Wellgo Pedals any good?
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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.
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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.
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Wellgos in general are ok. They won't spin freely. They will not be light. They will not last for years. But, they will allow you to pedal. They are only worth the money spent on them, if you absolutely can't spend more.
However, the MG-8s are a horrible blight on the world. I had them for a few months. The mechanism is single-sided and above the pedal axis, so what happens is they always end up facing down. This becomes more of a problem the more tired you are, as I was prone to cramps when trying to flip the pedal and clip-in further into a longer ride. Really sucked when starting off at an intersection. If you want SPD style, I would recommend a dual-sided MTB pedal over those a thousand times over.
I suggest you spend $20 more and get the Shimano M540. They have served my well on my mountain ride.
However, the MG-8s are a horrible blight on the world. I had them for a few months. The mechanism is single-sided and above the pedal axis, so what happens is they always end up facing down. This becomes more of a problem the more tired you are, as I was prone to cramps when trying to flip the pedal and clip-in further into a longer ride. Really sucked when starting off at an intersection. If you want SPD style, I would recommend a dual-sided MTB pedal over those a thousand times over.
I suggest you spend $20 more and get the Shimano M540. They have served my well on my mountain ride.
Your second point though is a good one...the 540 is generally an indestructible pedal.
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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.
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Stick with a name brand for quality reasons, i.e. Shimano, Look, Time even Xpedo.
"Only the rich can afford poor quality"
"Only the rich can afford poor quality"
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Are Wellgo pedals any good?
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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mihlbach is right here...they make a TON of different pedals in all variety of qualities. I've been using some branded as Forte for I don't even know how many years now and they still just keep on going (for the record, they are a LOOK Delta cleat pedal...not SPD). I also use a pair of Wellgo's branded as Ritchey on my mountain bike....Think I stuck them on there in 2008-ish...and they were actually used when I did.
My own personal experience with other pedals...LOOK's are basically indestructible, but can be expensive. I wore out a pair of eggbeaters (the bearings) in two months once. And I've never had good luck with Speedplays either.
And that ends my 2cents.
My own personal experience with other pedals...LOOK's are basically indestructible, but can be expensive. I wore out a pair of eggbeaters (the bearings) in two months once. And I've never had good luck with Speedplays either.
And that ends my 2cents.
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I have the C285du model on my roadbike and have really no complaints. Straps fit well, classic style, very lightweight, outrageously low priced.
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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.
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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.