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Thank you bro. There’s a lot of really good clones out there especially on Amazon !! my advise to ppl spend a little more at your local bike shop and have a piece of mind.

I got fake one on aliexpress to😒 but just some days over the refund zone...

Thanks for making the video for awareness. I purchased some "R8000" pedals on Amazon the other day for about 100 bucks. When I tried to install them yesterday, they simply would not thread in (I am very familiar with L/R-hand threading on pedals so that was not it.) They looked pretty convincing out of the box, but now I wonder. I wasted no time in returning them, however. Caveat emptor.

Thanks for making this. I got a fake shimano chain on amazon and now I'm paranoid anything I buy is counterfeit!

the original box have the qr code to check its original?

Great info. Will be getting a set of these in the mail, so ill be referencing this when inspecting mine. Thanks!

I ended up caving and getting a genuine pair. 119g/pedal. Tension adjustment has a strong click sound. 6g/pedal lighter than my 105 pd-r7000.

My genuine 105 r7000 pedals weigh 125g each. I wanted to upgrade to r8000 since the rest of the bike is r8000, but for 3g/pedal weight savings and Ultegra written on the pedals it's not worth it. Also, one big thing you didn't mention is the tension adjustment. Genuine will click, fake won't.

If u dont have both in hand,no way to tell if u just buy them

Thanks for posting. I got stung with a fake shimano 105 chain from aliexpress. I will learn to be more careful which seller I choose from now on.

Thank you for posting. Confirmed I was sold fakes (ebay, yenzotrading-1). Unfortunately not the only TH-cam video doing this kind of comparison. The fakes have been improved somewhat. For me the giveaway is the bottom part which holds the tension spring. Notches at the ends of the semicircle = genuine Shimano. Obviously too expensive to go back and change the molds for the fakes which have no notches. The clicking screw, box art, and print quality on the pedals are improved on the more recent fakes.

AWESOME! Thanks!

I look forward to review of knock off models including 540 550

Please help us how to tell a fake from genuine from only one sample?

If you don't cycle a lot, they're fine. Fake stuff is easy to get in China, I live here. Most of it is great. It's amazing to shop but there's genuine stuff too. Often fakes wear out, try sonething else. It's fun.

Did someone here have an issue where the tension adjuster won't tighten down or rather the spring kicks the adjustment back to it's starting position. It's a racework cleats pedal.

The bolt that secures the axle to the pedal sits flush against the pedal on the fake while the bolt on the original is bezeled near the pedal.

Make another video with proper lights..

Been using a set of 105 carbon pedals from aliexpress. Haven't had any issues. Possible they are just made for Asian markets.

Thanks for sharing your insight. I just bought an ultegra pedal from Amazon at $50 less than msrp and I was wondering if I got a real one. So far everything I researched is pointing to genuine. Is it possible that Shimano has 2 factories? And the ‘genuine’ version is marketed to rich countries while the ‘fake’ one is marketed to the less rich?

Just for you info Shimano does have a factory in Malaysia, but it's mostly manufacturing components for Shimano

How much did you paid for the fake one? There must be a difference too, right?

Where did you buy the fakes and were they advertised as Shimano OEM? Thanks, good vinfo

Are there differences in performances? Price differences between the two?

thanks man!

Hi! Also check if the tension adjustment clicks when you turn the allen key? On the fakes, I understand they don't - but on the genuine ones there should be a clicking sound.