Just bought my first Gravel bike. I’ll be training and racing in New England. My road shoes have Time cleats, my Mtb shoes SPD’s. Just wondering if the forum thinks it’s better to put mountain or road pedals on a gravel bike, and if it’s mountain pedals is there a favorite in the SPD world ?

Back when I was riding a 26er stumpjumper (spesh bikes have a notoriously low BB) I did have more pedal strikes than what I get now. I think my M520’s lasted one ride. First pedal strike and then that side of the pedal never worked again. Local mechanic handed me down a pair of Time ATAC aliums and …

The SPD pedals currently on my wife’s commuter bike were bought in 2006. They have survived a couple of mtbs, lots of bike touring and 1000s of Scottish winter road miles. Pretty sure I’ll pass them on to my grandchildren. Edit: and they cost me £15 when I bought them

I use eggbeater pedals on my XC MTB for four-sided entry and good mud shedding. I use Candy pedals on my cross/gravel bike to get a slightly larger platform, and you can get going again after a dismount or disengagement even if you’re not fully clipped-in yet. Both sets of pedals use the same clea…

Any comment on using the vector 3 for gravel riding?

which candy pedals do you use on the cross/gravel bike?

I think they are Candy 2s. They have a plastic body and steel springs. I was able to service the bearings with a kit from Crank Brothers. I also have an OLD pair of Candy 1s sitting in a box somewhere. Those are not serviceable (the end caps can’t be removed).

Hey all, I’m probably a special snowflake here, but I use road pedals on my gravelbike. Reasoning being that MOST of the time I’m still riding on tarmac (although bad tarmac) and only light/fine gravely-stuff and bike paths. I like the more solid feeling of the road pedals more and don’t want to sw…

I prefer road pedals on gravel. Last year I raced Dirty Reiver in Speedplays and this year in Time Xpresso because I prefer the platform and, certainly for that race, if you’re walking you’re doing something wrong. Mike

Hi all! need advice wanna make present for friend. He uses S800 Hammer Extreme. Once he said that he was not happy with the form of standard pedals on his bike. Can you tell me the mountain pedals that are suitable for his bike? When I looked in google it showed me these variants , are there any g…

Gravel Pedals (Road vs Mountain)

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Bestevaer November 17, 2019, 7:37am 49

For the people who are interested. You can swap from Look Keo style (3-screw plastic road cleat > to Expedo SPD (2-screw metal MTB cleat) with the Favero Assioma.

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Gravel Pedals (Road vs Mountain)

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