SOC15: Crank Brothers launching full custom pedal program for Candy, Eggbeater

or the Quattro pedal system…

I wonder how much it costs to get the option that increases real-world durability…

Love those pedals and now I can get rid of the dumb colors.

It’s best to think of crank bros stuff as decorations, not functional bike parts. The color options make perfect sense in that light – they’re meant for show bikes that will never be ridden, just like everything else CB has ever made.

seriously, even their multi-tools just fall apart. Eggbreakers, you look at them crosseyed.. (I can’t believe I was ever ok with having 2 sets of pedals because one was in warranty all the time).

I find many of these comments simply bizarre: I’m on my 6th set of Eggbeaters (over 12 years and roughly 28,000 miles of mountain biking), and they remain by orders of magnitude the finest, most durable pedals I’ve ever used. Yes, I’ve worn out 5 sets, but there is no other pedal that would have held up nearly as well.

typically don’t comment, but had to add my 2cents… I have 3 pairs of eggbeaters sitting in my garage. Finally switched over completely to Shimano. After having so many problems with the eggbeaters I’ve given up. Even after having them serviced they still creak, and wear out too fast. Only time I’ll put them back on is for really muddy CX races, other than that they’re off my bikes for good. Nothing beats the Shimano pedals for CC MTB races (yes they’re heavier, but they work and don’t creak*). *My mechanic was going crazy trying to find the creak in my frame and it turned out to be the pedals… he inspected them and they simply fell a part (pedals were 45 days old).

@JB so you have used 6 pairs of CB pedals in 12 years and you still call them durable?? LOL!!

I have thesame set of Speedplay frog pedals since 1997. I am now in my 3rd pair of cleads and only replaced bearings once… That is durable. If they were shimano i wouldn’t have replaced the bearings.

What are you people doing to your pedals? I have a set of the candies on my mtb, commuter and cross bike. Even the cleats aren’t as bad as most say, I’m just looking at replacing mine on my commuter after ~5000km and tonnes of walking.

I own 8+ pairs of eggbeaters and candy pedals. The plastic body, old style candy pedals were awful, but the new candy 2/3 pedals have held up for multiple seasons and still feel like new. I also get multiple seasons out of cleats.

@JB: 28000 miles divided by 6 pairs is less than 4700 miles per pair. That’s horrendous!

Much like the others, I always had at least 2 extra pairs of Egg Beaters in my rotation because I constantly had pedals going back. I used Egg Beaters from 2007-2012, I thought that was normal.

Then I got a pair of XT pedals. And rode them. And I’m still riding them. They swap from my CX bike to MTB bike, I’d guess about 5000 miles per year or so. Race, train, whatever. No issues.

I dug the feel of Egg Beaters, and of course the light weight, but if they can’t last more than a few months (one set was creaking so bad I couldn’t stand to ride them after only 80 miles, I know this because I had just finished my 4th 20 mile loop of a 100 mi MTB race) I see no reason to keep using them.

No only if they would do custom colored spokes with their wheels.