canyoneagle

Pedals will last a long time as long as you don't abuse them (crashes, bashing curbs with pedals, dropping the bike, etc), but then again, the pedals would be the least of the worries in such circumstances. The Mavic's look like modified LOOK engagement (they used to be LOOK-licensed alternatives with the same mechanism), which is a pretty straightforward system mechanically, so should prove to be v very reliable in my estimation. The other longevity item is bearings. Most pedals are re-buildable and the bearings are serviceable. I'm going to dig into these a bit more to see if any tech documents were made for servicing.

Anyway, pedals should last a good long time. My hope is that these pedals should be of high enough quality all around (subcomponents and materials) that they will provide long service life with little to no trouble. Time will tell. If they're anything like the LOOKs that I've owned in the past, they should last pretty much forever.

baj32161

I was wondering about that, and I depserately need some new pedals.

Elduderino2412

Awesome thanks for the heads up. Shaves off a 1/4 lb from my current 105 pedals. Just ordered some.

Backcountry just listed them for the same exact price BTW

canyoneagle

Yep, the deals are popping up elsewhere.
Looks like an opportunity to get some nice pedals for next to nothing, with the risk that replacement parts will likely be difficult to come by 10 years down the road.

hamster

I'm mostly wondering how many pairs of cleats I might go through in the lifetime of one set of pedals.

Elduderino2412

I pretty much don't keep anything for 10 years, so i'm cool with that. I would assume we can get cleats for atleast the next 3-5 years.

canyoneagle

I certainly hope so. I'm going to play it safe and buy 2-3 sets of cleats now.
I'll ride them until the break/wear out or become un-maintainable due to lack of spares.

Nagrom_

I'll see how I like the pedals first, then see if I can find a deal on the cleats, and pick up 5 sets or so.

I bought 2 sets of pedals, cause the deal was waaaaaay too good to pass up. Lighter than Dura Ace for the cost of 105? yes please.

Tycho Brahe 

They are the same store: https://www.backcountrycorp.com/corpo.../1/stores.html

Which is why I said you should order from Real Cyclist (once again, same company), since they have the cleats.

Nagrom_

They only have fixed cleats.

denvertrout

Picked up a second pair, couldn't resist at that price and free shipping with lifetime returns if anything goes wrong.

Andy Somnifac 

Grabbed a set, thanks. These should get my bike almost down to 16lbs even. Definitely pretty happy with that.

Ebuzz

Which cleats work with these and where can we get them (0 float) ? Didn't see them listed.

canyoneagle

They are a specific Mavic cleat, though it is roughly based on a LOOK type system with some tweaks, from what I see.
Cleats are available with either 0 or 7 degrees of float. The pedals come with 7 degree cleats.

Phiberglass

Is there a "Post current online deals" on this board? If not we should make one.

Ebuzz

they do look similar to my campy pro-fit cleats. So I picked them up.

chaadster

Thanks for the heads-up on this!

I just scooped a pair and a set of the 0Ί cleats just for the hell of it (and the combined free shipping).

I see that Performance sells the 7Ί cleats for the same price, $20, so I'll try the 0s immediately, and if they don't fit my needs, I'll pick up a backup pair of 7s from Performance just to have around in case the parts go bye-bye.

Even in the worst case scenario, at $55 bucks, if I only get two seasons out of a pair of cleats, I won't be crying over spilt milk. These are pretty trick pedals for CHEAP.

sstang13

You should start er' up.


I bought a pair of these pedals, and got a nice pair of mavic thermo plus shoe covers for $30 off. Hope it makes me happy this year

Is there even a difference between certain pedals instead of the obvious wear and tear (which my current cleats are brutal!!) and very small weight differences?

datlas 

Everyone is different, but I would say estimate somewhere around 8-10,000 miles (1 year for me, which I think is typical) for a set of cleats, and pedals should last several years...unless you really abuse them.

datlas 

Good idea. There is the coupon forum but I don't think "current online deals," which imo is sticky-worthy. I know rbr has one and it's been useful for me. It's called "Hot Deals" on rbr.

Homebrew01

My problem is I have 4 bikes and 3 pairs of shoes all using old school look type pedals, so swapping to a different cleat setup would add up

stdu007

nice deal ... thank's

hamster

Looks like my pedals landed at a UPS warehouse 90 miles from my house. But, since UPS does not deliver on weekends, they'll sit there till Monday.

Dannihilator

Same.

canyoneagle

Great idea!