Prototype pedals!

[bullcrew]

Buddy of mine sent me a pic of his latest offerings straight from the machine shop. I figured I'd post it and see what the thoughts are.

6 bearings per axle, ti axle and enough pins to give any shoe the grip of a five-ten. :D

tylerjarosz@hotmail.com This is Tylers email Twenty6 is the company. They do the brake levers as well as pedals now.

[Downhiller]

wow looks powerful. nice job

[dcamp29]

looks nice, except i think they should angle the leading edge so they skip over the ground instead of digging in.

[konastab01]

They look brillant except why so many pins???

[Sandwich]

My fear would be snapping the bodies when you clip a rock, due to the number of holes. They look light and tight though, I'd rock a pair as long as the didn't cost holy hell.

[Dogboy]

I agree with camp on the angle. Also, are they concave at all? They look flat.

[pinkshirtphotos]

that is a really cool concept for the pins i like that is he selling them?

[big-ted]

More pins = less pressure per pin = less grip


But then, I'm an SPD user.... ;)

[Transcend]

I was gonna chime in and say exactly what Ted said...that many pins will REDUCE grip, not add to it.

[Jimmy_Pop]

I love anything handmade and niche'

i like em except the surface is not concave. that's the key to a grippy pedal IMHO. flat pedals with too many tall pins that cover the desk = no grip.

I like the pin count and placement your friends pedals though.

[mandown]

that is a really cool concept for the pins i like that is he selling them?

your keyboard seems to be missing the punctuation keys. get a new one.
:busted:
http://img21.exs.cx/img21/4708/badge24pz.jpg

[bullcrew]

More pins = less pressure per pin = less grip


But then, I'm an SPD user.... ;)

Only if your lying on a bed of nails. :D
Actually your right in a sense that evenly distributed weight over a multitude of pins is like it being flat. There are the front and rear mainly in a row allowing it to find a nice tread pattern on your shoe to hook into. From front to back the pattern see 2 pins from right to left it sees however many are in the row.

[bullcrew]

I'll refer him to this post as well as forward the info:
I like the concave part as well as the sloping forward edge to not hook on digs. maybe take the center pins out and leave it to the rows.
I myself like the hollow allen style pins.

[OGRipper]

Anything homemade is cool, especially with that level of quality. A parralellogram profile and concave surface will be harder to make but IME make a better pedal. As for the number of pins, cool idea - you can always run less if you don't want all of them.

[Sandwich]

Yeah, i like that aspect, I'd drop a few or even run varying pin heights to get a concave shape. I ride flats (atomics) that don't feel any different than my azonics (mildly concave) that I used to run. I do have a better bike and better shoes though.

I'd keep the pedals flat for a lower profile and less weight. Also, if you leave the pin number the same, people can remove the ones they want and swap placement when one side gets tweaked.

[Bicyclist]

I think it needs less pins, a trapezoidal shape, and a bit more concave.

[bullcrew]

Adjusting the pins for height is a good idea to creat a concave pattern of spikes. GOOD IDEA!

[1000-Oaks]

Looks flexy.




:)

[joelsman]

ya having shorter pins in the middle and taller ones around the outside like somebody else said would be nice and having extra holes in case some get fu'ed up like tioga's is sweet. then make them out of magnesium and use ti or alu pins and they would be light too.

[bullcrew]

BTW: Joelsman! thats the perfect pedal. :D :D
Material $30 Time $40 too make them $priceless or atleast too much for most of us. :D

I would in a heart beat dump $ on a pedal like that.

[bullcrew]

I called tyler back just now to tell him the idea of the mag and ti/al pins. ti pins are extremely expensive but available and aluminum he has sourced already.

Where can magnesium blocks be purchased? He will make a set for me Prototypes but we need to source the mag.

[NapalmCheese]

Googling for 'magnesium ingot' produces a number of results, one of which is:
http://www.americanelements.com/mgmi.html

McMaster Carr for all of your other needs ;)
http://www.mcmaster.com

[_*sTiTcHeS*_]

this is another idea. i thought of it because right now i have syncros pedals.

the syncros pedals have insanely tall pins. i dont think my foot touches the actual pedal body at all.

everyone knows that the thinner the pedal the better. the thinner it is, and the bigger surface the less chance of it spinningwhile your feet are on it.

so to make the pedal as thin as possilbe, your friend tyler could knurl (sp?) the part of the pedal that has the spindle running right through it. then have the rest of the pedal dropped down about 3 mm. then have the pin hight differ to creat the concave. im gonig to draw a picture because i'm in a picture drawing mood.

[_*sTiTcHeS*_]

http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/1147/pbpic1147971.jpg

pinkbike's logo is bigger than i though. but thats the basic idea.

[bullcrew]

It's gonna be nice having a 1 off prototype pedal. I'll make sure to have a back up just in case. Tylers machine work is tops.

[TankerX]

nice 1st set man... i'm sure he'll end up fixing the little kinks that need to be adjusted. Good work dude!!!

[bballe336]

They look pretty good. They still need concave, less pins, and a leading edge like camp said. The machine works lookes VERY good though.

[bullcrew]

I'll make sure those ideas are incorporated into the mag prototypes. :D :D :D

[SteezyWeezy]

yea, post up on thos mags, those will be sweet, and weight maybe?

[>HuckingMud<]

Get your mate to send me a pair,i will test how much grip they have :lighten:

[sayndesyn]

looks great, but needs to be a parrallellogram. That spelling is not even close... ha. If people want to run less pins, they can always take them out IMO.

[bullcrew]

looks great, but needs to be a parrallellogram. That spelling is not even close... ha. If people want to run less pins, they can always take them out IMO.

Exactly what tyler said. leave some in and the rest are in case the others get damaged.