The Biking Hub: Mountain

1. Posted by Crank Bros. Candy SL pedals review » The Biking Hub | 12:40 pm, 6 December 2005

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2. Posted by Ashwin | 1:05 pm, 15 December 2005

I think the Candy SLs are well made and are a good alternative for some. But I had two problems with them. One was that even with the shims under the cleats I had interference with my shoe tread. This will be shoe dependent but I had to do some serious trimming on two pairs of shoes. The other problem I had was in clipping in. Normally I would just put my body weight onto the pedal and would get clipped in with my Shimanos. But with the eggbeaters and Candy this wasn’t enough. I’d have to push my leg down in order to get it to clip in completely.

Unclippinig was like butter though. Not to slam the pedals but they just didn’t work for me.

3. Posted by Cory | 1:16 pm, 15 December 2005

I didn’t have any clearance issues with the Candy when it came to shims or tread trimming, but I did need to use a single shim for the Mallet — I’ll be updating the review when I post my writeup on Cannondale’s Carve shoes.

The entry / exit movement took me a little getting used to be I didn’t have too many problems after the fact. I have noticed that entry is a bit difficult under extremely low gearing but that’s about it.

The Candys definitely don’t have the same type of positive ‘click in’ entry as the Shimano or Time pedals. This is one of those things that comes down to personal preference — I know people who swear by Shimano’s clipping action (particularly with the DH pedal) and can’t deal with the Crank Bros. stuff too.