I used a set of CXRs and the combination in logella’s post worked perfectly and torqued down properly. So much more grease on the Xpedo spindle which I found interesting.
I have a pair of S-Works 6 XC shoes and I prefer using these for road bike commuting and urban riding. I like the walkability of SPDs when getting around the office, or down the corridors of hotels, train station staircases, etc. These Xpedo pedals don’t have the same smooth release and entry I’m used to from my Shimano XT XC pedals, but I’ve grown used to them.
Lastly, I did not have to trim off any of the shoe, but I did have to shift the cleats fully in-board to get clearance. I haven’t done any measurements to see if this is throwing q-factor or alignment off, but I’ve ridden 2 hours in this arrangement and no discomfort.
Tried this with M-force 4 cr, doesn’t work as of now based on these instructions above. The problem is the silver inside “end cap” from the Assioma does not slide inside the Xpedo pedal body. So, when you go to torque the nut, the pedal will not spin freely as the end cap is pressing against the sensor. I tried without that inside “end cap” and just the rubber soft washer from the xpedo spindle, but then the pedal sort of wobbles too much without that endcap, doesn’t seem stable like that.
Not getting the same amount of wobble/movement with the road bodies, without that endcap or even with it. I made a quick little video to show the issue, think some guys above were trying to explain this also.
It looks like you got the wrong pedals. You pointed it out that the spindle on yours doesn’t taper like ones Shane uses in his video.
It appears there are a couple variations of the M-Force 4s out there. Not sure which are the latest however since Xpedo doesn’t list them on their website.
I grabbed a couple stills from your video and compared the two spindles and they are indeed slightly different which could account for the added wobble your seeing.
Looks like the M-Force 4 pedals that @gpl used in his video are hard to track down. What pedals should I pick up instead? Seems like people have had success with the CXR’s? Going to do this conversion for my father in a couple of weeks!
Finally did mine. 20min and I didn’t even have to modify my Giros! Followed GPLama’s video and it all worked out perfectly. Thanks everyone for all the work figuring this out!
So has anyone actually taken these through singletrack or are they all on gravel? I kind of want to put a PM on my XC bike and an uno seems like an okay option if it can hold up.
I plan to use them on my XC bike, but only for racing or specific training on course to figure out power goals. Willing to take the risk. But I haven tried it yet, and would also love to hear from others who have. Of course most people didn’t do the hack until the off-season.
The only issue I had was that my 9mm socket wrench was too big to fit into the end of the pedal to remove the holding nut. Had to buy a special wrench piece, but only a dollar or so.
Hi,
Has anyone tried this with a pair of Shimano Sphyre Mtb shoes? There isn’t a heap of meat on the bottom to cut off if clearance is an issue.
Regards
