Originally Posted by
Erzulis Boat
The current hot ticket SPD pedals (for road/C+V) are the Shimano SPD-ES600. Single sided, so they beat out even XTR for lightness.
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I haven't shopped for pedals for a while, so hadn't seen these. The Shimano sites say 279 grams/pair, versus 315 grams for the A520, so that's a 36 gram difference.. not bad! The A520 still looks better, imho, being silver, but that only matters when the shoes aren't covering the pedal.
The main physical difference between the ES600 and the A520 that I see is that the ES600 lacks the rear bit of structure that the A520 has. I like the way that the A520 rests "nose up", making it easy to clip in. I wonder if the ES600 rests in a position that also makes it easy to clip in?
from the Shimano web site....
https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/produ.../PD-ES600.html
https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/produ...0/PD-A520.html
a trivia question that I don't know the answer to... what is that yellow and black symbol in the SPD logo, (just above this text)?
Steve in Peoria