Tell me more about Crankbrothers pedals

[sias]

2 words ..... stay away !!

2 words... Love mine !!

[Goodbadugly]

I have done a few stage races in my life.

On one my partner was riding Candy's. The pedal came clean off the axle.

On another race the cleat on his shoe broke.

A year or so later I rode with another partner with NEW eggbeaters. The pedal came off the axle again.

A few lessons:

Never ride with a partner with crapbrothers

Never ride with a partner with super lightweight tires.

Or crap bottlecages, dropping his bottles on every downhill.

[Goodbadugly]

If you send them to the agents they will fix them. They have every single spare for the pedals. Just might be cheaper to buy a new pair!!

Ever wondered why you don't see Shimano service kits?

[Prince Albert Cycles]

Don't listen to all the nay sayers .

Just buy a set . You can thank me later

[Eldron]

I'm always amazed when people have diametrically opposed views of exactly the same product.

 

Long live choice I say!

[nickc]

One thing is for sure - Crankbos Pedals are popular.

 

Picture taken at a recent cycling convention where a single free sample of a set of eggbeater pedals is being given out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ascension]

Another vote for stay away from CrankyBros pedals.

[thijsrm]

SPD pedals lack of float continued to niggle an existing knee injury.

 

Changed to Crankbrothers and haven't had the same niggles since.

 

I use them purely for the extra float and the comfort that brings to me

 

I have had a few maintenance issues including damage to my shoes and even the pedal coming off the axle.  But that was after many happy kilometres on both. 

[droo]

Ever wondered why you don't see Shimano service kits?

 

More to do with local support than anything else. Spares are available, just not in SA.

[Allrounder]

I have never tried them. Like the look of the candys

[Spoke101]

I've been riding the same pair of Eggbeaters on my bike since 2005. I've never replaced a bearing, only ever removed & serviced once a season, super easy to do with no special tools required

You definitely need to ride more!!!

[Knersboy]

Generally I am not a parts snob. I will happily use Shimano, Sram, campag and my Mtb drive chain is a Shimano Sram hybrid.

 

BUT when it comes to mtb pedals I am, and it is Shimano. Now I have never had any others, but that is because the Shimano pedals never ever die. In fact I reckon m520 pedals are the best bang for buck mtb part around.

 

OP, if it ain’t broke.....

[Grease_Monkey]

Shimanos are bullet proof, they will work for years on end, so IMO if you don't have an issue with them, why change?

 

That said, I changed to Crankros Mallet E about 18 months ago. The shoes I bought at thay point (5.10 Maltese Falcons) had very shallow cleat boxes, and as a result the shoe made no contact with the pedal body of my Shimano XT trail pedals except for on the actual cleat causing my feet to go numb. The Crankbros had adjustable pedal body height and grub screws to allow better contact with the shoe - so I went for that.

 

So far I have not serviced them at all, they still run 100% smooth - that is with an average of about 5 hours per week on them for 18 months. This is the newer bearings.

 

My other experience with Cranbros was the cheapest iteration of eggbeaters - they developed play in the bearings after 2 rides.

 

So in short - it seems like the newer "premium" offerings from Crankbros are good, the older and cheaper models not so lekker.

 

EDIT:

+1 on the added float for crankbros - my right knee which has been a bit iffy the last few months only seems to flare up on my trainer and xc bike with Shimano pedals, not on my trail bike with CB. Maybe a consideration if you need that extra float.

[Hairy]

well that is what WILL happen if you ride on CrapBrother pedals 

LOL!!!!!

"I'D WALK BEFORE I RIDE SHITMANO"

 

(Thanks for your input)

[TNOSE_E]

Also ride CB due to dodgy knee...

 

They do need to be serviced often though.  If they feel gritty or dry it is already too late.

[Me rida my bicycle]

Went from shimano to candy and happy as pig in mud.

Had shimano xtr and XT and 520 riding in mud forget about clipping your foot in a pair of XTR pedals.

Riding the candy 7 easily serviceable cheap service kits if shimano is done you have to throw away and buy a new set. Plus I found Candy to clip in every time no matter the condition.

But that's just my opinion.