Rebuild kit for VP VIce pedals?

[Michael Morrissey]

Hi,

I have a pair of VP Vice pedals on my Rivendell that click once a rotation. I've tried to ignore it, but like most problems that one ignores, it doesn't go away. I looked for a rebuild kit, and it was out of stock at VP Components. Had it been in stock, it would have had a price tag of $24. For $32, I bought a new pair of pedals on eBay. 

Is anyone holding a rebuild kit for these pedals? Or, do you know what size bearings the bearings are and could I order new ones from McMasterr-Carr? Or, has anyone put their pedals in an oil bath and revived the pedals that way? Or, are there better pedals I should be using? I do love the VP Vice pedals as they are much better than traditional sandwich-shaped pedals. 

Thanks!

Michael

[michael cox]

Hello,

I have a pair of VP-001 pedals and I contacted the company support group since I needed a rebuild kit.  They told me they no longer sell kits but if I sent them the pedals they would be happy to refurbish them for me.   You may try that option.

cheers all

michael

And now a picture of my bicycle.

[Joseph]

I like the Deity Black Kat Pedals.  

I've had them for about a year now on my Gus and have ridden them through a Chicago winter and a couple of rainy day rides.  

-Joseph in Chicago 

[Joe Bunik]

I do have one of the VP rebuild kits squirreled away, as I've got
*multiple* pairs of their platforms in regular usage. I'll have to dig
it out... do you think we should investigate how to reverse-engineer
the contents of the kit? I recall multiple, small-scale sealed
bearings.

Regrettably, I just pulled maybe my oldest and/or heaviest-usage set
from my Jones 29 when I finally determined they were the source of all
the clicking and creaking I'd been plagued by!!!

I kind of hate that pedals are "consumables".
=- Joe Bunik
Walnut Creek, CA

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[Peter Adler]

Testify!

I've gone deep on Crank Brothers Quattros, which CB discontinued about ten years ago. The springs in CB pedals (the ones that keep the clamping rails apart, so your cleat clicks in and locks) - those springs periodically break. For years, I've been trying to figure out how to disassemble the pedals so I can replace the broken springs with springs cannibalized out of the far more common Eggbeater and Candy models, with no success; I can't figure out how to get the spring/clamp assembly apart without destroying the pedal completely.

Lucky for me, I'm ambidextrous about unclipping/clipping in, depending on which lane of the street I find myself*. So my breakages have allowed my to mix n'match pedal sets as they break. I'm currently riding an all-Ti Quattro 4 right paired with a mostly-SS Quattro 2 left. But I shouldn't have to do that.

* Purely by dumb luck, I uncleat/cleat left when I'm near the center strip, and uncleat/cleat right when I'm next to the curb, so the stress is distributed about equally between the two pedals

Peter "if I were in charge, things would be different you betcha" Adler

Berkeley, CA/USA

[Michael Morrissey]

Joe - yes! Pull out the bearings and maybe we can figure it out. I'd much prefer "rebuild and repair" instead of conspicuous consumption.

Michael

[Roberta]

I pulled original pedals off my 2016 Joe Appaloosa and think it might be same model. I can post picture next week. One makes clicking sound, the other is fine. If you or anyone wants them for cost of shipping, send me PM. Michael has first right of refusal. Roberta 

[Michael Morrissey]

Thank you for the offer but I have to pass! My new pedals work fine. I have a big bike storage problem and can't take any more parts or bikes right now. I'll let you know if and when I rebuild the Vice pedals I already have. I might try sitting them in an oil bath for a month or so.

m

[Roberta]

Thanks and enjoy your new pedals for thousands of miles ahead!