Crank Brothers Egg Beater Chrome

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:33:00 GMT

The first thing you notice about these is that the Crank Brothers have obviously been thinking outside the box. Instead of copying all the other peddles they have gone with a completely different design. With thinking outside the box it can go very right or very wrong, we tested the egg beaters out to see which it was.

They have a very distinctive look and appear to be quite simple apparently only having 13 parts. The design means that you can clip your foot in on all four sides. The other major advantage of these peddles is the mud shedding ability because they are so simple there is very few places where mud can build up and even if it does there are three other sides to clip into.

Using these peddles they feel very different form other SPD peddles, they are very small with no where to stand on except the clip and because they are the same on every side you can roll your foot along the peddle until it hits the cleat. This is quite a different technique no better or wore really just takes some getting used to. The mud shedding is defiantly a plus point. Another great feature is that they can be serviced very easily to keep the silky smooth.

We did find that there was a bit more float/movement in your foot that we would have liked and unfortunately this is not adjustable (although you can change the cleats to adjust this a little bit). If you want something slightly different and don’t mind always having to put on your bike shoes to ride your bike then these are for you.

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Crank Brothers Egg Beater Chrome