Originally Posted by
Staypuft1652
I've had some shimano m520's about a year, roughly 1000 miles on them. Only commuting use, no rain or offroading. While I weigh a substantial amount, I would expect these to last a lil while longer, but they're both audibly clicking/grinding now. I know they are rebuildable, but the cost does not seem justifiable seeing as they go for $25 or so new. Does anyone know of a more robust spd style pedal that's reasonably priced ~$50 or so? Got some candy 1's but they eat cleats. TIA.
Edit: Let me know if I am being unreasonable.
I have had the same problems, I assume that I got more miles out of them. There is a cheap shimano tool for taking them apart
link to tool
The M520 are cheaply made, they have 62tiny ball bearings (3/32"** that can get crapped up. This happened to a couple of sets of the M520s.
For low priced pedals got some VP
vx race a couple of years ago for about $20. I like some of the higher end VP's because they have sealed cartridge bearings.
The shimano xt pedals are a better design and use 24 larger ball bearings, I haven't had problems with my XT's but they aren't cheap ~$60.