PNW Components Announces the Range Pedal

 Don’t you love how nobody offers up a side pic no matter how many times consumers ask for that one specific pic of a new pedal? It’s almost as if nobody is listening to the customers hahaha

 @SterlingArcher: Check out their website: all the angles you could want. PNW probably wanted the website traffic and not a bzajillion photos in their press release.

 Looks convex to me #ieyeballstuff

 @SterlingArcher:

 All these flavors and Y'all still choose Salty

 @uh-no: maybe because the arch should not be placed in the middle of pedal so your ankles could actually work?

 @uh-no: lol you have no idea what you’re talking about

 yall keep putting the balls of your feet on the middle of the pedal and I'll keep using "convex" pedals just fine like everyone else lmfao.

@bok-CZ isn't it crazy how motocross/cycles use pegs where the arch of your foot goes? I guess your ankles simply don't work on motorcycles...

 @uh-no: uh, no

 @uh-no: Hey fellow MX & Road Racer here. Not sure if your a woods guy or a MX guy, but the proper attack position starts with proper foot placement and proper foot placement is with you placing the balls of your feet on the footpeg NOT the arch or heel of your foot. Ball of foot placement allows you to use your ankles as additional suspension as your blitzing the whoops and provides stability on small bumps along the rest of the body position chain (knees, hips, shoulders, head) as you go faster.

The exact same principle applies when road racing motorcycles, balls of feet on pegs.

Dirt: youtu.be/1OVo89q_wrI?t=25
Dirt (Jett Lawrence) : youtu.be/5Qy5GUx0oUs?t=136
Road (Josh Herrin): youtu.be/b77E4Bl2hD4?t=465

Stay safe and keep it rubber side down.

 @PinkBikeWhisperer: This guy pedals

 @uh-no: how often do you pedal a moto? Maybe just the second pic in this article would help you

 @PinkBikeWhisperer: ball of your foot should be directly over the spindle of any pedal....same moto principle applies......just as Ryan Hughes....

 @jokermtb: I whole heartedly agree with you. Everyone above my comment appeared to have the bicycle side of things covered, I was specifically covering the motorcycle side of things.

 @uh-no: The reason so many beginner riders (MX and Road) place the arch of their feet on the peg is because it ‘feels’ safer by offering a centered platform and it’s easier to reach the rear brake and shifter. Unfortunately, it builds bad habits and adds unnecessary risk once they try to go fast because it promotes poor attack/ready position, particularly flaring out the toes and the knees. All this adds to instability as they can’t squeeze the seat/tank as speeds increase and often inadvertently hit either the shifter or the rear brake.

The easiest drill I could suggest to you is keeping your knees straight try jumping off a chair and land on your foot arches, next jump from the chair and land on the balls of your feet. Its easier landing on the balls of your feet because your feet absorb the landing through the flexibility in your ankles, whereas landing on your arches your feet have nowhere to transfer the momentum.

As for shifting and braking, well you move your feet! All shifting and most of your braking should occur in a straight line as your upright on the motorcycle. You don’t want to upset the chassis as your leaning into a corner. You move your feet straight down at an angle and the heel of your boot hooks on the peg as a guide for when to stop sliding your foot forwards and you shift or brake as required.

As for the personal antidotes, Jett Lawrence and Josh Herrin are both paid to go extremely fast and are both winning at the professional level. If you can provide examples of winning professional riders that say otherwise I would be interested in watching or reading their thoughts.

I’ve tried to be reasonable in my response BUT I’m starting to wonder do you actually ride MX? Some of the questions your asking are pretty basic, like moving your foot to shift up and down is stuff you have to learn as soon as you get of a PW50.

 @PinkBikeWhisperer: agrred, I have the same experience on the road (triumph street triple)

 @uh-no: I love that you feel right, but have no idea what you’re taking about. Keep responding, so we can continue to be entertained. This is hilarious.

 Only works directly w Kitchenaid standmixers. You'll need an adapter for Cuisinart.

 And Oneup

 Been loving my Deftraps.

 And Chesters

 @Jdricks: I own a pair of Chester and OneUp pedals and I can say with all certainty that the Chester pedals are beyond merely inferior.

That said I'm excited to see how these compare to OneUp

 @gaberoc: wait until you try deftraps. The deftraps are overall a little thicker but don't have the raised hump that the Chester's, stamps and one ups have.
And they have a bigger platform.

 @RonSauce: Chesters are the only flat pedal I've used. Is there something about concave that's really good?

 @gaberoc: I'd say the same about chesters vs deftraps. No comparison, the deftraps have been leagues better for me.

 Big up for the One Ups! They are grippier, lighter, cheaper and more durable than any alloy pedal I've had.

 @Jdricks: agree. Chesters get a bad rap, but I've run them for about 6 years now and have yet to be let down.

