Trials/Street Pedals Enquiries

Buy the magnesium one if you don't like the Snafy.
The other pedals I find ugly.
But its your choice.

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go to www.chainreactioncycles.com and get yourself the best pair of DMR
V's that you can afford, either the V8s or V12s. I've used both and
currently have a pair of V12s on my muni, they're great. Plus you can
take the pins out for grinding on one side of your 'street' pedals.

Loose.

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Probailer2- Are the Magnesium pedals better than Snafu? They're cheeper,
lighter and have more pins. People seem to be using the Snafu pedals
though? Replies?

How much do the DMRs weigh please?

-Andy

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Odyssey Jim Cs, they do for street what Snafu's do for MUni.

They're not incredibly light but they are the weight that you'd expect
for a highly durable street pedal. I think the general rule of thumb
for pedals is you'll pay a normal price for decent pedals or a
ridiculous price for the weight reduced options (that could well break
within a couple of months).

In terms of their advantages over Snafus for street riding, they have
smaller pins so you can still adjust your foot without ripping a hole
in your shoe and they have larger platforms so you get a larger margin
or error for landing unispins etc.

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andycookuk said:

Probailer2- Are the Magnesium pedals better than Snafu? They're cheeper,
lighter and have more pins. People seem to be using the Snafu pedals
though? Replies?

How much do the DMRs weigh please?

-Andy

The magnesium are ligter if I ain't rong.
But I ride on Snafu's on mij KH 24" freeride (standard on the uni)
I think the weight isn't a problem but if you don't like snafu's than
buy this one: http://tinyurl.com/b5txg
They have a good grip and are magnesium.
That's my suggestion.
Or you could go to your local bike store and watch some BMX pedals.

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I have the Jim C. Odyssey Platform pedals, and I'm quite satisfied with
them. they're really strong and really grippy.

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[image: http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/645/pbpic645477.jpg8]

I don't know where you buy them, but they look pimpish eh?

On my uni I have a pair of Jimmy C's. Blue. Look good with my KH.

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I ride on Odyssey Jim C's, they are wonderful. The pins are grippy, but
not too grippy or scary looking. I got them from unicycle.com.

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Thank's Guys!
I'm getting a good idea of what people are riding on!

_Questions_on_Jim_C's_Odyssey_Platform_Pedals_
This is the picture of the pedals on unicycle.com
[image:
http://www.unicycle.com/images/catalog/hardware/pedals/PEODYBL.jpg]

1) You can see 6 very little pins and 4 holes on each pedal. Are those
pedals for other pins to go into?

If they are then I will most certaintly be looking into getting the
Odysseys. They look great and translate to about £18.70 AND I will be
able to get them powdercoated red, to match my "soon to be" red frame.

2) Can anyone tell me anything about shipping to England from
unicycle.com? When I use the shipping calculator I end up with the
result "USP 65.81 Worldwide Expedition" which doesn't mean much to me
🙄 ! Surely this doesn't mean $65!

If the Odysseys aren't available I will just have to decide between the
3 from unicycle.uk.com

WHICH PEDALS HAVE MOST GRIP? / BEST FOR TRIALS

Magnesium Pedals http://tinyurl.com/9wnq3

Pedals - DX Style
http://tinyurl.com/2yyc

Snafu Pedals
http://tinyurl.com/dhea7

All opinions would be really great!
Thanks
-Andy

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I prefferably don't like removable pins....the pins either chip off when
i pedal grab onto anything metal or stone or get bent and dont come out
and then eventually they wear down to nothing. Then you have to buy new
ones. I just buy some funky kind of alluminum ones from my uncle's bike
shop and they last me years! Only good thing bout removable is that you
can remove the pins for grinding (thats what I think at least). Hope
that helps!

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I ride JC's on both my muni and my trials... I wouldn't ride anything
else. These pedals are super beefy, have a perfect amount of grip
(without super sharp pins), and are easily servicable.

andycookuk said:

1) You can see 6 very little pins and 4 holes on each pedal. Are those
pedals for other pins to go into?

There are eight pins for each side of the pedal. You get two sets of
pins for each set of pedals, one set is slightly longer than the other
so you can choose how much grip you get. The 4 holes you see are there
so you can remove the pins from the other side of the pedal with a hex
key... notice you only see 4 hex heads in the photo? The other 4 heads
are under the holes.

andycookuk said:

If they are then I will most certaintly be looking into getting the
Odysseys. They look great and translate to about £18.70 AND I will be
able to get them powdercoated red, to match my "soon to be" red frame.

The JC's come in red... I'd recommend anodizing the pedals if you want
to change their color... the pedals are knurled (you can ride with no
pins at all and still get half-way decent grip) and if you powder coat
them you'll likely fill in the knurling, giving you a smooth pedal
surface. They're your pedals, do what you want...

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I'm all for DMR V8s or V12s. You can get magnesium versions, and also
titanium axles if you want to go further. Mag might be a bad idea for
trials pedals, they get a lot of abuse. You can tune the grip perfectly
cos all the pins are removable, or can be switched for longer ones. The
really great thing about them is that the bearings are replaceable and
serviceable, with a little care they are always smooth and last for a
long time, deffinitely a good pedal investment. There's also the gusset
full throttles, which have proper grind plates for smoother sliding,
Loosemoose uses them for trials and street all the time. I think UDC
sells them these days, same kind of money as the DMRs, worse bearings
and heavier, but probably tougher.

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I just use cheap walmart pedals that I grind down the pins on one side
for rails and ledges..

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