For two to three weeks, I’ve been worried about my right hand pedal. I had replaced worn cleats and following this just occasionally it felt like my right foot was being thrown off the side of the pedal.
I’m pretty sure the new cleats are in the correct position (I was meticulous… using marker tape and photos) but the feeling was so bad I took the cleat off and reversed the wedges.
Stupid Boy, I am – why didn’t I check the pedal ! Well, even if I did give it a sight check, I’m not at all sure it would have revealed a crack in the carbon fibre that constitutes the main part of the platform. But I was out today riding with my friend Bob… We had just had the piece where I was asking advice about cleat fitting. “It can’t be the axle”, I said. A mile later, the pedal platform just dropped off at pretty much the mid point of the ride.
It so happens that these pedals (Mavic SLR model) are the exact copy of Time Expresso 10 pedals which I have on the winter bike. Or is it an exact copy?? So hard to tell, isn’t it?? I have a feeling that the pedals on the winter bike are Time Expresso 6 pedals which weigh about one Kleenex more but have a body made of some composite – stronger perhaps??
Anyway, I have switched back from Mavic to the Time brand and ordered up some Expresso 10 replacement pedals from Evans Cycling.
Anyone else seen this, or had this experience?
Cycling for The Fifty-Plus !! 