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quintale
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by quintale on Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:46 am

I've the Crankbros Eggbeater S on my road bike.
I really love these pedals, but I would like to save some weight.
I think to replace the steel spindle with a titanium one, it's not too expensive.
Do you know if the Crankbros titanium upgrade kit is the only one available? or are there some alternatives? :?:

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by Weenie on Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:46 am


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by teutscher on Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:44 pm

quintale wrote:...
I think to replace the steel spindle with a titanium one, it's not too expensive.
Do you know if the Crankbros titanium upgrade kit is the only one available? or are there some alternatives? :?:

thanks


i don't think people would spend 300 or whatsoever euro if they could get the ti-stuff as cheap upgrade...

how much is it then and what does it include?
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by Tippster on Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:24 pm

Xpedo Ti/Ti pedals are similar in appearance and clipping in as Shimano P959's. They weigh 198g and the cheapest I've seen them is $144USD. Add say $20 for international postage from US to italy and you have a sub 200g pedal for EURO 134. That's, I'm assuming, that you are ok with a mtb pedal on a road bike.

Alternatively (looking at road pedals), cheapest I've seen Speedplay X-1 Ti is $200USD. Again add $20 Postage and you have a 150g pedal for EURO 179.

On a tighter budget, Speedplay X-3 220g and (hunting around) $80 ($20 shipping), so EURO 81.


Worth taking you time to hunt around for bargains.
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by quintale on Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:56 pm

thanks a lot for the replies,
the kit is around 90$ plus shipping, for the titanium spindle and the rebuild kit
8) http://www.cambriabike.com/pedals/pedals.htm
but I don't know the final weight of the pedals after the upgrade

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by 520 Dan on Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:47 pm

has anyone seen the Shortened ti spindles showing up on a lot of pros bikes? does anyone know how to tune a spindle in this manner?
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by teutscher on Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:28 pm

520 Dan wrote:has anyone seen the Shortened ti spindles showing up on a lot of pros bikes? does anyone know how to tune a spindle in this manner?


nino has or had his tuned, i think. ask him for more :)
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by quintale on Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:59 am

520 Dan wrote:has anyone seen the Shortened ti spindles showing up on a lot of pros bikes? does anyone know how to tune a spindle in this manner?


are these ones?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id= ... in/04TdG40

it sounds interesting :D
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by 520 Dan on Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:24 am

yeah, those are the ones. Does anyone know how this could be done?
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