New super-thin flat pedals from Tioga – Sneak peak

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By James Costley-White in Bath, UK | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 10.00am

Flat pedals have been getting slimmer and slimmer in recent years, with the aim of saving weight, avoiding rock strikes and providing a more stable platform (due to your foot being closer to the axle). MomentumBicycle's FlyPaper took this idea to its extreme but could only be used with their own cranks.

Tioga's new MT-ZERO-01 must be the next thinnest option, and you can use it with any standard chainset. Milled from a single piece of chromoly, it measures just 4mm at its slimmest point, and 7mm at its fattest. Claimed weight is 450g.

Two years in development, the new pedal gets its name from the fact that it doesn't have an axle. Instead it rotates on a bearing housed between the flat section of the pedal and the crank thread. Both the bearing and pins are replaceable.

Unlike the £320 FlyPapers (bear in mind, that price does include the cranks), the MT-ZERO-01s cost just £79.99 – no more than generic flat pedal offerings from certain other manufacturers. Availability is slated for December 2011. Tioga bits are distributed in the UK by Extra.

We're expecting a set to arrive in the office any day now, so look out for an exclusive first test in an upcoming issue of Mountain Biking UK magazine. For more information on Tioga products, visit their website.

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  • All that force going through a single bearing at one side of the system? Surely that bearing isn't going to last long due to the forces involved?

    Nice idea, but looks a bit weird (from my non-engineer/mechanical mind)...

  • I don't see why it shouldn't work provided they've used the correct type of bearings.. After all, aren't most car wheels only supported by bearings on only one side?

  • how do you tighten the pedals onto the cranks?

  • Allen Key ( top of the spindle) . Look Keo fit the same way.

  • not really weight saving though are they?

  • Santa Cruzing - The point isn't weight saving though. A thinner pedal adds stability and lowers your centre of gravity as well as giving you more clearance

  • Why does it say " Do Not Remove " on the bearing casing where you would replace the claimed replaceable bearings ???

    I do 3mm-5mm's lower would really make much of a difference stability wise also.

    Wouldn't trust the bearings or the pedal rock strike wise being so thin.

  • getonyerbike - article starts by saying one of the aims of super thin pedals is to reduce weight. These just look like 'because we can' type pedals.

    Does the extra 3mm or so over some of the other pedals available make it worth it? You're just going to bash the end of your crank instead of bending a replaceable pedal axle.

  • These would be more efficient than SPDs, because your sole is so close to the pedal's axis.

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