I’m thinking about switching back to Shimano pedals. I’m kinda stuck on what level to go for. I used Ultegra previously and was happy with them. But on a geek warning podcast a while back Dave, James, and Ronan were in agreement with Dura Ace being the best pedals. And I see a lot of other place…

When I got my Dura Ace equipped bike I briefly thought about getting Dura Ace to match but I decided as I couldn’t notice the bigger gap between resin cage 105 and Ultegra, I wouldn’t notice the tiny gap between Ultegra and Dura Ace either.

I have the prior gen D-A, Ult and 105 pedals. 105 to Ultegra is massive in look, feel and bearing smoothness. Ult to D-A is somewhat noticed for bearing feel in hand. The D-A feels like perfection despite MANY unknown hours of use on my trainer bike. But for the price difference, this is the epi…

Ultegra only since I use Assioma duo-shi power meters

I’ve had both, the Dura-Ace have lasted 5 years so far (last years mileage was 6700), never been serviced and still spin and run brilliantly. My previous Ultegra pedals lasted 3 years before they became sticky, slow to spin.

Got to agree with @Henry_Lee :upside_down_face:

I have about ~35,000 miles on my DA pedals. I got them serviced for the first time last month, though they were creaking long before then. Only reason I brought them for service is because I tried to do it myself and messed up the bearings. I’ve been wondering if it’s about time to full-on replace t…

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KWcycling April 22, 2024, 8:16pm 3

Def no noticeable difference. If you don’t care about the money, always spend more

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