Road pedals are not just road pedals, they add grams to the overall bike weight and thus play a role for your overall performance. You might have read about my little experiment to find out how much does extra weight cost on Alpe d’Huez which shows that even small weight savings makes a difference. Thus, it is worth considering bike components’ weights when you spend money next time.
Choosing new road pedals is not always an easy job. There are several things to consider and two major concerns are prices and weights. There are actually some quite significant savings for your wallet and bike weight if you look at the scheme below:
| Professional Road Pedals | Weight | Price |
Shimano PD-7810 Dura-Ace |
348g | $259.95 |
Speedplay Zero Titanium |
234/282g* | $304.95 |
Look Keo Carbon Titanium 2008 |
260g | $389.99 |
Look Keo HM Ti Pedal – Carbon |
270g | $429.97 |
| Semi-Professional Road Pedals | Weight | Price |
Shimano Ultegra SL PD-6620-G SPD SL |
387g | $94.99 |
Look Keo Sprint 2008 |
320g | $129.99 |
Look 3.1 Road Pedal |
420g | $149.99 |
Speedplay Zero Stainless |
276/324g* | $165.95 |
| Beginner Road Pedals | Weight | Price |
Look Keo Easy |
370g | $68.95 |
Shimano 105 PD-5610 SPD SL |
392g | $69.99 |
Speedplay Light Action Road Cro-Mo |
286/334g* | $114.99 |
All listed weights are Total weight (Pedals incl. cleats).
*) Speedplay has two different cleats with 3 or 4 hole system. 3-hole Cleats weighs 118g, 4-hole cleats weighs 70g (just like the cleats from Shimano and Look).
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What are the “total” weights when you include the cleats? Does the Speedplay system still look as good?
You’re right, total weights are the most important weight concern and even more important if you’re close to the 6.8kg UCI limit. I will try to make an update with total weights later.
Now updated with total weights: Pedals+cleats. Still there are significant differences in both prices and weights.
The Look Keo Sprint is looking like a pretty good compromise between price and weight. I might try those out next year.