Shimano DX M647: in 9 years of rock bashing I'd serviced just one for fun during lockdown (cleaning and regreasing internals), but they both still spin like new without any creak! A Shimano is forever!
Great tour of the innards of the mallet pedals, I run them with 5 ten trail crosses, my personal favorite combo, soft walkable shoes for all day and still the support I want in a pedal on the trail. Only down fall is they’re alittle heavy, but all n all my combo I finally settled on for the dc bike, and also have a second set of trail cross’s for flat pedals as well because of the shoe fitment. Great vid for sure
Once upon a time, there were simple pedals. People put their feet atop them, and pressed down. Some time later, some people's feet slipped off these pedals, so they invented straps to retain their feet. Everyone was happy. You could use sandals, shoes, flip-flops, even the bravest people pedaled barefoot. The shoe and gizmo industry was angry. They decided they wanted to sell special shoes and special pedals that would clip together. So they did. They eventually convinced the bicycle market that it was near impossible to own a bicycle without the necessary complexity of special shoes and special pedals.
Depending on which brand pedal you've got - you might have to remove a c-clip before drifting the bearings out - but do look at the brands website to see an exploded diagram to see how the bearings are retained. Cheers Owen
Ive been looking for used pair of mallets for a while. They are too expensive sadly. I run a candy on my ghetto gravel bike and now I need those for my mtb. I like it much more than spd system.
@@rbasoalto yea I thought it probably would work, I was just thinking if fx the muc-off/peaty's degreaser would work as good on the peaty's chainlube or whatever
Wondering if anyone can help out. I have a 150mm travel gt force. I have four forks here and three different rear shocks . No matter what fork or shock combo, I bottom out the rear shock off a 2ft drop, but only use half the fork travel off the same drop. For example the z1 160mm only uses 75mm travel at 20% sag off the drop, while the rear coil shock with a 550lb is bottoming out at 25% sag. If I change to an air shock, my fox shock is at 250psi to the forks 80psi. If I switch to a 150mm fox 36, I'm also only getting 85mm travel at the front at 20% sag and the rear shock is still bottoming out. To get both the shock and fork using 80-90% of their travel off a 2ft drop to flat, I have to have to fork at 65psi which is 40% sag, and to stop the rear shock bottoming out I need to be above 300psi which is 15% sag. Why can I not set the suspension up regardless of what fork and shock I use? I have a z1 160 air, a fox 36 grip 160, a z2 150 air and a rockshox recon gold 35. I have an xfusion pro 2 rlx, a 2022 fox float x2 and a dnm rcp2s and the same behaviour exists on all combinations.
What makes it even more annoying is the forks all use their travel during g outs and rollers, but only use half their travel off drops and jumps..it's like all of them have super hard high speed compression but they are all dialed down to none of pre set. Like I can ride down the street, bounce on the bike nd use 80% of the fork and shock travel, but then go off a 2ft drop and the fork hardly compresses and the rear shock bottoms out. Same if I got a hard square root...fork only uses 50% of its travel but the rear shock uses 95%, but then I he fork will come close to bottoming out over a roller.
What pedals are you using at the moment? Have you ever serviced them?
Shimano saint since 2017 and nothing done to them, still spinning like new
Shimano DX M647: in 9 years of rock bashing I'd serviced just one for fun during lockdown (cleaning and regreasing internals), but they both still spin like new without any creak! A Shimano is forever!
I love how easy it is to refurbish the crankbrothers pedals. Very simple process.
Candy 7 pedals. Serviced them two times without any problems.
Nice video.
That is a very detailed pedal...the grease looked like ky jelly 😋 that is used in the medical field or recreational usage...❣️😜
Nice work Owen 👍
20 year old dmr. Still great. Serviced only couple of times
Great tour of the innards of the mallet pedals, I run them with 5 ten trail crosses, my personal favorite combo, soft walkable shoes for all day and still the support I want in a pedal on the trail. Only down fall is they’re alittle heavy, but all n all my combo I finally settled on for the dc bike, and also have a second set of trail cross’s for flat pedals as well because of the shoe fitment.
Great vid for sure
thanks for the awesome feedback!
Once upon a time, there were simple pedals. People put their feet atop them, and pressed down.
Some time later, some people's feet slipped off these pedals, so they invented straps to retain their feet.
Everyone was happy. You could use sandals, shoes, flip-flops, even the bravest people pedaled barefoot.
The shoe and gizmo industry was angry. They decided they wanted to sell special shoes and special pedals that would clip together. So they did. They eventually convinced the bicycle market that it was near impossible to own a bicycle without the necessary complexity of special shoes and special pedals.
That all is looking great, but how do I press out/in the bearings if the pedal has a one-piece body?
Depending on which brand pedal you've got - you might have to remove a c-clip before drifting the bearings out - but do look at the brands website to see an exploded diagram to see how the bearings are retained.
Cheers
Owen
Ive been looking for used pair of mallets for a while. They are too expensive sadly. I run a candy on my ghetto gravel bike and now I need those for my mtb. I like it much more than spd system.
It's worth investing in good pedals, providing you look after them they can last you for many, many years of fun! 🙂
Can I use both muc-off & peaty's products, fx. peaty's chainlube and muc-off drivetrain degreaser??
noooo, don't do that, they will explode on contact, and set your hair on fire in the process
(yes, you can, obvs.)
@@rbasoalto yea I thought it probably would work, I was just thinking if fx the muc-off/peaty's degreaser would work as good on the peaty's chainlube or whatever
Wondering if anyone can help out. I have a 150mm travel gt force. I have four forks here and three different rear shocks . No matter what fork or shock combo, I bottom out the rear shock off a 2ft drop, but only use half the fork travel off the same drop.
For example the z1 160mm only uses 75mm travel at 20% sag off the drop, while the rear coil shock with a 550lb is bottoming out at 25% sag.
If I change to an air shock, my fox shock is at 250psi to the forks 80psi. If I switch to a 150mm fox 36, I'm also only getting 85mm travel at the front at 20% sag and the rear shock is still bottoming out.
To get both the shock and fork using 80-90% of their travel off a 2ft drop to flat, I have to have to fork at 65psi which is 40% sag, and to stop the rear shock bottoming out I need to be above 300psi which is 15% sag.
Why can I not set the suspension up regardless of what fork and shock I use? I have a z1 160 air, a fox 36 grip 160, a z2 150 air and a rockshox recon gold 35. I have an xfusion pro 2 rlx, a 2022 fox float x2 and a dnm rcp2s and the same behaviour exists on all combinations.
What makes it even more annoying is the forks all use their travel during g outs and rollers, but only use half their travel off drops and jumps..it's like all of them have super hard high speed compression but they are all dialed down to none of pre set.
Like I can ride down the street, bounce on the bike nd use 80% of the fork and shock travel, but then go off a 2ft drop and the fork hardly compresses and the rear shock bottoms out.
Same if I got a hard square root...fork only uses 50% of its travel but the rear shock uses 95%, but then I he fork will come close to bottoming out over a roller.
Homey talking like grease is $950