[IanEdward]

Feeling oddly aggrieved with Speedplay, they sell a product which seems like the answer to the constant niggling knee and foot pain I experience on the bike, but even a set of the basic speedplays plus custom spindles seems to come in at £250!!

Multiply that over three bikes and it starts to get reeeeaaallly silly. I guess I could swap one pair of pedals around, but I’ve had bad experiences with regular pedal swapping (e.g. eventually knackered crank threads).

I’ve experimented with pedal washers but have reached the rather limited extents of what I can do (2mm, not even the thickness of my overshoes…). Pedal extenders are the opposite extreme at a  minimum of 20mm extension.

What am I missing, is there a non-silly way to try these pedals? Any other way to experiment with increasing pedal width (to allow for my excessive toe out) without remortgaging the house?

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[Paul5f]

Buy the cheapest Speedplay

Buy the cheapest Speedplay pedals and buy the correct titanium spindle length on eBay for £20. That’s what I did and have swapped them between 2 bikes for 2years without problems. If you really don’t want to keep undoing the spindles buy a set of spindles for each bike and just swap the pedals with an Allen key. 

[John Berham]

Of course it is more

Of course it is more important things in cycling)

[IanEdward]

I’ve got an unused set of the
I’ve got an unused set of the super-long axles for sale, as soon as the replacement right axle turns up tomorrow…

After all this I’ve discovered it wasn’t the pedals, it was pushing a bloody singlespeed around all the time!

[longassballs]

Is the shipping still €15?
Is the shipping still €15?

[IanEdward]

Credit to Dulight, a new axle

Credit to Dulight, a new axle is in the post, literally hours after they would have recieved my email with pictures of the faulty axle.

Had secretly been hoping for a refund as I’m now in two minds about whether I even need/want Speedplay pedals any more (on going physio means I’m now getting on with my existing Looks better than I was…).

Anyway, credit where credit is due to Dulight.

[Pilot Pete]

IanEdward wrote:

 

IanEdward wrote:

Pilot Pete – did you ever have any QC issues with Dulight?

Just received my replacement superlong axles. One axle looks great, no complaints, but the other has an allen key socket that appears to have been machined on a Friday afternoon, by the work experience boy, who was drunk.

I actually think it will work fine as the flats appear to grip the allen key deeper in the socket, but at the visible end two of the six sides make no contact with the allen key!

Wondering how much of an arse-ache it will be returning/swapping, or if I should just experiment with them and then purchase bona-fide Speedplay axles once I know the length is right…

Iv’e never had any quality issues with Dulight supplied parts. I would email them with pictures and see what they say.

Regarding buying service kits, I’ve never seen a Zero kit in stock anywhere and I have looked because as I mentioned above, one pair of Zeros on my winter bike have worn bodies causing rock when clipped in…

 

 

[barongreenback]

If you want a cheap set buy

If you want a cheap set buy the servicing kit (which is basically the pedal body) and then buy the relevant axle and bearings from ebay.  I built a pair of titanium spindle pedals for under £100 and they’ve been going for 2 years now.  I paid full whack for my first pair but decided that I was too lazy to keep swapping them between whatever bike I was riding outside and the one on the turbo.  I use extra long spindles as I have size 14 feet and walk like a duck 😛

[matthewn5]

I’ve bought Speedplay

I’ve bought Speedplay stainless pedals second hand off groups or Ebay. They seem absolutely fine. Haven’t worn any out yet. Have four sets now! Have thought about those Ebay special titanium spindles but haven’t gone there yet.

[snsb]

I am just about to list my

I am just about to list my speedplay items on ebay (probably this weekend) to include :-

DMT shoes size 45.5 only ever worn on turbo and without a mark on them

Chrome alloy zero cleats

Chrome alloy pedals 

Titanium spindles never fitted 

Rubber covers for cleats 

Only ever tried out on the turbo with maybe four or five hours use.

[IanEdward]

Pilot Pete – did you ever

Pilot Pete – did you ever have any QC issues with Dulight?

Just received my replacement superlong axles. One axle looks great, no complaints, but the other has an allen key socket that appears to have been machined on a Friday afternoon, by the work experience boy, who was drunk.

I actually think it will work fine as the flats appear to grip the allen key deeper in the socket, but at the visible end two of the six sides make no contact with the allen key!

Wondering how much of an arse-ache it will be returning/swapping, or if I should just experiment with them and then purchase bona-fide Speedplay axles once I know the length is right…

[fukawitribe]

Pilot Pete wrote:

It’s the pair…

Cheers mate, just wanted to confirm – late birthday present I think..

[Pilot Pete]

It’s the pair…

It’s the pair…

[fukawitribe]

Rapha Nadal wrote:

fukawitribe wrote:

Whoa. @Pilot Pete – do you happen to know off the top of your head if that’s for a pair ? I also like that they have a super-long length – would be perfect. 

The link he provided would indicate yes.

That what my confusion was from, doesn’t explicitly say how many spindles ‘1’ in the order implies. Given what they are, 39 euro could be one or two although hopefully the latter.

[IanEdward]

Swapping wouldn’t be too
Swapping wouldn’t be too tedious I don’t think, mainly once a week from the commuter to the weekend/turbo bike.

But at £140 all in I could probably stretchto two sets eventually…

Need to give sore knee another 4 weeks recovery, then will experiment with a 20mm extender first…

Anyone know anywhere in Central Belt Scotland to get ‘fitted’ for Speedplay?

[Rapha Nadal]

fukawitribe wrote:

Whoa. @Pilot Pete – do you happen to know off the top of your head if that’s for a pair ? I also like that they have a super-long length – would be perfect. 

The link he provided would indicate yes.

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