105 v ultegra pedals
shiznit76
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Hi, is there much difference in reality between the two?
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No practical difference whatsoever. I have a set of each over 2 bikes, have lasted years. Choose a colour to suit according to intended bling factor.0
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OK, what is difference with the PD-R550 option? Look almost identical to ultegra0
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Can't help you there. Like everything I imagine quality of materials reflected in the price. I doubt there's any noticeable practical difference but I'm sure a mechanic can opine further.
What do you need them for - apart from propelling your bike obviously?0 -
Ultegra are composite, maybe 105 are alloy?left the forum March 20230
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Does the wider platform mean more power through the Pedals?0
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shiznit76 wrote:Does the wider platform mean more power through the Pedals?
You make the power - not the pedals. 'Narrower' pedals are not going to slow you down.0 -
ugo.santalucia wrote:Ultegra are composite, maybe 105 are alloy?
I had a peek at Wiggle. Apparently both 105 and Ultegra are carbon now. Carbon pedals, hmmm.0 -
Big Harv wrote:
Let's be grateful he isn't
Same thing though - power/power transfer - I don't see how a 'wider' pedal will improve it..0 -
See what you started Shiznit! A debate....thankfully a polite one.
Go with what's comfortable & within budget. There.0 -
Haha cheers for info
from the blurb though:
"features a wide platform that provides extra support and a large cleat contact area for superior power transfer"0 -
shiznit76 wrote:Haha cheers for info
from the blurb though:
"features a wide platform that provides extra support and a large cleat contact area for superior power transfer"
Superior to mozzarella cheese probably. Take all that with a pinch of salt. But "roadie" pedals are generally appropriate for "roadie" shoes on "roadie" bikes. And Shimano know how to make stuff.0 -
shiznit76 wrote:Haha cheers for info
from the blurb though:
"features a wide platform that provides extra support and a large cleat contact area for superior power transfer"
They also said you need discs breaksI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
SloppySchleckonds wrote:shiznit76 wrote:Haha cheers for info
from the blurb though:
"features a wide platform that provides extra support and a large cleat contact area for superior power transfer"
They also said you need discs breaks
Is that the same folk who said the same about disc brakes?0 -
No that was Bike Radar, Cycling Weekly and every other advertising revenue whore.
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I picked up some Ultegra 8000 carbon pedals in the black Friday sales for a price less than some ask for the 105.
The Dura Ace are lighter, but the Ultegra hit the sweet spot between cost and specification for me.0 -
clubsport wrote:I picked up some Ultegra 8000 carbon pedals in the black Friday sales for a price less than some ask for the 105.
The Dura Ace are lighter, but the Ultegra hit the sweet spot between cost and specification for me.
Sigma had them for £58I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
SloppySchleckonds wrote:clubsport wrote:I picked up some Ultegra 8000 carbon pedals in the black Friday sales for a price less than some ask for the 105.
The Dura Ace are lighter, but the Ultegra hit the sweet spot between cost and specification for me.
Sigma had them for £58
That is a great price for Ultegra pedals!
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got r550 / 105 (5800) and ultegra 6800
pretty much all the same except a few grams here and there (all are carbon, with metal stamp plates). the only difference after that is the dura ace ones are a bit shallower/lighter and have better bearings. oh and the graphics.
the newer ones offer relatively minor updates. nothing really to speak of.0 -
When I decided to have a go with road cleats after years using 2 bolt SPDs I went for the cheapest alloy bodied R540 pedals.
Slippery bloody things if you miss clipping in or get them upside down, but I decided I liked the much more attached to the bike feel, and ditched the SPDs entirely.
Thought I'd have a better pedal on the carbon summer bike, so started trying to work out the differences in the Shimano pedal food chain.
Carbon bodied from 105 upwards, and diminishing weight as price increased. Some kind of resin body on the Tiagra level R550, alloy for the R540. Wider platform and metal wear plates on the 550 and upwards.
Agonised over Ultegra vs 105, and hoping the outgoing 5800 stuff would be sold off cheaply, but in the end my inner Yorkshireman bought a pair of used R550s from a fellow forumite for a little over £20. I'll give the bearings a precautionary squirt of grease and spend the money saved on other stuff.
At a glance they'd pass for 105s, and I can't see them at all once I'm on the bike 0 -
to be fair they all clip in and out reasonably nicely. the 540s are slightly narrower, but as others have said that shouldn't really affect you...0
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I have 5800 pedals on my 5800 equipped bike and 6800 pedals on my 6800 equipped bike. There is zero difference in them bar 15g weight which absolutely no one could claim to be able to feel through the pedal. I just wanted the pedals to match the groupset hence going for the more expensive 6800 pedals.0
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clubsport wrote:SloppySchleckonds wrote:clubsport wrote:I picked up some Ultegra 8000 carbon pedals in the black Friday sales for a price less than some ask for the 105.
The Dura Ace are lighter, but the Ultegra hit the sweet spot between cost and specification for me.
Sigma had them for £58
That is a great price for Ultegra pedals!
thats a great price for ajy decent carbon pedal that is, see, too.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
105's a tad heavier that's all.0
