Slack Randoms: Homemade Folding Bikes, Wooden Flat Pedals, Wild Swampfest Carnage & More

 They essentially have wood trim and use the pedal body as a bushing. What a horrible design

 Forgot to mention the sandpaper on top

 the target market of them pedals doesn't know what a bearing is

 @LaXcarp: which is apparently useless if you have mud on your shoes...

 Hey, if I put a wooden gear shift knob in my truck it's obviously a wooden truck now.

 Think they’re going for a skateboard look, but yeah doesn’t seem to be too practical.

 That has to be one of the most cringe parts I’ve seen released in awhile.
They’re trying to sell pedals to someone that would be no better than $5 pedals

 @nickfranko: That is complete facts, they are just smart people, trying make urbanites think these are high quality pedals

 @downhilljohn: Your definition of smart differs to mine. IMO smart people are smart enough not to try and rip off unsuspecting customers. Con artists are generally too stupid work out a functional system of personal morals.

 These "wooden" pedals are not "new" and exist for years... and yes: they are kind of an expensive crap.

 Jesus, it happen these pedals have been around for 10 years, created for flatland bmx by flatland old glory Ali Barjesteh. Glowing review here:
www.flatmattersonline.com/review-moto-bicycles-pedal-2

Their website displays a healthy amount of bs and no trace of bmx, but also smart from them to move from the nichest niche of them all into the commuter market. Still wouldn't touch them lol

 Point of order, a bushing is a kind of bearing; it's just not a *ball* bearing. But yes, a pedal should have ball bearings.

 @barp: tell that to my Straitlines.
13 years later , 1 bushing change (really easily done) and still going strong on one of my bikes

 Could just make ur own. Seems pretty simple

 Maybe PB could do a shonky award for worst products of the year. This would be a contender along with the 3D printed Glock holder for your top tube.

 They wood go good with the goofy folding bike woodn't they.

 @fektor-b: Keep my Shonky's name out of your mouth

 @gabriel-mission9: Yes, fair

 @danstonQ: They are extremely overpriced

 Target is the classic Berliner hipster, which is basically half of the city's population.

 I drives me nuts that they use a sustainable material, but then use unrecyclable fiberglass plastic.

 @YukonMog: Same. sucks they stopped production.

 @iiman: Thanks for pointing this out, interesting report at flatmattersonline

"I used an Odyssey pedal before using the Moto pedal, right away the feeling on the pedals was like being on a skateboard but on your bike obviously. Due to the grip tape, moving around and adjusting your foot on pedal was easier and what I didn’t consider at all, was safety and trick options opening up. The pedal is the flattest pedal on the market, at a total profile of 15mm. You can lean on the pedal and not cut your leg open, plus it opened up moves I haven’t done for years as well. Three months into testing the pedal, and so far the wood has held up perfectly (see photos above). I am still on my first sheet of grip tape, honestly right now couldn’t be more happier with the performance of the pedal. The design of the pedal like everything designed and made in Germany is genius" and so stylish and even more so now they are available in colours as well, and like all things simple it makes me wonder how has this not been done before. I guess from a consumer standout it’s only negative is the price, if Ali and Moto Bicycles can find a way to cut the price down (maybe a plastic pedal?) this will be universally on every riders flatland bikes.“

It seems the meanwhile they made a lower priced polymer version, and some of the best Bmxers are riding them:
www.instagram.com/kio_hayakawa/?hl=de

 @247biker: It seems to me that you are a deep "$160 wooden flat pedal fan". Do you work for Moto Bicycles?

 Shoutout to MTB Everything Youtube channel for their excellent content about massive mtb sends!

 @morcutt Do you remember the Gary Fisher HiFi that suspension design allowed the rear shock to fold on itself. That was an epic fail

 Carbon doesn't fold worth a darn, no matter how fast you hit a tree nor how sturdy said tree is. It just snaps! This is the major drawback of carbon The Industry doesn't want us talking about.

 Reminds me of a saying in a webcomic I read: “Everything is air droppable once.”

 @CarbonShmarbon: I am reminded of Greg Minnaar in Val di Sole 2017.

 some nice folding bikes on Friday fails

 I've tested this, it's true.

 No, some or most are cracking bikes

 @trifecta: Most of which are carbon!

 Every bike is a folding bike when left on the street locked up in the same spot for a week.

 @icthus13: One of the The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

 @ntns: Got it in one!

 @rivercitycycles: I had to Google that but wow that's a spectacular design fail.

 Like to go against the grain, don't ya?

 @noisette: Some people want to branch out and try something new, but the root of the problem is when yew won’t leaf it to the pros.

 They are plying to do something different, buts all veneer. They'll bough to market demands eventually; getting a foothold (aiming for a platform) with the hipster pub-bike crowd, or just spindle away before facing the axle.

 I think they look pine as hell

 Do you think they are gonna use just any old moustache wax?

Do you use just any chain lube??

 stick to gravel riding adventure films

 50 is comical for a plastic pedal without any bearings.

 @RonSauce: if i wanted pinless pedals id get some pdx d-10's and just take out the pins and have a better pedal for wayyy less

 Add to that a bad Scottish accent and content references to "Donkeh"

 @mechatronicjf: Like a mashup of Shrek and Mike Myers as Fat Bastard!

 For when "safety third" is still too damn safe.

 I wonder what happened to the Slingshot bicycle?

 @Kootbiker: berm peak had a whole video on it recently

 I don't think it folded, at least not intentionally.

 Saw one on the trails last year!

 Litterally strap skate boards to your cranks

 Those pedals are special. I once had some BMX pedals, I think they were from Animal. It was also basically a nylon body over an axle. The body was the bearing. It got pretty annoying as it constantly worked itself loose. These here probably won't work themselves loose as the to pedal halves have to come apart but they did get themselves in more trouble than they should. Why next to no cylindrical surface to work as a bearing hear the crank end and why all those fins at the other end? Both ends take a beating so both need sufficient surface to smoothly distribute that. Now that they made that so small, it will prematurely dig in things will go progressively worse. Also, those fins at the other end, why? A single tapered section there would have been sufficient to keep the pedal from falling off the axle. This will only cause more friction, more wear, more debris inside the body to accelerate the wear. Especially as they made it a glass-composite. Nylon is already pretty tough and the glass will limit crack growth. But if it will inevitably wear, the glass will accelerate the wear.

 @vinay: at least they are heavy

 @RonSauce: I'm sure the weight is a feature. The heavy pedals help lower the center of gravity of the bike. Weight is good if it is low, at least that's what I have been told!

 @vinay: You are missing the point. Those pedals are intended for hipsters and the 'gram, on some small frame builder's retro styled steelie. Mostly posing, not so much riding. They'll be tossed as soon as something even more hipster-cool comes along, which won't be long. That's the price they pay for looking good all the time.

 @dcaf: calm down pops, "hipsters and the gram" was like 10-15 years ago.

 @RonSauce: That's why it is embarrassing they are still doing it.

 @RonSauce: And get off of my lawn! -sitting in my lawn chair in the driveway, wearing shorts, black socks and sandals......

 @jonemyers: This is why you should modify your cranks so that you can have both pedals down at the same time!