for around £40?

gt-arrowhead

Im looking at pedals as my next upgrade for my bike. The plastic ones on my commuter are crap, so i want to take my V8 copies off my MTB and put them on the commuter, and get a decent pair for the MTB.

I currently use the Wellgo V8 copies and they are really nice grip wise, and the bearings still spin nicely even though i got them 2nd hand and have used them alot. They just weigh so much, hence the reason why i dont want to buy another pair.

Im looking at a pair of pinned platform pedals for around the £40 mark that dont weigh alot and are ideal for XC riding. Does anyone have any recommendations? (Would also be happy if they came in red but its not a major concern )

So far ive seen these:

These are very very light but are apparently very small too, so im not too sure on them for that reason. Also the platform looks it would be quite far from the crank arm in comparison to other pedals.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEST-CNC-Tita ... 3a86fa75d6

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nc-1 ... prod105844

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wellgo-F1-Lig ... 4cff58338d

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/eXotic-Alloy- ... 2c684e67c5

pesky_jones

Superstars are good

balmybaldwin

Yep Superstar Nanotech flats

CitizenLee

What they said

pesky_jones

Not to mention the haribo

russyh

Pesky Jones wrote:

Not to mention the haribo

They forgot my haribo with my last order. Lost my business now going forward.

The Rookie

Wellgo MG1

AEST with Ti axle off dealextreme, small platform but feather light!

pesky_jones

Russyh wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Not to mention the haribo

They forgot my haribo with my last order. Lost my business now going forward.

I got two packets with my last order

gt-arrowhead

Superstars look like the best ones so far, thanks everyone!

dynebaruk

Another vote for Wellgo MG1 here, lighter than the Superstars but don't look as good...

CitizenLee

These are a few quid cheaper than the SuperStars, but are exactly the same pedal...

http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=84&p=940&

pesky_jones

CitizenLee wrote:

These are a few quid cheaper than the SuperStars, but are exactly the same pedal...

Really? They look pretty different

gt-arrowhead

I had that one in the original post. Last link.

The superstar ones look nicer so i think ill go for them

CitizenLee

Pesky Jones wrote:

CitizenLee wrote:

These are a few quid cheaper than the SuperStars, but are exactly the same pedal...

Really? They look pretty different

Yeah, they look the same to me... and I can see a set of Nanos about 1m away from me

I think they're all made by Hsing Ta Industrial regardless of brand logo.

pesky_jones

I know, I was being a tad pedantic... you said exactly the same pedal...you can internet slap me now

CitizenLee

Pesky Jones wrote:

I know, I was being a tad pedantic... you said exactly the same pedal...you can internet slap me now

broona

CitizenLee wrote:

These are a few quid cheaper than the SuperStars, but are exactly the same pedal...

http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=84&p=940&

I've got those on my hardtail, and the MG1's on my FS, if I ever destroy the MG1's, I'll be replacing them with the Carbon Cycles pedals, just prefer them for some reason.

bartimaeus

Nano thru-pins or MG1s. Nanos are a bigger and better platform in my opinion. but MG1s are lighter. For £37 - Nanos.

cooldad

For £30, MG1s.

Angus Young

Just get the sexiest pedals known to man...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-saint-mx80-flat-pedals/rp-prod82557

cooldad

Angus Young wrote:

Just get the sexiest pedals known to man...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-saint-mx80-flat-pedals/rp-prod82557

Whatever makes your bum hum.

gt-arrowhead

I dont think they are even that good looking. They arent ugly but there are better looking pedals. The superstars look 10 times better. Especially in red ano.

Lewis A

You mean pink ano?

poah

superstar nano are pretty heavy though

these are lighter

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... cts_id=276

Stevo_666

MG-1s or Nanos will be fine - it's probably a question of which one looks best to you

Cqc

if you hadnt been told that your original pedals were heavy, you would have never had a problem with their weight... shaving 50g off your pedals is going to make no difference to your ride...

Angus Young

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

I dont think they are even that good looking. They arent ugly but there are better looking pedals. The superstars look 10 times better. Especially in red ano.

I prefer the 'engineered' look. Coloured pedals are just a bit too Toys-R-Us for me. As it happens I've had both the Saints and the Superstars delivered today. They're both sitting in their boxes on my desk as I type. The Saints are for my bike, the Nanos are for my 8 year old's Scott.

Kowalski675

Angus Young wrote:

Coloured pedals are just a bit too Toys-R-Us for me.

Especially red ones, once they've rapidly faded to pink...

There's some all MG1 copies on Ebay for £20 (UK seller) that I'm tempted to get for my Kraken.

gt-arrowhead

Stevo 666 wrote:

MG-1s or Nanos will be fine - it's probably a question of which one looks best to you

To a certain extent, it is I do like a bit of bling.

Cqc wrote:

if you hadnt been told that your original pedals were heavy, you would have never had a problem with their weight... shaving 50g off your pedals is going to make no difference to your ride...

What? No one told me they were heavy. I know they are heavy. I noticed it when i took them off my hussefelt cranks a while back. I thought all the weight was the crank arms (i received the pedals attached to the hussefelts) I was shocked to find that most of the weight was actually the pedals.

As i said in the original post, im keeping these pedals. Im taking the crappy plastic ones off my commuter and putting the v8s on there, and getting some decent pedals for my MTB. So im not just trying to do a straight swap to save weight.

Angus Young wrote:

I prefer the 'engineered' look. Coloured pedals are just a bit too Toys-R-Us for me. As it happens I've had both the Saints and the Superstars delivered today. They're both sitting in their boxes on my desk as I type. The Saints are for my bike, the Nanos are for my 8 year old's Scott.

Ive got a red colour scheme on my bike, so i just want to stick with it. Red FTW.

Angus Young

Kowalski675 wrote:

Especially red ones, once they've rapidly faded to pink...

Mind you, having said that, I bet my next bike has coloured pedals and I'll have to eat my words!

russyh

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

I dont think they are even that good looking. They arent ugly but there are better looking pedals. The superstars look 10 times better. Especially in red ano.

I have saints on my bike and nano's on my wife's. With respect you're wrong. Saint Stuff helps you get laid, FACT