On 2018-03-19 17:49, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/19/2018 7:33 PM, James wrote:
On 20/03/18 07:43, Joerg wrote:

I get around 5000mi out of pedals and it doesn't seem to
matter much what their price was. Then the bearings are
gone. Similar with bottom brackets. I have always lived in
or near hilly terrain which probably doesn't help.

My preferences are big MTB pedals, both on the MTB and on
the road bike. No clips of any kind.

My Look Keo 2 Max pedals have done probably 50,000km. I
think they are about stuffed. $100 - $150 a pair. I ride
plenty of hills and I don't have little gears. I have
inspected the internals once or twice. The grease is always
as new. IOW the seals have not let anything of note pass.

Maybe it is your mountain lions that kill pedals?


No, probably my habit of riding with very low cadence. It's from the old
days when I had to climb hills and only had 42/21. Now I have 42/32 but
often shift down too late or not at all on short uphill stretches.


Too bad they are not big platform MTB pedals.


Similar quality but larger bearings in platform pedals are a standard
product:

https://www.sram.com/truvativ/produc...apwi1egi9g4z71


Hey Joerg I can mail them to you in the morning!



They also make some that look less fancy but might have the same innards
for less:

https://www.sram.com/truvativ/produc...qwqy2jxpgnprvh

Ok, when the next ones go I'll try Truvativ. Looks like they belong to
SRAM and those guys seem to make better bearings than others.

Same happens with Shimano freehubs. Mine always develop serious bearing
play after the first 1000mi, then it remains somewhat constant and after
5000mi or so it suddenly gets worse and they are shot. One of my riding
buddies of almost same weight abd riding terrain has SRAM gear and there
it doesn't happen so quickly and that can't have anything to do with
cadence.

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Regards, Joerg

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