I'm from Smethwick near Birmingham, England. If you know anything about the area think the Black Country, "Yam, Yam.." I was brought up in Council Flats as a kid before "Upgrading" to maisonettes and eventually a Council house with a garden!
My love affair for flats continues and I have finally upgraded to the PENTHOUSE:
Burgtec Penthouse that is!
Call me a tramp.
I've personally known the three guys behind Burgtec for several years from the great game we're all in. I know they have a vision to make the best there is, their reward? Well it's certainly not Ferraris. I bumped into 1/3rd of the crew, Rich
Burgoin the other week over at Cannock Chase on the gay XC bikes. Their reward is seeing a rider on their products, their Burgtec company name lovingly polished and shining on your bike.
That's worth more than pound notes for sure.
Believe it or not, we used to leave our front door open on those hot summer nights, there was nothing worth nicking.
Less chat and more business: I feel quite honored to be flowed a set of the new Burgtec MK3s, it seems only MTB Royalty get a set in the post for their birthday. Even Sam Blenkinsop had to buy his for pound notes or whatever that country of residence he was in uses. Imagine having someone win a World Cup on one of your products. He thought your pedals were that good that he actually bought them out of his own back pocket when he could of picked up any other brand for free!
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My camera skills maybe a little crap but I'm getting the hang of this levitation.
From first glimpse you can only be impressed and that feeling will stay from straight out of the box to onto your bike. Introducing the new Penthouse Flat Mk3s, Burgtec’s best ever pedal. How do you improve on a World cup winning pedal? We kept the best aspects of the mk2 pedal, surface area, pin position and durability. These were factored into the design of the mk3s.
There are 3 major changes to the pedal design:
-Lower profile. The thinner pedal allows better ground clearance.
-Lighter weight. A pair of mk3 pedals are 250 grams lighter than a pair of mk2 pedals. A major concern of racers nowadays is weight. But our major priority is reliability. Yes you can buy lighter pedals on the market but we make sure our pedals will last a minimum of 3 seasons of solid race abuse. That’s why we offer a 3 year warranty on the body and axle of the pedal.
-Unique Pin design allows damaged pins to be taken out with ease. Where most pedals take the pin through the body which can lead to the pin braking off and damaging the body. The new pin comes up through the pedal which allows you to remove the pin no matter how damaged the head is. Also the the pin head has been designed with a breaking point that no matter how hard you hit an obstacle it will break before ripping the pin out.
Specifications:
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Colours: Black, silver, snow camo, red, purple, blue
-Huge surface area & pin design ensure grip when you need it most
-22mm thin pedal profile
-Easy to remove pins
-Pin has 4mm diameter and is diamond knurled for added traction
-1.5mm Dish allows your feet to sit into the pedal, increasing grip
-Fully CNCed pedal body machined from aircraft grade 204 2TG Aluminum billet
-Unique pedal body design allows all pins to be removed
-Weight 550g with steel axles. With Ti axles To be confirmed
-Titanium axles available soon
-Price £150 Steel axles.
-Price £185 Ti axles.
-Internal Specification
-Super strong axles for maximum power transfer from rider to bike
-Dual sealed bearing arrangement for smoother running
-3-Stage process on axle: plasma coating, nickel-plating, titanium nitriding
-Axles made from the finest EN24 T steel
-Fully serviceable every part is replaceable
-Maintenance made easy. Simple design allows for easy pedal repairs
They are not going to win any medals at a Weight Watchers meeting!
Currently on a long term test, actually up against my Straitlines. I will of course give you the full honest low down, warts and all. I'm guessing you want to know exactly what you are getting for your:
£150.00
$233.00 Canadian
$233.00 US
Euro 165
The scales never lie
Click here for Burgtec's website.
Contact questions? Need to know something about a specific Burgtec product? Samaritans busy? Give Burgtec a call, anytime of day or night:
T: 0044 (0)1782 540 432
Email: info@burgtec.co.uk
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Why wouldn't someone just buy Twenty6 pedals for cheaper, look better, last longer and are lighter weight?
EDIT: excuse me, they are 428grams. guess they got rid of the mag versions.... check out the crux. www.syncros.com/pedals.htm
yeah lets all get v8's and go fall flat on our arses cos they grip like cheese and then give it a day and oh no my bearings have all gone to cock i have 3mm of play IVE RIDDEN BETTER PLASTICS THAN V8'S and you have to have size 5 feet for your feet to fit the tiny platform
least important part on a bike? HA
and yes least important part on a bike? they can be the difference between a bike feeling sketch or amazing. tires and pedals in my mind are the most important parts on a bike, if they dont grip ur not going to enjoy riding
without pedals your going nowere either you muppet most parts of a bike a vital thats why they are there
and you can get longer pins for almost any pedal....
