MagPed Magnetic Pedals

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I tried these first on my Thys Rowingbike. Actually the mtb pedals with 30 LBS magnet. Worked pretty well but unhooked with high effort. I switched the magnet to a 50 lbs and it's perfect. No chance of pulling a foot of by accident. My favorite part is you just throw your foot up and the magnet grabs, no worries. No worring about how many degrees of float either.

So I went with the road pedals for the windcheetah. No chance of road suck that's for sure.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/pedals/magped-road-pedal

 

Never heard of these but what a great idea!!! Thanks for the info!!!

 

Im liking these more and more. Two pairs of road pedals and two for the offroad bikes. So easy, just throw you foot near the magnet and it grabs. Full float, feels so natural. Occasionally when I'm tired its hard to snatch my foot out. One day after 5 hours of riding I just loosened my shoe and pulled my foot out.

 

The 150N wasnt enough for my tastes. Would probably be fine for smaller and/or riders that dont pull. With the 200N I have yet to pull a cleat out accidentally. Cant say that about any other pedal/cleat I have tried.

No info on the float limit screws because I dont use them. I really like the total freedom of movement. Just not sure about the
Screw comment. I will take a closer look this afternoon.

I have always taken my bike shoes off to walk because all cleats suck.

 

In my experience...world is full of metal particles... isn't that an issue? magnets full of metal dust, that sticks to it no matter what..?

 

The magnet is in the pedal, not the cleat. I havnt noticed any debris attached so far.

I had a chance to try walking for a few miles with the cleats yesterday. Freehub broke on the Cheetah. IMO walking is MUCH better than Look/Keo style cleats. They dont force you back on your heels as much and I had zero issues with slipping even with the pouring rain from the small thunderhead right over me.

 

150 N is less than 35 pounds, and 200 N is 50 pounds. Both sound like a low amount of breakaway force under heavy hill climbing (maybe I don't downshift enough and am blowing out my knees & don't know it yet). More importantly, one thing I like about the Frogs is how easy they are to release. Yet in 30,000 miles I have never slipped out of them accidentally. I just don't know if I want to "lift" 35-50 pounds once or twice every time I need to stop. I wonder if anyone has yet seen their bike 'puter go nuts every time a magnetic pedal passes the sensor.

 

For me they work well. The twisting motion if the SPD and look pedals gave me knee pain. I especially lke the freedom of movement on the MTB.

On the bents I love just throwing the footnear the pedal and it grabs.

 

I tried the Magped's and ended up sending them back under their 30 day trial period. I found no advantage to them over clipless pedals. I had both the 150N and 200N magnets. On a high BB bent I found it much harder to release Magped's than SPD's or Frogs. It was almost impossible to pull off the 200N magnets and very hard to pull off the 150N magnets. I believe they work better on upright bikes where your feet or vertical instead of horizontal.

Magped's should be fine on a trike where you do not need to get your foot down quickly to prevent tipping over. Also I noticed very little float with the Magped's. The pedals use pins like used on MTB platform pedals. The magnet holds your shoe sole against the pins and this prevents your foot from moving. It basically locks you in place. I used to use Frogs, but went back to SPD's since Frogs have been discontinued and only parts available are on eBay at ridiculous prices. I find that SPD's work fine for me, easy to release and they have enough float to prevent my knees from hurting.

 

Ah, I didnt put the pins in at all. Complete freedom of movement. I have no issues releasing unless extremely tired, have about 700 miles with them on the trike. Once, when I was exhausted, I did simply release the boa tighteners on my shoes and dropped my feet out.

 

Like I stated in my previous post they would be fine for a trike because if you have a hard time releasing from the pedal you’re not going to fall over on a trike. I just found the release too hard for a two wheeler, especially a high BB bent. I can release from SPD’s in half the time I could release from the Magped’s. Mine came with the pins already installed. They can be removed and probaly a good idea to remove them for more float.

 

I first started with these on mt Thys Rowingbike which is basically a 27/20 Midracer recumbent. The MagPeds made it easy to throw my feet up and grab the pedals. The 30lbs magnets were too weak so I switched out for the 50lbs and found it better for ME.

Each to his own, but never say never right. Not having the pins to limit the float might make it easier to get out. The straight snatch doesn't hurt my knees like the SPD's.
I might, however, change my mind with the Zockra.