First Look: Deity Bladerunner Pedal
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With Deity’s massive expansion in mid swing, today marks the start of a multiple phase launch of new products that will continue to elevate the rider owned company to new heights. With a renewed focus on their line of pedals, Deity went to the drawing board for 2015 and are launching the first in a two part series of high end pedals, the Bladerunner!
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In development for over two years, the Bladerunner sees Deity step away from the basic pedal designs that they have been known for and enters new pedal territory for the growing brand.
 | Our pedals have always been successful for us, but as we started this company on limited sources, we did not have the sufficient funds to own our own pedal tooling in the past. To reduce costs, we shared pedal molds for our past pedals which has been a thorn in our side, but necessary at the time. Things have changed dramatically over the past years and everything we have been doing and investing into has been with a goal to develop our own pedal tooling, own our pedal designs, make the best product possible, and to push our boundaries. It is almost a sigh of relief to move forward with the Bladerunner and finally start showing people what we are capable of in the pedal realm. - Eric Davies (Deity, Owner) |
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With thousands of pedals moving out of the Deity warehouse annually and a variety of price points to hit almost every target market possible, the Deity Bladerunner pedals are a product born from the limitations of previous open source molds, the needs of riders looking for a larger pedal, and a desire to improve the durability of today’s super thin pedals.
| Our goal with the Bladerunner pedals was to offer riders a larger functional platform size, keep a thin profile, and focus on the weak area of thin pedals, the internals and pedal profile. By going to the drawing board, we were able to develop two new molds that would allow us to create a two part series of pedals that will reach two very different ends of the spectrum. The specific focus with the Bladerunner Pedals was to keep them as thin as possible, find ways to maximize internal durability, offer a larger footprint without adding weight, reevaluate pin locations, and create a damn sexy set of pedals. - Eric Davies (Deity, Owner) |
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The new Deity Bladerunner pedals feature a 103mm x 100mm platform size that spins on a new Deity DU bushing and a series of micro sealed bearings. To protect the pedal from bearing failure due to side impacts, crashes, or rock strikes, the internals of the Bladerunner pedals are reinforced by a load distribution top hat ABS spacer that prevents side loads from affecting the bearings. Tested for almost two years, the Bladerunner pedals will be replacing two of the current crop of Deity pedals as the company moves towards a revamped focus in their pedal line. With titanium spindles planned, a signature pedal design in production, and a slew of aftermarket upgrades in the works, the Bladerunner pedals are only the start of exciting things to come for Deity.
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SPECS:
-Extruded and Machined from Deity molds and 6061 T6 aluminum
-The largest Deity pedal to date
-103mm x 100mm footprint
-11mm thin at the exterior edges
-Concave pin profile
-Load distribution system to prevent bearing blowout
-Multi micro sealed bearings and Deity DU Bushing internals
-Machined traction grooves
-Mimimal material in key areas to shed weight and mud build up
-Available in 5 high polished ano colors and also white powdercoat
-370 grams
-MSRP of $143.99 USD
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| The Bladerunner pedals hit a higher pricepoint, so they will be replacing our magnesium Decoy LT pedals and the Skyskraper pedals. Don't sweat though as we will be continuing to offer our popular cost effective Compound and Decoy pedals. The Bladerunner pedals are our opportunity to design the best pedal this market has seen and we are so pumped to finally get them out to everyone! - Eric Davies (Deity, Owner) |
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In celebration of the first of many massive product launches for Deity in 2015, the rider owned crew are giving away 3 pairs of Bladerunner pedals for FREE to 3 people in need of some fresh new contact points on their ride! To enter, hit up their site, submit your information, and stay posted to the Deity site and their media pages for a list of winners on April 24th!
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Follow Deity to stay updated on the upcoming waves of new product releases, exciting rider developments and a ton of contests!
www.deitycomponents.com / @deityusa
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The pin design on predators trumps everything else out there. Not just from grip, lots of pedals have that. But how they break when they do, and the fact that the threads don't get damaged. I'll agree with everyone also...the aluminum ones don't last. The steelers I had in my last set of predators lasted 2 seasons and saw abuse.
I do like the fact that deity prices their products very affordable for what you get. But they say that they had to invest a ton of money into tooling? I wonder if that's for the extrusion process, and a high production rate; not so much the pedal itself.
Only reason I'm curious is the predators are made with all standard cutters. But, they are not high production.
Nice work deity, good looking platform
larger footprint: 105mm x 105mm vs 103mm x 100mm
thinner leading edge: 6mm vs 11mm
lighter: 342 grams vs 370 grams
10 colors vs 6 colors
You can save $6 by going with Diety. These Diety pedals also have a full length axle and microsealed bearings in addition to du bushings, so they may be more reliable/need less service but that's only speculation. Overall a nice looking pedal, but seems like they copied the bros a little bit.
www.pinkbike.com/news/Pinkbike-Product-Picks-july-26-2013.html
CLIENT: - Waow, what a great price, I can save 20 grams !!
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