waterrockets 

I don't recall. They were cheap SPD mountain pedals from maybe 2003. The release feel was different between them and the tension adjustment screws stripped out on both pedals during initial adjustment.

jbrow1

I just bought a set of the pedals in the link and had a 45 mile ride with them last night. They are decent pedals, I'm not a big fan of the color. It's like grey primer colored, but shiny like a powder coat. The platform is not as big as it looks in the picture, but that's ok it's gotta fit btw mnt shoe cleats anyhow right? So how do they work? They work well. I generally have shimano m540's on my bikes, and one set of teeny/tiny one sided wellgos on another bike, also spd. The other wellgos I have feel identical to my m540's while clipping in/out and riding. They have no platform whatsoever, and being one sided they like to flip over. No big deal to me b/c I generally clip in to go and don't clip out until I'm done riding. These new pedals clip in harder even on the lightest setting, clip out harder, and feel like they have no float whatsoever (states they have 4* of float). Thinking maybe they will break in just a bit and get a little looser feeling. I am using my shimano cleats with them. Honestly they worked very well, being one sided yes, they did flip upside down here and there. So I wouldn't really want them for riding where you unclip that often. But really it's not a big deal to toe it over and clip in without looking at it. You buy a one sided pedal, this is something you must live with. Or as I said I don't unclip often so no big deal. I just wanted to try them out b/c I needed one more set of pedals anyhow. I'll write back in a week or so when I have a couple hundred miles on them and see if they loosen up at all. By the end of the 45 miles I was quite used to the feeling of less float, and it caused no problems what-so-ever. Are they worth it? Not really when you can get shimano 540's off ebay for 35-40 shipped brand new if you watch a bit. But if you want a grey one sided pedal that works well for 40 bux shipped, then these fit the bill.

ravenmore

Thanks for the review. One thing to remember, and it might not be a big deal to some people, is that these are a lot lighter than the shimano 540's - by about 100 grams.

redtires

A highly misguided and uneducated deduction unless you have independently tested each model in comparison with other brands. As I noted, my Wellgo made pedals are about six years old, are solid and yes...they spin quite freely with no bearing play. And, they are lighter than many of the Shimano or Look models, with exception of the highest end sets.

Your second point though is a good one...the 540 is generally an indestructible pedal.

jbrow1

My second ride with the pedals this morning, 50 miles. They seemed to loosen up a hair as far as clipping in and out, which they are about perfect now, and I have them at the lowest tension. Happy with that. As far as the lack of float that I am used to, I was a bit worried about that in the beginning of the first ride, but that worry dwindled as I got farther into the ride and there were no noticeable problems or soreness developing. I had a knee scope the end of Dec. so my knee health is a big priority to me at this time and I make sure to keep them happy. On my 50 miler today, I found I rather like the lack of float compared to my shimano 540's I generally use. I don't have to think about keeping my feet in line, and it seems to keep my whole leg tracking up and down straight, easier without thinking about it at all. So I am quite happy with these pedals, they seem to work excellent, look good, and they are light. For the price, there isn't anything to complain about. I would feel comfortable recommending these to a friend, as long as they understood they are one sided and that may pose a bit of a problem if you need to clip in/out alot. And this is all just my opinion, and only 100 miles on them. But as mentioned above I have a different style of wellgo's that I bought last year that have always worked well for me too.

ThinLine

Stick with a name brand for quality reasons, i.e. Shimano, Look, Time even Xpedo.

"Only the rich can afford poor quality"

tjgrothe

Very disappointing. I had a pair of C128s on a Scott hybrid and one of the spindles broke a little over 1 year old. The company does not answer emails and there is no customer support. I will not buy again.

DangerousDanR

See : https://pezcyclingnews.com/technspec...pedals-review/

Spoiler alert! The second paragraph says:
Xpedo are the race / high end project shop for Wellgo, the largest OE manufacturer of pedals on the planet. Without knowing, most avid cyclists could name 3-4 companies whose pedals come from Wellgo… bit of poking on my end and I can now name 15.

I know, it is from 2012, but Xpedo are still Wellgo pedals. I have had both. The Xpedo were good pedals, but like all mountain bike pedals they will die if hit hard enough. The Wellgo were on an old rigid Ritchey mountain bike so they mostly get ceremonial use, but I used to ride them off road and never broke them. I just didn't hit anything hard enough.

sced

I use Wellgo spd pedals on my and my family's bikes. They do eventually break, sometimes sooner than I think they should, but you can find them cheap on Ebay and I've had better luck with them the Eggbeaters 1 that we all started with.

79pmooney

I've been riding the Forte LOOK copies made by Wellgo the past 18 years. Good pedals. Zero issues. Now, I ride them with the black no-float cleats so I have no opinion on the float properties (other than my knees do not like float! I like my OEM knees.) I don't consider the Forte/Wellgos to be the go-forever quality of the best LOOKs. I also never want to uclip at a bad moment so I simply replace my Fortes when I no longer feel 100% trust. For what I paid, pretty easy. And I still have a stash of new ones so I'm set for quite a while.

Ben

OldsCOOL

I have the C285du model on my roadbike and have really no complaints. Straps fit well, classic style, very lightweight, outrageously low priced.

kansukee

Hell to the no. I started with Shimano back when I had my first road bike and it had 10 speed 105; once I moved to Campy I have used Look exclusively...I have one pair of aero carbon pedals that are going on 8 years old and not one single issue. Stick with quality and you'll spend less in the long run.

MoAlpha

I have very basic Wellgo/Forte double-sided SPDs on the commuter. They must have been about 26 bucks new and have been okay for at least 15, possibly more like 20, years and four bikes.