The proliferation of high quality "BMX style" pedals has been one of the best new trends in cycling in the last couple years, in my opinion. I'm partial to the Sun Ringle Zuzu because they're lotsa bang for the buck, but the various VP pedals are really nice.
On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:43:01 PM UTC-5, 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/-/ZZO5TsztrhcJ. 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.
