Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back!
I don't know where your loyalty stands in general with bike companies but for me
loyalty stands with products that didn't give me grief.
One of those is the XTR, this is the M9000 pedals, I've been using them for like 3 years now
they've just been working perfectly they have a better feel than the XT or the cheaper pedals
so when it came to looking at pedals again I obviously considered the XTRs.
Today I'm going to be looking at the M9120, these are the trail pedals from Shimano, let's check them out!
And I mentioned that these are the trail version of the pedals, M9120 is the code
but you can see they're recommended for all mountain or enduro, they're SPD type of pedals
and what's special about these is the extra platform that they provide
definitely compared to something like this that was considered to be XC Race type of pedals.
The other things you're going to see here is that cleat retention is adjustable
you can clip on both sides of the pedal, they come with SM-SH51 cleats
you use an 8 mm to install and finally they are supposed to give you good mud clearance.
At the other end of the box you're gonna see that these XTRs are manufactured in Japan
and also the product code that I mentioned to you earlier.
That's different than something like the cheap M520 pedals that I keep putting in front of you every time I look at pedals
because these are probably the best entry-level SPDs that you can find.
These are manufactured in Malaysia.
In a similar fashion to what I've seen from Shimano before you're going to get their pedals in these plastic bags
they're color coded, one is red and one is blue corresponding to the right petal for blue,
left pedal for red.
And as with all their pedals the right petal is gonna have this little sticker that's gonna say
"use only with Shimano cleats" SH51 single release or SH56 for multi-release cleats.
In the box you actually get a pair of those SM-SH51 cleats.
Another way to identify them is by looking at the color SH51 for single release are black
and the multi-release SH56 are silver you can see them here side by side.
The difference between the single and multi-release is also explained here in that little user manual that's included
it's going to mention the name of the parts and in a nutshell how to install the pedals in case you didn't know.
Also the installation of the cleats how to use them it's all in this little manual.
I'm surprised to still see this printed form as opposed to just sending you to their website which is also mentioned here at the very top.
Just like in the past XTR pedals are beautiful and the main difference between them and other SPDs is the axle that's a bit thinner.
That allows for mud to be cleared if it makes it in here around your cleat
and you can see this bigger opening up here up front and in the back.
Also the huge platform here so if you have some flexi shoes, flexi sole shoes
this would give you a good feel for the ground you're riding on.
If you were to look in the manual you would see that these parts here are replaceable
and you can see screws here that keep them together.
You also see here the torque recommended for this little nut
that keeps the inside together.
Also here if you look on this, this is my left pedal, you're gonna see these two notches
that will signify that this is reverse threaded as opposed to the right pedal which is not.
You can see them here little notch on the left pedal, no notch on the right pedal.
Compared to my old XTR though, the M9000,
the axle here overall it's quite a bit thinner than what you're gonna see on the new trail pedals.
If on one side you're gonna see just XTR painted here
on the other side you're gonna get more details about the pedals.
So you can see Shimano, made in Japan, part number and also tiny here you see an L
you already know that this is my left pedal.
You would adjust the cleat tension using a 2.5 mmm Allen key
and these pedals come preset to seven clicks from fully open
which is quite a bit compared to other pedals that I've seen before.
How large is the platform?
I am measuring about 97-98 millimeter length
and we're talking 9 centimeters from where the pedal touches your crank with about 6.5 of that being the actual platform.
Pedal is about 17 millimeters thick and that's about 1.5 mm thicker than the race pedals, the old ones
so the stack height difference is not significant in any way.
Weight of the pedal sits right at 197-198 grams for one
double that so 395g for the pair of XTRs,
that's about 90 grams more than a race version of these pedals
I know these were 306 grams for the set.
These are beautiful expensive pedals from Shimano but if history repeats itself
I expect to be able to use them for many years to come.
I've never used platform pedals like this, I've always went for the race version of their SPD's
I'm very curious to see how I'm gonna like these.
Do you guys have any experience with the XTR Trail pedals?
Do you use these platform pedals or the standard SPDs?
Do you go for the expensive XTR or the cheaper XT or even the cheapest m520 that I mentioned earlier
as being a workhorse and the best value in their lineup.
Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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and until next time hope to see you folks on the trails.
Cheers guys, cheers!