DMR: Bearings aren't bad but the platform is too small. Not bad for dirt jumping etc where you actually want to slide your feet a little but down a very rough downhill course the game has moved on and these just don't cut it. The body is also soft, the axles not particularly tough and the pins get ripped out easily. And because of their shape it's very awkward to redrill the body to take bolts.
Shimano DX (New): Pins are far too small and just don’t seem to have the bite that alternatives have. On the upside they’re made well, have good bearings, are pretty well sealed and are relatively easy to redrill and fit longer bolts. They don’t do anything outstandingly but they are a good & solid pedal that for the average rider isn’t bad at all.
Funn Soljam’s: Now these I like. They have a huge platform, a nice concavity, a nice spread of pins that means you can get rid of most of them and still have the ones left in the right place. Downsides are that the unsealed ones have quite soft axles but they are at least cheap and spares are available. The Sealed ones have solid bearings, good axles and have the same solid platform. The downsides are that I am convinced the body isn’t as tough as it seemed on the older pedals as pins seem more readily ripped out but it’s easy enough to drill the pedal to take bolts.
Burgtec’s: These are my go to pedal. Why? They may be heavy but they are very solid, the body isn’t prone to damage and the pins are easily replaced when damaged by cutting the head off and unscrewing from the back. They last for a good amount of solid riding, are easily rebuildable, have good back up and have a huge platform that gives a very solid feeling underfoot.
The thing to understand is that each pedal is designed for a particular price/type of riding/rider and so you need to base your pedal choice around that. If you’re a smooth, 8st rider with small feet who rides generally non rocky and rough trails and barely clips a pedal then there is clearly no need for a huge and burly pedal like the Burgtec. However, if you weigh 12st+, have huge feet, ride rocky trails that eat bike parts for breakfast and clip pedals all the time then clearly the weight weeny option isn’t going to be the best and you should consider something more along the lines of the Burgtec in strength/platform size.
It’s all a balance...but for me I know that I fall into the latter camp which is why I always nab a pair of burgtecs for those times I want to run flats.
What people always forget is that just because a product doesn't suit their needs doesn't make it a bad product. If you're a weight weeny who isn't heavy on components then there is no real advantage to the Burgtec's as you just won't gain any benefit from them as they are designed as bullet proof products for heavy and aggressive riders. However, when you look at the abuse that they can take, and you see the number of gouges and rock smashes that they can take and still come back for more then you see where the real benefits of the pedal are. I used to believe that the cheaper pedals were better as you could replace them several times and still have change over a more expensive pair. But not anymore. Why? Well for a start you can still destroy cheaper pedals in quick succession or you have have them last for several years but either way it's annoying as sin when you rip all the pins out half way through your weekend at a race you've just spent £250 getting to. It can be a false economy to go cheap.
But don't get me wrong, there are many other very good pedals out there, each with their own selling points. The main selling point on the burgtec's is their indestructibility, and on that measure they're very hard to beat.
Just because you may be the smooth rider who never breaks kit that does not necessarily translate to every rider on the planet and there are many out there who would rather have a solid, tough & dependable bike run after tun that can take all the abuse they throw at it. In the UK there is a very good reason that the vast majority of the flat pedal riding Elite's choose Burgtecs...
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I also had straitlines and bent 3 axles in 18 months with them.
they dont impress you why?
do you actualy have a reason other than price?
there race pedals and a minimum of 3 seasons riding if you think about it thats kinda cheap if u have that kinda money to put down all at once.
It says a LOT for them though, that World Cup racers - not Masters level mid pack racers, or teenage punks - think that these are good enough (to pay for!) to put on their bike.
fwiw i own and love these pedals. i realise they are not to everyones taste and if they hadnt been a gift i would have probably bought easton flatboys which are nearly as good. i trashed straitlines and a few brands of magnesium pedals (too soft) so buying burly pedals made sense for me. if you get by on something cheaper with no hassle then you would be daft to splash out on these. dont knock em till you try them though!
The moral to the tail is i seen the same type of pedal only quite a bit thinner,but the outer body mouldings looked the same apart from they were thinner and carrying a big name for serious pedal money.
And just to end this story,the original pedals have never needed touching,they're bombproof and cost a third of the £90 the other pedals did,WHY?.I thought the credit crunch was dying down.
Gringo
point one racing pedals cost the same and they are much lighter and look better...
even though i'd never spend 165eur on some pedals, i'd rather go for Point One Racing "Podium" pedals. Some bucks cheaper, REALLY thin and hell yeah, they even look like 150eur pedals should.. ^^