Spank Pedals

These look rather interesting

400g

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/spank-2011.html

woah those like nice, would match up perfectly with my bikes paint and blue atlas bars

I would definetely try them out. The large inner bearing(crankside) with smaller bearings at the outboard side, seems to work well on my Podium pedals. Wow do i dislike the Spank name plus all their products have stupid names too. Oozy, Spoon, etc.

side note. I would say the pedal is a very loose copy of the Podium pedal

Ah Spank, the newer, slightly different version of Funn/Gusset/whatever else we're branding brightly coloured catalogue parts these days.

I agree that they are just a branded pedal likely made by Wellgo or somebody like that, BUT, the design of them addresses a few of the issues that many pedals on the market have.

From a design aspect they look promising as well as from a price perspective.

"Early 2011" needs to come sooner, I'm dying to get my hands on a pair of these. They look very well designed.
They're 12mm thick plus the extra clearance around the edges and the pins are accessible from the other side. I don't think it can get much better than that.

The rest of their 2011 products look pretty desirable too. Looks like everything got a little stronger, lighter and a fresh set of colors. Spank's gonna be the one to beat!

http://video.veloworld.com/node/39260

Ah Spank, the newer, slightly different version of Funn/Gusset/whatever else we're branding brightly coloured catalogue parts these days.

Don't forget deity.

the design of them addresses a few of the issues that many pedals on the market have.

I really don't get it… design issues? There are tons of great pedals out there and when I get home from a ride the last thing I'm thinking is "damn, if only pedals were better designed…"

That said, I'd give these a shot, in black, with the name ground off, on a mountain bike.

What stands out to me in this pedal design:

• they are thin
• pins thread in from the back side
• the leading edge and outside edge are made to deflect impacts rather then get caught up on objects
• big bearing on the inside small bushing on the outside
• light weight using aluminum rather than soft magnesium.

As Bryan mentioned, they are somewhat of a Podium knock off at a lower price.

I'd take them in black or silver minus the name as well.

What's wrong with the name, I thought they had everything named pretty well. You old coots just don't like the bright colors and semi-inapropriate names as much as us kiddies :P (eg. Spank Bitch Stick :D)

at least it says spike on there rather than spank (unless it says spank on the other side), they do look like a nice pedal though.

I kinda like the new blackspire pedals, cheap too!

http://www.blackspire.com/qs/product/83/5952/445463/0/0

What's wrong with the name, I thought they had everything named pretty well. You old coots just don't like the bright colors and semi-inapropriate names as much as us kiddies :P (eg. Spank Bitch Stick :D)

Just to clarify - this is called targeted marketing. You are part of the most easily influenced consumer group…

spunk!