Who knows - you might get lucky with the cheapo pedals and find a pair that really work out. The safe bet is to spend about 30-40 bucks, get a decent set, and be done with it. Another workable and free option is to keep stealing pedals from garbage bikes. I just got tired of the "free" route myself and bought a pair of "Chester" pedals. They say Chester right on them, which is cool because my youngest son is named Chester and one day they will be his.