Large pedals, thumbs up

[Ray Varella]

Over the years I’ve seen numerous comments on how comfortable larger pedals are. 

I’ve ridden standard sized pedals my whole life and never gave it much though. 

Since I’ve spent more and more time riding in thin soled sandals I noticed a bit of discomfort (not pain) after riding for a couple hours. 

I bought a pair of Sylvan Gorditos from Crust and swapped out my standard Sylvans. 

After I got home from my first ride with them I realized i hadn’t noticed any pressure where I used to. 

Aside from that I didn’t give them a single thought while riding. 

I see more big pedals in my future. 

Ray

[JohnS]

Thank you Ray for the tip, great looking pedals, may give them a try myself and they are in stock (at least they are today).

JohnS

[Paul Brodek]

I've been a VP Harrier fan for some years now. They're wide in both width and length, while still being fairly thin/low-profile. Discontinued for some time now, there were also recall notices on the web, but for versions evidently way older than mine.

Not sure there was ever an official VP replacement, but there are p-l-e-n-t-y of wide/longer platform pedals in the world today, some with significant pins, others not so much. Looks like a number of duplicate plastic/composite candidates out there as well, which can be an effective/cost-efficient way to evaluate a pedal before springing for the full-metal experience.

Looking for flickr photos I'm realizing I tend to totally neglect pedal pix, despite obsessively documenting ever other square millimeter of hardware. Go figure.

Paul Brodek

Hillsdale, NJ USA

Yeah, focus solidly on the chainring/chain here. Pedals, schmedals!

On Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 12:52:35 PM UTC-5 Ray Varella wrote:

[Joseph]

Large pedals gets two thumbs up from me.  

I'm a big fan of the DEITY.  Either the Black Kats or Deftrap

I have a pair of the Black Kats on my Gus and will be swapping them for the Deftraps so the Black Kats can go on my wife's Cheviot 

https://www.deitycomponents.com/pedals.html

[Pam Bikes]

I have some VP thin gripsters that are great and grippy but a friend warned me they'll "eat your shoes".  I looked and he was right.  I wear thin soled barefoot shoes like Five Fingers and Xero.  So I switched to the plastic flats like Riv uses and I like them.  I've had the steel pins eat my shins one too many times on a bumpy road.  I wore out the bearing on one so I got another pair I've yet to put on.  Pedals are mismatched for the time being but no one notices.  

[Pancake]

Always looking for wider pedals for my 6E width feet, I've ended up with a relatively affordable option that's as wide as I can find:

Kona Wah Wah 2 (a.k.a., Wah Wah II) - https://com.konaworld.com/product/accessories/pedals/wah-wah-2-composite/

Found for $50-65 online, these are about 120mm long x 118mm wide x 13mm thick. 

They're basically a significantly wider/longer VP 001 or VP Vice pedal, but in plastic composite (there's a more dear metal version too).

Generic versions are available on Aliexpress and other sites for about half the cost.

Wider and wiser,

Abe

[Paul Brodek]

Thanks to Abe for the heads-up on currently available long/wide/thin pedal platform options.

I thought it might be worth mentioning to those who try to minimize pedal tread width that it seems like some of these uber-thin pedals have inner bearing/body dimensions that require feet to sit 5-10mm outboard of the inner surface of the crankarms, potentially adding 10-20mm of foot width. I'm not particularly sensitive to this, and though there have been times in bobbish/RBW  past when this was a hot topic, it doesn't surface regularly these days, just thought I'd point it out just in case. If that's something that bothers you, might be worthwhile looking for platforms that are flat all the way across the top.

Paul Brodek

Hillsdale, NJ USA 

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[Bones]

SimWorks Bubbly pedals are awesome too (if you can get your hands on them!). Large platform, grippy, and very well made. I have large narrow feet but I still appreciate the extra real estate.

Bones

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If you hurry you can still get silver Bubbly pedals at Hope Cyclery’s webstore (as of right now)

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