Comments on: Buying Road Pedals? Consider Weights and Prices

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:16:38 +0000

It may be instructive to consider cost per gramme. Buying Dura-Ace pedals instead of 105 costs an additional $199, that $4.52 per gramme. You might find better value elsewhere.

More importantly, as bikeman54 says, there is no doubt that saving weight off by far the heaviest part of the outfit – the rider – will make the most significant difference of all. Even for already healthy riders we are looking at multiple kilos rather than a few grammes. This requires a little information (plenty of that on the www) but most of all it requires discipline. If you want to shed weight then leave the credit card alone, HTFU and go for it.

By: bikeman54

bikeman54 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:48:18 +0000

All this is very fine and definitely worth knowing, but what about us cyclists who are struggling with trying to lose weight. When talking about pedals, we are talking about a few grams. When it comes to body weight, you can be talking about many kilos. As someone struggling with the reality of shedding unwanted weight, a few grams weight-saving on pedals fades into insignificance. I am not looking for sympathy but, for those of us trying to get to any kind of competitive weight, slimming-down is a very realistic challenge and weight-saving on equipment is the least of our worries.

By: pacrimlib

pacrimlib — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:15:24 +0000

I agree about the cleat wts. My speedplay ss pedals (207g) w/ cleats weighed 331g.My zero cleats w screws wt 124g. Proclaimed wt. of keo cleats is 69g. Do the math. Pedal & cleat combo does change.

By: Ouroboros

Ouroboros — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:14:39 +0000

Hi,

Nice article! Can you add a column for the cleat weight also? You need to add the two to get the most accurate weight for the combo – it may change a few of the above.