Crank Brothers’ Mallet DH/Race Pedal Gets Official, Now Shipping

Boy, Crank Brothers stuff always looks so good. Then you use it…

KJR – Right?

they have great customer service because they have so much practice. same with sram.

Regardless of what I think about the pedals, I have a lot of respect for a company that reads comments on articles about its products and then responds to them. That’s really cool.

… I mean, I broke half a dozen egg-beaters – kept buying as I loved the function.. Opium headset had an internal sharp edge that ate my steerer. Foam grips tore up in two weeks (but they are nice and lite). Joplin went dead twice, replaced and sold it off. I just lost trust.

They look a lot sexier than previous versions! Might finally give these a go.

don’t care, as long has they come in pink

Heavy and doesn’t look strong. Better out with Spesh in this category.

We had many troubles with CB products in many domains. Not saying that all products are bad.

But my 2cent is : avoid.

why make them Red? i mean come on. if you are going to do fancy colours, do some normal ones that don’t make you look like a 1995 throwback.

as someone who has suffered through all the eggbeater/candy/eggbeater problems and more than my fair share of Maverick/Joplin post explosions, i would like to offer an alternative point of view to the ranting about CB. 1st, and most important: what are your other options in a dh-specific clipless pedal? Shimano m424? yeah, right. The point is, CB is a small company, working hard to win in a world where Shimano could buy them out hundreds if not thousands of times over. They look to a need in the market, and go after that shit. So, props to a company that produces something everyone else will not touch, probably because its not really a very big market segment. Second–with respect to other CB pedals, specifically using in xc and cx applications: for sure the shimano pedals are more durable. Hands down, an SPD is the durable answer. Ride and race those in the heavy mud all season, though, and you sure will take another look at CB–even if you occasionally have a pedal failure–because upwards of 80% of the time on SPDs can be considered pedal failure when riding in some conditions. If it is dry and rocky where you live and/or you ride 75million miles a year, go shimano. if it is muddy/adverse conditions where you live, buy Crank Brothers and put your spare change in the piggy bank so you can buy a new set of pedals every season. And the seatposts? Big big props to Maverick for bringing the dropper post into the modern age; what was that, like 2005? Your other option was what, GravityDropper? Jesus… Again, pretty big product issues, but Maverick was like a 4 man operation back then. Then, CB buys the technology and is still ahead of the curve by 3 or 4 years. Now, SRAM throws shit-loads of money at the problem, KS jumps in, and boom–the Joplin and Kronolog is judged as a POS. C’mon, of course that was gonna happen: Market need identified by small nimble company, medium fish eats small fish, big fish eats medium fish, and soon everyone thinks dropper posts are as easy to make as flipping pancakes at the local Waffle House.
I guess the point is people should really be better informed about the realities of the bike industry, and then they will have more realistic expectations from their purchases.

Time ATAC supremacy. Nearly identical feel, more sole contact, similar mud shredding, all for a slight weight penalty. I work in a shop, and I bought a pair of 10 year old Aliums from a customer for $20 because I wanted a cheap pair for my commuter and they’re still going fine 1 year later. Every pair of Eggbeaters I’ve ever owned I’ve snapped a wing on within 2 years of running them, even on my commuter.

made of edam. word

My bike has Crank brothers wheels so light so sexy and a great noise from rear wheel pick up, they are as flexy as my old wheels that are 2 k heavy so -2k same flex = stronger . my Kronolog post is epic ,its well documented the joplin has issues that can be addressed by the importers help , i have a iodine 11 saddle that can handle 9 hours in the saddle. haters will all ways hate ,riders will allways ride , ride more hate less ,and if Crank Brothers make it i will buy it xxx

I’ll take them in black please.