 @gaberoc: I disagree. The OneUp plastic pedals were the most useless pedals I have ever tested. I have never had a set of pedals that were so annoying to position on, and I still had my feet move on them so many times that they got sent right back. That stupid hump in the middle is probably the main reason to blame.

 @nowthatsdoomage: it isnt concave, its actually flat. The axle bump on all the other pedals makes it really easy to reposition. Your foot isn't moving on deftraps until you take you foot off the pedal.

No joke, deftraps are so good im surprised they aren't 100% out of stock.

 @Jdricks: With all the options out there today I'm surprised people still use Chesters....Deity, OneUp, Kona, e13, Crankbros, SDG, all have composite pedals with more pins and larger platforms....Chester, while good a few years ago, is now the bottom of my list.

 @Marky771: I bet we'll see a larger Chester soon, because the Atlas grew with its recent update.

 @AndrewHornor: I’ve really liked my OneUp pedals. Probably more than my alloy pedals on my other bike.

 I made a little comparison if you guys want to see the dimensions laid on top of each other.
www.instagram.com/p/CcjZbD-JBlP/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY
Takeaway is they're very similar, go Deftrap if you don't like convex or if you want the most q-factor. PNW for the biggest platform, and Oneup is still a very close option, only a hair smaller.

 @RonSauce: Wow you were right, deftraps are great.

 ..Or Peach

 @threesixtykickflip: What I need is flesh colored pedals, so that when one lodges in my shin I can just leave it there and nobody will notice.

 I just don't see the point in convex pedals ,why should the pins be what makes it concave or flat, now there is a much taller pin to potentially cut depper into my shin in a crash

 @DanielP07: I’d settle for a simple flat pedal.

 Yeah, I don’t get the obsession with the Chesters. They’re small and thick. My OneUps have been great.

 Looking into this claim right now. I don’t need pedals but I love my Deity grips.

 Let’s complain there is no lateral picture of them

 Because clip in tech is mature and just works. Has been for years. And requires quite a lot of effort to design and establish as a system.

 Yes, we do seem to be lacking change for the sake of change in the clip in world. Maybe they can invent a new cleat mounting standard for shoes while they’re at it! Then all the current pedal/cleat manufacturers can innovate by releasing cleats that mate to the new standard! And I’ve heard it would be much better if the bearings were mounted on the crank arm side, so maybe we can all get new cranksets too.

 Hope released a new cleat/clipless interface recently and most people were... not happy with them.

 @Ttimer: Was mainly referring to the lack of pedals on the market that have a well designed shoe platform; such as Crank Bros Mallet E pedals, that allow for better shoe support and not just cleat supporting the entire riders weight at the cleat / pedal connection.

Did any of you idiots even read my post?

I didn't say anything about the Clip-ins mechanisms or even the bearings for that matter, which @Blackhat is being sarcastic and a dip shit about. Read the Fukn Post in it's context!

 @likeittacky: If everybody who responded to you misunderstood what you meant, isn't there just the slightest possibility that you didn't express your thoughts as clearly as you could have?

 @barp: Yes no maybe NA.. I reread it a couple times prior to responding and decided its not the post but rather the typical ignorant PBer's that lack contextual understanding of what is actually being stated. Hence, rushing to the keyboard to babble away like morons.

 @likeittacky: If I read your post specifically trying to read the point you were trying to make then I can see it. But if you’re browsing within the “context” of pinkbike it’s just another garbled rant that switches back and forth between topics without warning. If it was just me that misread you then I might feel bad, but as barp said - if multiple people misread your point and nobody got it then clearly the initial writing has issues.

It’s really not that hard to say “I really want to see more clip in pedals with good platforms.”

 @Blackhat: Your post reads- "Yes, we do seem to be lacking change for the sake of change in the clip in world. Maybe they can invent a new cleat mounting standard for shoes while they’re at it! Then all the current pedal/cleat manufacturers can innovate by releasing cleats that mate to the new standard! And I’ve heard it would be much better if the bearings were mounted on the crank arm side, so maybe we can all get new cranksets too."

That left my head spinning. Talk about the Pot calling the Kettle black, LMAO

 @likeittacky: funny - you read that post and took it exactly as I intended. Meanwhile three separate people all read your comment and failed to divine the message. You can cryptically throw shade all you want, but the objective evidence is pretty clear.

 what @Duderz7 said ^^

 Yeah I dunno why pedal companies make all their plastic pedals in a convex shape - makes zero sense!

 Actually, with my BMX background I really dig convex pedals... BMX

 @takeiteasyridehard: nah you’re wrong lol

 @moity: yeah you’re right lol

 Wahwah's for life

 @DCF: wawah, Broke 2 times the axle of wahwahs, great pedal but can't trust them anymore.

 Good to know. I'm coming off two broken pairs of Chester's and a broken pair of one up. Hopefully these last a little longer. The one set of alloy pedals I tried bent my crank arm when I hit a rock! @mtbwillems: