And now for something completely different ... at least re the pedal question. My priority is the bearings and comfort underfoot at hight pressure. I'm hard on bearings. Rocks, roots, and stupid wet, muddy, snowy, freezing, sludgy riding will do that. VPs lasted me a matter of months and generally didn't repair well for me. MKS cone and bearing pedals last me a year and can be greased well for another year. But MKS cartridge pedals have lasted beautifully so far, beyond a year and counting, so they are my preference. My experience has been stack height is not a material factor. I personally do not like the feel of the pedal shape of the Grip Kings underfoot (my forefoot is my widest part of my foot, the narrowest part of the pedal, so the GK's have great fore/aft stability, minimal lateral stability for me). MKS All Ways pedals are a delight, as are their touring pedals. If riding in the snow, touring pedals win, as pressure on the pedal increases grip and discards snow, whereas most pedals it compresses the snow into ice and renders them unridable until chipped off ... not fun at temps near zero. Note: I ride fixed gear, no retention, on both All Ways and Touring pedals, and my Gus has some stupid amount of gears and I ride touring pedals for it. They just handle the bashing and crashing and freezing and thawing and muddy mucky wet wonderfully.
With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 2:49:00 PM UTC-7, John Bokman wrote: > > Curious if anyone has the newer of the Grip Kings: the "Monarch". I've > been riding VP Vice for a few years after weaning myself off Speedplay > Frogs, and am rather annoyed at chewing up my shoes from the sharp pins. > Also don't feel I need the width of the VPs. Always looking for ways to get > Riv some money, I thought I might try these. However, I'm also curious > about the MKS Allways pedals....I'd prefer a low stack height, so VPs look > to be the winner in that category.... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/71f17618-825d-4040-8f35-acf02cf91452%40googlegroups.com.
