I'm equally pleased with the new pedals on my QuickBeam. Whether riding fixed, or on the freewheel, they're an improvement over the older MKS RX-1 pedals with toe clips I had been using. I thought I would need clips when riding fixed, but... not so much. I'm "just riding" by mashing down, and the main thing the clips were giving me was consistent placement of my foot on the pedal. But I quickly find the right spot for my feet on the VP pedals, and the spikes seem to help hold my shoes right there. I'm going to get a pair for my wife's B'Stone, and for my RBW LongLow as well.
- Andrew, Berkeley On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:43:01 PM UTC-7, George Schick wrote: > > Sometimes if you're patient enough and wait long enough good things come > your way. This is the case (in my case, anyway) with Riv's new platform > pedal offering from VIP. When I spied these on their web catalog I ordered > a pair right away and have not been disappointed with them in any way - > they are exactly what Riv (Grant?) describes them to be. I replaced the > cheap, clunky old MoSH BMX pedals on my Rambouillet and went for a test > spin. They do, indeed, have a much lower profile and the pedaling is much, > much smoother presumably due to higher quality axles and bearings. I also > noticed that the exposed threads on the pins that are screwed into these > pedals tend to grip much better than the smooth-ended pins in my old ones. > But then there was one more surprise: all of the creaking and other > racket I couldn't exactly identify in my drive train has disappeared! Riv > also offers these pedals at around the same price as any of the other Web > retailers so no need to look anyplace else. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/62uvB1DB9FUJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
