Originally Posted by
bikemig
Atom 700s are pretty nice pedals. Best bet is what others have said which is to find a pair in decent shape or a beat up set that you can steal the axles from. Otherwise just find a pair of campy' NR pedals. They look good on any vintage bike and the atom 700s are pretty much a campy copy (as were a lot of high end pedals back in the day).
Atom/Maillard produced a number of different versions of quill style pedals in the 70's and early 80's. They also marketed some models under the Spidel brand which was a consortium of French component makers.
Atom was their economy brand. The spindles and cups were usually case hardened and wore out quickly on the later versions. The 2nd generation Atom 600 pedals were throw away models - There were no lock nuts - the spindles were peened over so they couldn't be serviced. The first time we saw those was in the late 70's. It was a WTF moment??? A bike we sold came back with worn out pedals after very few miles!
The Maillard/Spidel 700 pedals with the black alloy cages were decent quality. Not Campy level but as good as the top MKS pedals back then.
The last iteration of the Maillard/Spidel 700 pedals were very well made and had labyrinth seals on the spindles to keep dirt out and grease in. The spindles were as smooth as Campy's. They were good enough quality that those pedals were standard of Peugeot's Pro 10 and PY10CP models in the early 80's.
I just sold this pair of almost NOS Spidel (Maillard) 700 alloy cage pedals.
[MENTION=188405]desconhecido[/MENTION] Atom 440 pedals were completely different, pretty clunky with steel cages and so-so quality. They had pressed in dust caps too. In the same cheap price range, Lyotard 460D pedals were much better and lighter too.
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