Can Anyone Identify These Pedals?
 

I've looked up, down and all around the 'net and can't find a single image with the same distinguishing features as these.
They look like fairly normal, inexpensive alloy quill pedals (probably Taiwanese or Japanese), except:

(1) The quill is missing, and...
(2) They have a flat, black end cap.

The pedals in the photos were attached to a 1985 or 1986 Raleigh Olympian mixte and may or may not have been original. The quill may have been cut from the pedals but I'm inclined to doubt it, since there seem to have been no other custom modifications to the bike.

Looks like someone might have took to a hacksaw and cut of the outer ends of the pedal cage....
Not really a smart thing, as the rear portion of the cage now forms a hook that can catch things while riding.....
Do no know what band it is, although it does look familiar. It's a lower end quill pedal that doubles as a rat trap styld pedal (no clips or straps needed) with those serrations on the cages. A versatile design.

I've seen them but those are pretty rare and were made that way. Look very closely on body and cap for markings. I suspect you will find them somewhere.

On the hunch they might be unique to the '85-'86 Raleigh Olympian, I did a Google search using that search key and was able to turn up a few more pictures of these pedals on other '85-'86 Raleigh Olympians (see attachements). The trouble is, I don't actually have the pedals. They were lost in shipment (Bikeflights/FedEx) of a bike I purchased on Ebay. To file a FedEx loss claim, I need to know exactly what they were and what it would cost to replace them.

Holy cow!, they did come that way. Why the heck the manufacturer decided to leave of the end of the outer edge of the pedal cage is puzzling. I'd just forget those pedals and get something else with a design that makes sense (and look better) if I were you. Toss on something like a pair of classier Campy NR pedals or if you are on a budget, MKS quills instead or find a set of Lyotard quills that also have the serrated cages, if you want the versatility of either riding them like rattraps or clipped quills. JMO's, of course.

Roman Chariot racing!

I have a pair on my GT MTB. End cap is gray rather than black and imprinted with WELLGO PEDALS . I also see numbers stamped on the cage L87 or D87.

Everything else is identical. Cages aren't cut. Smooth with no file marks

edit: If you look at Wellgo pedals on eBay, many have that flat plastic end cap. Not a high end pedal. I'd put the value at $25.

This design allows them to accommodate very wide shoes, without discomfort, as it it eliminates the lateral stop/upturned point featured on most quill pedals. Of course this means it's also easier for the foot to slip off the pedals, sideways, when riding without toe clips and straps.

vtchuck: Could you post a picture of your Wellgo pedals? I found an image of a wellgo pedal similar to the one I'm interested in, but without as much curve or length on the ends that would normally form the quill on a set of quill pedals. I lost it now, but I'll post the pic when I find it again.

Right, quills jab me in the middle of my feet, as I have wide feet.

Here's the Google search I did that turned up those Wellgo pedals.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Wellgo+LU-962&tbm=isch

Are these like yours? Or do yours have longer curved pieces out on the ends like those in Raleigh Olympian pictures?

Based on the discussion above and a quick eBay search, it looks like you should be able to make a strong case in your FedEx claim that these are discontinued Wellgo pedals, and that it would cost about $20-25 to replace them with a current similar Wellgo model. That price would easily offset the cost of a pair of MKS pedals, which would be an improvement.

Here ya go:

BRAVO! That looks like an *exact* match alright.
Did those come with the GT or did you put them on later?
If original, what year is it?

I don't think they were original on the GT. Can't recall where they came from. Might have been from one of a couple of Raleigh Techniums I had. Long gone now. BTW, the number stamped on the pedal body is L87

Edit: Just my $.02, but there is really nothing special about these pedals. Pretty heavy, not real pretty or well made. There are a lot of other period correct quill pedals that would be better... Kyoto ProAce, Miche Quill, SR, MKS Sylvan....

Yes, I'll almost certainly end up getting something else in the end. At this point its just my obsessive-compulsiveness driving me to find out exactly what these rare pedals were, so I can appreciate what I missed out on.

I think "L87" on those pedals must be a month/year date code (which seems to have been common):
A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10, K=11, L=12.
So "L87" would mean the 12th month of 1987.
See Date of Manufacture of Bicycle Components can be used to date a bike: component dating
1987 would fit in well with the timeline of the Raleigh Olympian years (1985-1986) which seem to have come factory equipped with those pedals.