Fulmenicilus Posted July 18, 2007 Share Help please?! Your opinion on these pedals - any good, i.e. price v usefulness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted July 18, 2007 Share I would rather get the M&M or Rascals. The Whispers are only for light riders. Stay away from the jelly baby one. They are quite sticky to get out off. Anyway, ask Dirt Rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted July 18, 2007 Share Ver nice pedals. Work well and the backup is great. Spares easily available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted July 18, 2007 Share I would rather get the M&M or Rascals. The Whispers are only for light riders. Stay away from the jelly baby one. They are quite sticky to get out off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDura Posted July 18, 2007 Share I've had a pair since january 2007 and have had 0 problems. They do shed mud Very easily, so theres no problems of clipping or unclipping when it is muddy. I did find them a little more difficult than SPD's to clip into in the beginning, but now that i am used to them it is a no brainer. I think the Price to weight ration is pretty good too.. Will buy them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock Posted July 18, 2007 Share whats their price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted July 18, 2007 Share I would not say they are perfect . They do tend to break shafts . But it is easy to repair and they even repaired mine under warranty more than a year after I got them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted July 18, 2007 Share they even repaired mine under warranty more than a year after I got them . It's because they have a 2 year warranty. Not many bicycle parts have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulmenicilus Posted July 18, 2007 Share whats their price? They go for R445 - R480 depending where you buy! Thanks for the advise so far everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 18, 2007 Share are the smarty pedals those with the plastic part around the eggbeaters? If so, they suck big balls, they only lasted for two rides before they cracked. Rather just get the eggbeathers, they still going good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted July 18, 2007 Share Marius you just read that it has a 2 year warranty ! Did the plastic crack ? Is the normal eggbeaters really Marius proof ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 18, 2007 Share 2year warranty, sorry, if I broke it once I don't want it again. I claimed from Cyclesure and bought the real thing. No, was not the plastic, it was the metal eggbeather part, but the plastic is so soft it pushed against the metal parts and made it break. I just got the cheap Eggbeathers, MXR somehting. I see now I did not have the Smarties, I had the Candies, still looks the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodTi Posted July 18, 2007 Share I also have the Candy C's Marius - and have had no problems... I'm certainly no lightweight - whereas you are....So I guess it comes down to riding style? BUT - I seem to remember you replying to my query a while back about "what went wrong", with words of wisdom amounting to ''stay away from rocks!"... So yes - if you bash the plastic part really hard on a rock - it might break.But then so might many things... I think the Smarty's are one model below the Candy's - but Crank Bros seem to know what they're all about, and like I've said - Marius aside (who shall we say, was "unlucky"), I haven't heard of, or experienced any problems with them... Last thing - their design is actually so simple. Not many moving parts and all - and more straightforward than your average SPD.And I remain a firm believer in "the simpler, the better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulmenicilus Posted July 18, 2007 Share Its the other way around according the their website - Candy is bottom of the range then Smarty. I think I'll give it a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 18, 2007 Share well then Fulmenicilus you should buy it from http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product_cat_brand.php?idbrand=64&idcategory=22 Marius2007-07-18 07:26:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulmenicilus Posted July 19, 2007 Share Got them for R360 through a friend of a friend! (apparently last stock left) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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