Review: Shimano Saint PD-MX80 Flat Pedals | Bike Flat Pedals

One of the other advantages of clipless pedals is that you can get more power out of your legs by being able to pull up on the pedal stroke in addition to pushing down however, this highlights the disadvantage of multi-release cleats since if you pulled up on these your foot would come out of the pedal. 

The pedals spin freely on a spindle and install like any other race pedal. They tighten with a standard Allen wrench on the inside of the crank arm.

Except that is not the case at all. Multirelease alows you to release in multiple lateral directions, not if pulling upwards. I only ever use multirelease cleats and pull up on pedals all the time. Without coming out.

So it’s important not to get your left and right pedals mixed up. With many clipless pedal systems, such as those from Shimano and Look, it’s pretty obvious which way round they go as the pedal has a definite front and rear.

Personally, my favorite pedals in this group are the Chromag Scarabs.  Between the performance and reliability, the Scarabs lead the pack by far, and they look pretty bad ass too.  The nearly infinite level of pin customization also makes them the top choice when looking for a good flat pedal.

Unlike Shimano’s old Saint and DX flat pedals though, the pins used on the XT body don’t thread in from the back. Instead, Shimano uses steel grub screws that thread directly into the pedal body. This presents an issue if you grind a pin against a rock, as you’re also grinding away the surface that you would insert a 2mm hex key into for installing or removing the pins. Once this happens, it’s a case of getting out the ‘negotiator’ (pliers) to remove those busted pins.

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One of the other advantages of clipless pedals is that you can get more power out of your legs by being able to pull up on the pedal stroke in addition to pushing down 

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