Pedal Confusion
Well I’m still looking for pedals. I went to my local bike shop (LBS) today and tried on some shoes and decided on the SIDI Dominator 4 Mega. They felt like I was wearing slippers, really comfortable. I then started looking at pedals and thought I knew what I wanted. Instead I was a bit more confused, but I know what I want to test now. I’m going to test out the Speedplay Frogs, Shimano PD-M646, and the Crank Bros. Egg Beaters. I used to ride the Shimano pedals but when I bought them I used them as a generic platform because I was planning on buying some shoes. Anyhow, needless to say these pedals weren’t meant to be generic platform pedals and they broke after a few months. If I remember right they have some plastic in their construction, which was where they broke down. If that is the case I’ll be removing these from consideration pretty quickly.
Like I said last week, the important factors for me are the amount of float, support of the platform, and durability of the construction. Amy thinks that I may be researching this too much, in some ways I agree, but I just hate to spend good money on something that is going to break in a few months. We’ll see how they perform later in the week, after I test a few. I’ll keep you updated.
