Well I asked you folks for some input a little while back regarding Bebop pedals. Seems no one on this forum has em'. What everybody does seem to have are Time ATAC's. I can't for the life of me understand how so many people can rave about a product and my personal experience with them be so negative. For me, they were not easy to clip into. I felt they required a little too much oomph to engage. On the other side of that equation, I couldn't get unclipped from the damn things either. Now I'm sure with a little finagling (more than I had already finagled) would have produced better results. I assure you I tried very hard to like them, but alas, they just didn't like me. "Isn't this supposed to about Bebops?" you ask. Yup!

I went for my first ride with my new Bebop pedals this last Sunday. I ran out of water and I got myself sun burned pretty badly in the process, but that's another story I bought the chromoly version (which is on sale at aardvark by the way).
The first thing you notice about these things is that they are "TINY". They are dwarfed sitting next to my ShimaNO 636 pedals. The plus side to that is that they weigh almost nothing! These are some of the lightest pedals you can buy these days at 210 grams for the pair.

My shoes don't allow for much rotation when mounting the cleats, but there is a great deal of "real" float to play with. These pedals allow you to rotate your foot and feel exactly where you are at. You can move around on these pedals and know where they are going to disengage. I could not get that same input from the ATAC's. The float is free on the Bebops with no springy resistance. There is also no vertical slop whatsoever, just efficient pedaling. The 636's on the other hand had too much slop in this area. Bottom line, you can get in and out of these babies with very little effort. With a few more rides I anticipate I'll not even have to think about them...

As for wear and tear, I think thay are very well built, but only time will tell. The cleats are suspect due to the way they are built, but they used some good quality stainless steel and spring steel for materials. They are actually very simplistic in design. Maybe that's why they work so well

So my initial impressions of this pedal are all very, very positive. I've had Onza HO's (lots of broken bones), ShimaNO 636's (great pedal but heavy), Time ATAC's (no comment) and Bebop chromoly's. They are the best pedal (for me) that I've tried so far and I don't think I'll be looking for any new pedals for quite some time. My bike has lost some weight and I've gained a little more confidence.

I will post a link to some pics ASAP.