Look Keo Blades
me-109
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Anyone using these have issues with them not hanging correctly when unclipped? Looking at buying some Max Carbon but the Blades are going for not much more. However, I've found that some light pedals don't hang because there is insufficient rear weight bias, so clipping in isn't as easy as it should be.
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Mine are fine - the bearings in one pedal have become slightly rough but they've had a decent amount of use.
My only gripe is they seem to come with a lower spring tension now I prefer mine to take a bit more to clip out of.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
I was under the impression that they came fitted with lighter 'springs', but had the 12nm ones in the box too.0
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I’ve got 3 pairs of the Blades & 1 of them were quite “stiff” from the box, they wouldn’t spin freely.
However after about 500 miles of use they are now absolutely fine.
FWIW I never had any trouble clipping in.0 -
Anything that makes them better than the normal jobbies for the extra scheckles?.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I’ve never had any other Look pedal so can’t really say.
YMMV of course but for me I just found the clipping in & out easier than when I had Ultegra pedals.0 -
Best price on the Keo Max Carbons is £72, but I can get the Blades for £84. It's about a 30g weight saving and 0.001W of aero benefit (estimated).MattFalle said:Anything that makes them better than the normal jobbies for the extra scheckles?
My Times don't always hang properly although they aren't stiff anywhere, I just put it down to the lack of rear weight bias. If the Blades were similar I'd just get the Max, which I've had before.
I think I can't be ar5ed with the Speedplay inflated prices and cleat malarkey to go that route.0 -
Yes mine are stronger than that - they used to have (from memory) something like 15 and 20 as options too.me-109 said:I was under the impression that they came fitted with lighter 'springs', but had the 12nm ones in the box too.
[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Tbh, £12 and 30g - yeah I'd go for that 👍👍me-109 said:
Best price on the Keo Max Carbons is £72, but I can get the Blades for £84. It's about a 30g weight saving and 0.001W of aero benefit (estimated).MattFalle said:Anything that makes them better than the normal jobbies for the extra scheckles?
My Times don't always hang properly although they aren't stiff anywhere, I just put it down to the lack of rear weight bias. If the Blades were similar I'd just get the Max, which I've had before.
I think I can't be ar5ed with the Speedplay inflated prices and cleat malarkey to go that route.
Agree totally re Speedplay faff..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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me-109 said:
I was under the impression that they came fitted with lighter 'springs', but had the 12nm ones in the box too.
Depends what model you get. The lower end ones come with 8nm & 12nm tension - the higher 12& 16 although you can get 20nm as well.
I’ve always used 16nm.
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