Eggbeater query

"Andrew Sweetman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've been using a pair of eggbeaters since late September (3800m ish), and tonight the left one
broke, as in the pedal detached from the axle (disintegrated circlip???...).

All of ours have a bolt holding it together, so either that broke or unscrewed.

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It was dark, about 17m from home. I found the pedal body, but other bits may have gone. I quite
like them apart from the failure.

Has anyone else had any problems with these pedals? I'm wondering whether to get another pair/try
for a fix under guarantee, or just give up on them and try something else.

Performance-wise, they can't be beaten IMO. They are especially good at coping with mud, and
extremely light weight too. But certainly they are not maintenance-free in the way that Time ATAC
are. You pay your money and take your choice... I think they are worth it for more serious MTBing,
but I'm keeping ATACs on some of my bikes (and shoes) for now at least. Crank Bros have a good
reputation for service (and they sent me some cleats free after I got the early break-prone ones) so
they will probably sort you out. At that sort of mileage, however (even assuming it's mainly/all on
road), I think they will need regularly looking after.

James

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"Andrew Sweetman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I've been using a pair of eggbeaters since late September (3800m ish),

and

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tonight the left one broke, as in the pedal detached from the axle (disintegrated
circlip???...).

All of ours have a bolt holding it together, so either that broke or unscrewed.

On further investigation, it was the end bearing that failed - the outer race was still circlipped
into the pedal body, and the inner race still firmly attached to the end of the axle with a bolt. I
would guess that the cage that keeps the balls spread came apart.

Andrew