Zaskar Posted February 20, 2008 Share What is up with Time pedals?? Ive been riding them for over a year now, and then all of a sudden two pairs of mine break in less than 2 weeks! First this pair of 9 month old RXS Carbons... And then today on my morning ride this pair of older RXS pedals! Riding up William Nicol at 5:10 this morning, the pedal decided to seperate itself from the axle! Thank goodness it was a slight uphill and i was seated, because if it was a sprint i would have gone over the handlebars!! J&J Cycling are pretty good in dealing with problems, the top pair are currently in for warrantee replacment or repair, and they are great with customer service. But im a bit worried now about these pedals! Both cases the results of the failure could have caused me some serious harm it it my foot had come out in a sprint. And bewteen amateur and I, i think we have 5 pairs!! Maybe its time (excuse the pun) to look at something else? (and maybe i should post this on that Speedplay thread and he will feel sorry for me and give me the set??) Anyone else had a similar experience with these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted February 20, 2008 Share Nothing you cant fix with superglue and a hammer. Very common problem on the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruxpearl Posted February 20, 2008 Share That's 3 TCS Time pedals doing the same thing in 4 days!!!!It's Time to do something about it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted February 20, 2008 Share Maybe you should take a closer LOOK at those pedals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted February 20, 2008 Share That's 3 TCS Time pedals doing the same thing in 4 days!!!! It's Time to do something about it!!!! Maybe it is TIME to LOOK at something else. Now you regret selling the Shimanos that never gave you problems hey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintSauce Posted February 20, 2008 Share As anti-Shimano as I am, I still ride their MTB pedals. Re-installed a 15yr old set of the original SPDs on my SS last week and they still work flawlessly. Think they had one service and none of the parts (ie baseplates) have been replaced. Actually, I prefer their feel to that of the newer PD-M959 XTR pedals on my FS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted February 20, 2008 Share had a brief look at a pair of the latest time pedals. seems they're beefing them up a bit, so maybe there is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyOwl Posted February 20, 2008 Share Thats bad. The old TIME pedals never did that. I still have a pair of Titan Magnesiums that are as good as the day I got them, 18years ago!!! But thats still very bad. Good thing you were seated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boela Posted February 20, 2008 Share GET SHIMANO PEDALS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Break Posted February 20, 2008 Share Just reading a German mag, about a year old, that did a pedal test on a number of pedals including Time. On the same page there is an article doing a recall on certain pedals from Time. The RXS carbon pedals are on the list. You may want to check out if a recall was done on your specific pedal. This may be why their newer models are a bit beefier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Break Posted February 20, 2008 Share Check out this link: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07014.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar Posted February 20, 2008 Share Thanks, but i did take that into account. The RXS carbons of mine were manufactured after the recall, and have the little gold dot (visible in the second pic, in the indent above where the word "France" is written on the axle) meaning they are safe from the failure that generated the recall. On a positive note regarding those pedals, the rep from J&J contacted me earlier, and ill have them back tomorrow when he does his rounds in JHB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted February 20, 2008 Share That's 3 TCS Time pedals doing the same thing in 4 days!!!! It's Time to do something about it!!!! There are rebels in the TCS corporate structure that revert to alternative products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar Posted February 20, 2008 Share Thanks, it appears that this is why the second pedal failed this morning! Hazard: The pedal's bearing cap can fail causing the pedal to come off the bicycle. This poses a fall hazard for riders.Zaskar2008-02-20 08:14:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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