Which pedals: nylon or metal?

In article ,
(Joe Samangitak) wrote:

Help me decide on nylon/plastic or metal alloy pedals. My older bike
had metal pedals and my newer bike, a Mongoose hybrid, came with these
newer Wellgo nylon pedals; like in the picture below:

http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...=49&SKU=PD1037

Both pedals are of comparable design. Some of the pro's and cons I see
between the two a nylon pedal lighter (which is good), doesn't spin
as easily (which is good), but the teeth will wear out faster than the
metal one (however, its cheap to replace). Only advantage I can see to
using the metal pedal instead is that the teeth don't wear down.
Between these two, which would generally be considered the better
pedal?

Always the paradigm-breakers, we cyclists.

Why go with either design? If you are resolved against clips/straps and
clipless designs, the current state of the art in flat pedals comes from
mountain bike/BMX, where they make these beautiful flat units with
little pegs studded all over the platform. On the better models, the
pegs are very small allen-headed screws, which means when you wear them
out you can replace them.

These pedals are remarkably tenacious: step onto them, and your foot
will not slide off.

I have found pedals with replaceable pegs at my favourite shop for C$17,
which is like US$12.

Looks a bit like this:

http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...=49&SKU=PD9144

--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Joe Samangitak) wrote:

Help me decide on nylon/plastic or metal alloy pedals. My older bike
had metal pedals and my newer bike, a Mongoose hybrid, came with these
newer Wellgo nylon pedals; like in the picture below:

http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...=49&SKU=PD1037

Both pedals are of comparable design. Some of the pro's and cons I see
between the two a nylon pedal lighter (which is good), doesn't spin
as easily (which is good), but the teeth will wear out faster than the
metal one (however, its cheap to replace). Only advantage I can see to
using the metal pedal instead is that the teeth don't wear down.
Between these two, which would generally be considered the better
pedal?

Always the paradigm-breakers, we cyclists.

Why go with either design? If you are resolved against clips/straps and
clipless designs, the current state of the art in flat pedals comes from
mountain bike/BMX, where they make these beautiful flat units with
little pegs studded all over the platform. On the better models, the
pegs are very small allen-headed screws, which means when you wear them
out you can replace them.

These pedals are remarkably tenacious: step onto them, and your foot
will not slide off.

I have found pedals with replaceable pegs at my favourite shop for C$17,
which is like US$12.

Looks a bit like this:

http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...=49&SKU=PD9144

--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

I have some Shimano PDMX-30 which are just as you describe. Metal with
small allen screw pegs. Comes with 1 short set installed and another longer
set if you want your shoe just about bolted to the pedal. They stick real
well in rain, snow etc. A bit pricy but I put 8k miles per year on my
hybrid and its worth it. I suspect if you do much trail riding they also
are very good at removing layers of skin from your shins