Ron and Dorothy Strasser
Maximillian's last sentence sums up my feeling of the Looks. I have a pair of 1st generation I use on my rain bike and they are fine for that. I am sure the 2nd generation are better, but the first allowed unwanted disengagement. Brian Johnson is about right. I have several pair of Time ATAC. My oldest pair (little over 5 years) have been ridden many miles and in very nasty conditions on cross and mtn. bikes. I just used them at the Westview short track and noticed both have some play on the bearings/spindle. Maybe need a little love. You all know I think highly of these pedals. I also have a couple pair of the heavy aluminum Time pedals that are anchors, but built like a tank. I just have never had a problem. One person in my cross cat. uses the top of the line pedal with the ti spindle and carbon platform (290something grams). I pretty much just use the middle model that runs around 330grams. I view these pedals in a similar light as I view my Chris King products. They will give me years of dependable service with very little foo-foo.
ron
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From: Maximillian Kirchoff
To: OBRA
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Look Quartz MTB pedals, anyone use these?
In RE to my original query, I ended up buying a pair of the second generation LOOK Quartz pedals. They do have a lower Q-factor - making my wide feet too close to my crank arms and chain-stays. And while they come with many spacers and a couple different cleats, they never mounted correctly to my Shimano MTB shoes and mounted "okay" to my SIDI Doms.
I tested mud shedding a bit and it was "meh"
All in all, they were decent, but not what I would consider a competitor to the ATAC pedals I normally ride.
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On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, john wrote:
I just saw this review here...
http://www.bikefix.net/2010/01/bikefix-exclusive-review-look-quartz.html
The new Crank Brothers Candy is a fairly nice pedal. and it appears
as they redesigned the eggbeater as well. The candy-3 is ~$100, is
on needle bearings and has nice solid feel. it spins well. Since the
shoe sole to pedal interface is mostly flat the interface is a lot
stiffer then with the round body eggbeaters.
Getting full engagement with the Candy is a little harder though, on
first go off a stop, i have learned to double check engaged before i
really start pulling. Once engaged though (and given proper cleat
setup) the eggbeater is very secure pedal. It is impossible to
"accidently" come out of these pedals.
The ATAC is ok, but I don't like the lateral movement and the float
wasn't that good. The bearings and spindle are better on the Time.
I did have a spring break on a eggbeater once... This latest re-design
probably helped with this, they seemed to have done a quality
re-design. so any way I really like the new Candy pedals. A great
replacement for the very flexy Quarttro, and magnitudes better quality
than the old plastic Candy. They also made the spindle shorter so no
longer have to chamfer....
[ http://bikeeng.blogspot.com/2009/05/chamfer-pedal-and-crank.html ]
The only issue i have had is that when I did take them apart after a
summer of riding i noticed one Needle bearing had slide in the pedal
body. Some Locitite fixed this. I also noticed just a bit of surface
wear / issue on the pedal spindle where the needles run...
Note not all the new eggbeaters use needle, some still use bushings.
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jms, pe pdx, or
http://bikeeng.blogspot.com/
ot had one break on
> me yet but I've never been very happy that they used plastic bushings in
> place of an inboard bearing. I understand the 2010/2011 Eggbeaters now use
> full bearings so I'm still on the fence about switching to Time pedals or
> sticking with Eggbeaters and "upgrading" to the new pedals. I know that Ron
> Strasser will get a kick out of that as he's probably using the same set of
> Time ATAC pedals for the past few years and has yet to service them! :)
> A new pedal is a new pedal-- the only problem with switching is having to go
> through cleat position setup again. I also have two pair of Eggbeaters
> awaiting rebuilding.
> Brian J.
>
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Devin Flynn wrote:
>
> So anyone tried these lately? Still the same issue? I broke another
> eggbeater pedal and I am considering a change. Considering Times as well.
> On Nov 17, 2009, at 11:27 AM, "Ron and Dorothy Strasser"
> wrote:
>
> I have a pair of the first generation model. They tend to let your foot
> slip out of the cleat pedal interface. They supposedly redesigned the
> second generation to prevent that from taking place. My model and I
> understand the newer one as well you need to install shims as needed when
> putting cleat on shoe to provide optimum fit. All said, compared to my time
> atac.... they do not match up at all. Maybe the new ones would change my
> mind, but those are not what I am spending my $ on right now. I would like
> to hear opinions about the second generation pedals if anyone has used them
> enough to comment (as in this cross season). Mud, mounting and dismounting
> as well as how they hold up would be a good test.
>
> * * *
> My father asks : "Do you live here or ride bikes?"
> http://liveorridebikes.blogspot.com
> My life as a Crossniac:
> www.crossniacs.com
>
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