Product evaluation: Reproduction Streamline Pedals

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I'm not one to cause drama, but when I get a product that's poor quality and unsafe, I get a little angry. Just got these repop streamline pedals about a week and a half ago. They are pretty cool looking, look great on my bike. Me and the girlfriend hit the 8 mile trail, halfway through my pedals have a little slop. No big deal, they're new and adjusting is expected. Got done riding and checked my pedals as I put my bike in the car, about a 1/4" slop side to side :? . Well, I rode the 8 mile by myself today, about 3/4" slop and bent spindles :x . So I decided to take pics of what I found inside.

Not really sure what company makes these, but here they are.
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Removed the nuts holding the block spindles and cover plates, no nut to tighten the main spindle, just a few washers held on by mushrooming the spindle end :?
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Removed the washers, and hey look no bearings, rather cheap plastic bushings at both ends :x
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So all of your weight is on this plastic bushing that's held on by washers, the whole pedal body will bust off the spindle if that mushroomed end fails. Mine are about to fail after about 20 miles of riding. UNSAFE JUNK. I sure hope the company has either fixed this or is in the process of fixing this. I know they are just reproduction replicas, but this is the kind of quality you'd expect to see on a toddler's tricycle. Buyer beware.
 
that is sad if they said that they were for display only and not ment to be ridden on i could sorta understand but that is just sad. wonder if you could modify them to use a regular pedal shaft and bearings?
 
karfer67 said:
that is sad if they said that they were for display only and not ment to be ridden on i could sorta understand but that is just sad. wonder if you could modify them to use a regular pedal shaft and bearings?
Looks like a distinct possibility, pretty annoying that it would come to that. :roll:
 
wow.......i know the repop torrington 10s(got mine from memory) will hold up since ive had 2 set with 100s of miles each
anyhow....did you get those from the classifieds here or the cabe? i know one person here that had said they were kinda chintzy is why i ask
 
that plastic bushing is probably a teflon bearing. even though they look cheap, it would have provided a smooth ride for years to come. well if it wasn't such a cheaply made piss poor design to begin with. :)
 
I got them from someone who bought them brand new and ended up not using them. I know where he purchased them and what company makes them, but I'm not going to name names. As for the bushings, they're done for. The washers that are supposed to hold everything together slipped past the mushroomed spindle end, that end was basically boring out the plastic bushing (as seen in pic 3), I think another few miles of riding would have chewed right through them and the pedal bodies would slide right off. I have some old torrington spindles and bearings, I think it'll change over. Out of the box, the only thing I would trust these for is on a display bike.
 
Hey, you gotta remember those chicoms are pretty light and I'll bet those peds work okay for them. :mrgreen: I had the same problem with another type of chicom repop pedal. I ended up removing the fancy endcaps and mounted them on a set of Persons pedal made in the USA. Problem solved, lesson learned. No more chicom bike parts for me. Ever. :x Gary
 
b607(not being rude...im serious about this)
where are you finding u.s. made tubes? all i can ever find are chicom ones(again im serious if you have a u.s. made source please pm me with the info...i always try to buy american if i can)...
 
Bought a set of the repopped Persons Aero pedals (teardrop shaped) and while I have not had any serious issues, it was kind of funny that the pedals were assembled backwards so that the point on the teardrop would face forward. Took them apart and swapped the plates around and they have been fine so far although I don't think there were enough bearings in them...so I have been keeping an eye on them...
 
sensor said:
b607(not being rude...im serious about this)
where are you finding u.s. made tubes? all i can ever find are chicom ones(again im serious if you have a u.s. made source please pm me with the info...i always try to buy american if i can)...

Tubes? I put chinese chrome endcaps on US made Person's pedals. No tubes involved...but you're right. I'd but US tubes if I could find them too. Gary
 
They look to be the same exact pedals, for $10 more you could get their repop Torringtons. I'd stay away from the Magna's (oops, I named names :lol: )
 
I bought a pair of those identical pedals at a swapmeet. I was wondering why they were so hard to pedal? The left one wouldn't even start threading into the crank untill I tapered the end of the threads with a file.
 
The ones I have woldn't start into the crank either. They had chrome plated the shafts for some reason. The extra chrome plating made them oversize. Gary
 

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