Originally Posted by
ogodude
I've had those somas before going to clipless and I can tell you they are not worth the premium over any of the other pedals with that same design. The little tabs on the side of the cages broke off both pedals, presumably just from parking the bike against poles / other bikes, as I don't have a habit of getting pedal strike or laying the bike down on its side.
Secondly, these styles of pedals will cause hotspots on the ball of your foot unless you use really hard-soled shoes (if that's the case then why not just go clipless?) if you ride on them for more than an hour at a time.
All that being said, the bearings seemed like good quality and they are serviceable.
I would recommend the mks GR9 any time over pedals designed like these.
yeah, this didn't happen at all with my soma hellyers. nothing broke on them and i didn't get "hotspots" on the balls of my feet.
that being said, i switched them to mks sylvan tracks because they more readily accept double straps. but the soma hellyers spin very smoothly and are easy to flip up with your feet. they look nice, too. a great alternative to mks rx1 pedals.