Shimano or Look Pedals?

[Andrew_Culture]

I'm quite liking the look of those speed plays, how do they lock onto the pedals?

 

[mattobrien]

I went from a 105 pedal to a look keo max 2 carbon, as the looks where OEM on a new bike. The Looks felt much better than the 105's, easier to clip into and it felt like more of a platform to push down on.

I also bought some Look Ti blades for the good bike and kept the Max for the winter bike.

Look pedals appear to be lighter than the equivalent shimano, the Ti blades are around 190grms for the pedals, whereas Dura Ace were a reasonable percentage more, not much though int he grand scheme.

I am very happy with my pedal choice.

 

[Peteaud]

I went from a 105 pedal to a look keo max 2 carbon, as the looks where OEM on a new bike. The Looks felt much better than the 105's, easier to clip into and it felt like more of a platform to push down on.

I also bought some Look Ti blades for the good bike and kept the Max for the winter bike.

Look pedals appear to be lighter than the equivalent shimano, the Ti blades are around 190grms for the pedals, whereas Dura Ace were a reasonable percentage more, not much though int he grand scheme.

I am very happy with my pedal choice.

Looks are winning at the moment. I am not going to make a snap decision, but the speedplay just look way to complicated. The roads i ride are backlanes and the cleats can get pretty crud filled. Winter bike has SPD so in fairness the new ones will be summer only, and the looks do look good, and are light. The non adjustment is a bit worrying tho.

 

[Peteaud]

I'm quite liking the look of those speed plays, how do they lock onto the pedals?

Stomp down.

 

[YahudaMoon]

Ive not used road shoes for about 6 years due to the Look plastic cleats being made of not plastic, but cheese, they just dont last any time at all

Speedplays I havent used, though got onto them about 7 years back and people say they are very good with a cleat that last ages as it has a steel plate

Speedplay recommend changing the cleats every 5000 miles I think?

More expensive the Speedplays though Ithink a better investment long term, and lots of pro cyclist use them, so they cant be bad?

 

[Cuchilo]

Where have you seen the 6800 for £78 ?
Ive just been looking myself and with everything Ultegra it just seems rude not to have the pedals
I was looking here
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/Shimano-Ultegra-PD6800-Carbon-SPD-SL-Pedals.html
and came onto the forum to ask about them when I saw this post .

 

[Peteaud]

Where have you seen the 6800 for £78 ?
Ive just been looking myself and with everything Ultegra it just seems rude not to have the pedals
I was looking here
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/Shimano-Ultegra-PD6800-Carbon-SPD-SL-Pedals.html
and came onto the forum to ask about them when I saw this post .

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-ultegra-spd-sl-6800-carbon-road-pedals/rp-prod106702

It is almost rude not to press buy.

 

[Peteaud]

Shimano Ultegra 6800 carbon ordered.

Thanks all.

Love the look and design of the Keo2 but no adjustment left me wondering, what if.
Like the idea behind speedplay, dont like the maintenance required.
I paid £78.00 for Ultegra 6800 Carbon pedals, if i dont like them i can sell them easy enough without losing too much. RRP £150.00 eek

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Stomp down.

I figured that I meant do they clip under the cleat? To the side? Using magnets?

Lummy they're expensive though!

 

[Cuchilo]

Forgetting all the technical aspects
Get them You cant have the whole group set and then mix and match the pedals ! A true tart would never dream of it

 

[Cuchilo]

Shimano Ultegra 6800 carbon ordered.

Thanks all.

Love the look and design of the Keo2 but no adjustment left me wondering, what if.
Like the idea behind speedplay, dont like the maintenance required.
I paid £78.00 for Ultegra 6800 Carbon pedals, if i dont like them i can sell them easy enough without losing too much. RRP £150.00 eek

Phew ! For a second there I thought you had lost your way

 

[YahudaMoon]

I figured that I meant do they clip under the cleat? To the side? Using magnets?

Lummy they're expensive though!

So are the Keo's when you start buying cleats every few month, hence I use SPD

 

[Peteaud]

I figured that I meant do they clip under the cleat? To the side? Using magnets?

Lummy they're expensive though!

link here.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cNQTjOwu6A

 

[Andrew_Culture]

link here.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cNQTjOwu6A

Cor that's a good solid sound! And yes that answered my question nicely

 

[Peteaud]

Phew ! For a second there I thought you had lost your way

Ive never had issues with any shimano products, so althought the 6700 pedals would be correct, the 6800 will sit nicely, and for the price a bargain.

I would like to try speedplay tho.