Sweet deal on Crank Brothers pedals
08-20-12, 03:44 PM
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Sweet deal on Crank Brothers pedals
Browsing the CX Magazine website, I came across this information on a promotion Crank Brothers is running on a few of their pedals.
The skinny: you send them ANY clipless pedal and they'll sell you a new pair of Egg Beater 3, Candy 3 or Mallet 3 pedals for $60+ shipping. Add the CX Magazine code, and you also get a pair of shoe shields.
I've got a pair of the Egg Beater 3's and I can tell you that they are a nice pedal. As of 2011, the CB 2, 3 and 11 lines have better seals than older CB pedals did (and, I guess, better than the entry level models still do). The upshot of this is that they don't need to be rebuilt/regreased all the time the way the old pedals did. I've put about 2400 miles on a pair of Egg Beater 2's and about 750 miles on a pair of Egg Beater 3's, including seven or eight muddy CX races on each of them, and they're still spinning as smoothly as the day I bought them.
Anyway, enough shilling from me. I promise neither Crank Brothers nor CX Magazine is paying me for this or asking me to do it. I just thought this was a great deal and wanted to pass it on.
The skinny: you send them ANY clipless pedal and they'll sell you a new pair of Egg Beater 3, Candy 3 or Mallet 3 pedals for $60+ shipping. Add the CX Magazine code, and you also get a pair of shoe shields.
I've got a pair of the Egg Beater 3's and I can tell you that they are a nice pedal. As of 2011, the CB 2, 3 and 11 lines have better seals than older CB pedals did (and, I guess, better than the entry level models still do). The upshot of this is that they don't need to be rebuilt/regreased all the time the way the old pedals did. I've put about 2400 miles on a pair of Egg Beater 2's and about 750 miles on a pair of Egg Beater 3's, including seven or eight muddy CX races on each of them, and they're still spinning as smoothly as the day I bought them.
Anyway, enough shilling from me. I promise neither Crank Brothers nor CX Magazine is paying me for this or asking me to do it. I just thought this was a great deal and wanted to pass it on.
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08-20-12, 09:51 PM
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Wow! I am going to send in a shtty pair of old Shimanos. I actually own 2 EBs, 1 Candy and 1 Mallet but this is a good deal. 
08-21-12, 09:59 AM
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Thans for the heads up. I just happen to have an old set of spd pedals already boxed and ready to ship. I don't really have a bike for them at the moment, but FREE, upgraded, brand new parts in my parts bin sure beats well-worn but functional parts in my parts bin.
08-21-12, 02:52 PM
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Heck yea... it falls under the definition of 'any clipless pedal'. it also doesn't specify whether working condition or not... because they don't care, they want you in a new CB pedal.
08-21-12, 10:48 PM
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I'm sending them an old pair of MXRs. I wish I had kept the corpses of my Smarties.
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08-22-12, 10:19 AM
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awesome, I was going to send in my SLs for a spring replacement anyway.
