Titanum, a new brand that specializes in making products from, you guessed it, titanium, has released a pedal that it claims weighs just 100 grams for a pair.
If the claimed weights are correct, this probably makes the MyTi Ultra the lightest pedal on the market, beating
the 168 gram per pair Wahoo Speedplay Nano that is seen as the current yardstick. Adding credence to Titanum's claims,
CyclingTips got their hands on an early prototype of the pedal and recorded its weight as 69 grams for a combination of the pedal body, titanium axle, internals and titanium cleat.
The MyTi Ultra pedals and cleats are 3D printed from 6Al/4V titanium alloy in partnership with Element 22 in Kiel, Germany. Titanum claims the material it uses is, "is nearly 2x stronger than aluminum with 40% less mass than steel, with better strength-to-weight than both". 3D printing allows Titanum to only add material where it's needed, which is one of the major factors in the super-low weight of these pedals. Another advantage of 3D printing is rapid prototyping and this finished version of the pedal is the 10th iteration of the product.
The pedals work using Titanums' patent-pending Blattfeder (leaf spring) technology that allows for 6° of float and a release angle of less than 14°. Despite the low weight, Titanum is confident the pedals are suitable for mountain biking purposes and they have passed ISO 4210-8:2014 with no weight limit. The pedals are also compatible with 2,3 and 4 bolt cleats.
Titanum is starting a Kickstarter on Tuesday and will be fundraising for its 100g MyTi Ultra & 140g MyTi Stainless pedals. Retail price for the pedals is expected to be €300 but early bird offers will be available in the crowdfunding stage. More info on Kickstarter,
here.
I also ride Speedplay Zeros on my road bike. Equally as old and still in great shape.
I’m back on the Time Speciales, which are fantastic, but not available in purple like the HTs.
@Sscottt: Found the triggered eggbeaters devotee
The pain of not being able to get a pedlal in purple is real. Luckily a good ano blue goes well with a mainly purple ano bike theme.
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Pedal innovation comments - "I just ride SPDs and don't have any problems"
Pinkbike - can you just make articles about 26" wheels, SPDs, and outdated suspension geo's? Please don't waste our time with these gimmicks, we already know everything we need to.
There have been so many new/better/lighter etc pedals over the years and yet SPDs still do the best job for most folk. Them being near indestructible/zero maintenance is a big part of it.
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Plus US imperial is sometimes different from British imperial. Makes zero sense.
its an interesting design. I look forward to reading some long term reviews
Scandum, Chromum, Vanadum, Magnesum.
So, in the meantime, I continue to ride with my carbon fixed post, and keep telling myself that I’m saving tons of weight, money, and embracing simplicity and reliability...
It's like saying that carbon is 400% stronger than aluminium and therefore carbon bikes must be much stronger. Just.. go and make a bike made of raw carbon fibers. I dare you!
and the slipping when you're trying to carry your bike up the muddy hill in a race...
pb commenters: "this is my anecdotal first hand experience with other pedals that existed first"
Bearings? Bushings? Both?
I'm all for lightweight as long as it's rebuildable. That's why my XC bike uses Xpedo's 210 gram SPD pedals,with 3 bearings per side (no bushings).
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I think it is 3d printed because someone had a good idea and tested it out using that technology, then iterated using it and when time came for production it was the process the team knew best and the cost to switch was deemed too much for their first product.
I don't think the above pedal IS producible in a mill. The leaf spring that's built in to the pedal body is thin enough and in such a location that no tooling could cut it. Of course you could have the leaf as a separate part that connects to the pedal body with fasteners but then you've got more material in the body, thread cutting, an extra two parts, extra four fasteners, thread locking compound, assembly...
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What kind of biker asks 'is there really a need?' for a super high tech Titanium part???