- Look pedals are extremely well known on the road scene,
but over the years,
their off-road presence has been a little bit limited,
but now, as you can see,
they have a full compliment of pedals here
and have already been represented
with some serious off-road clout in the world cup scene.
But riders like Maxime Marotte from Cannondale,
Sam Gaze, and Simon Andreassen have team specialized.
Now, they also started to attract
the Enduro World Series crowd.
And there's quite a few good racers
already sporting the pedals, Theo Galy and Kevin Miquel.
Now stay tuned, because we're going to
be giving away some of these pedals,
but in the meantime,
I'm going to take you through the whole range.
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Now, the range of look pedals is actually
split into two styles.
There's the X-track, and the X-track En-rage.
So first up let's take a look
at the XC focused X-track pedals,
So the X-track range is clearly their XC focused pedal.
It's a very compact unit,
and it has been designed with three
specific focuses in mind.
So there is a lateral contact support there,
so what their aim in there is the maximum amount
of pedal body size in contact with the shoe
in order to give you good stability on that pedal.
The next up is the power to weight ratio,
they want 'em to be basically offer the maximum
amount of power through the cranks,
and through the drive train at minimal weight cost.
Of course this is all about XC racing.
And the final one is the actual
geometry of the mechanism on there.
So what they're aiming for is something
that's not affected by any sort of
surface conditions when you're riding,
so it aint gonna get clogged with mud,
stones, grit, gravel, that sort of stuff.
Designed to be a high performance pedal,
it's gonna work in all sorts of demanding conditions.
So there are four pedals in X-track's range,
and they all have fundamentally the same features.
So, they've got an adjustable tension system
on the jaws here so you can have that from soft to firm,
depending on your preference,
and your level of riding ability.
Now the cleat mechanism,
there are two styles of cleat on here.
There is more like the single release style cleats,
which just have a simple lateral movement,
and then there's a twin style release,
which can actually release at a bit of an angle,
in order to disengage.
They're a very similar shape to Shimano,
and some of the other passing cleats out there,
and for good reason, its a really good shape,
and it works effectively in all conditions.
All of the pedals have steel plates on the top surface
here for additional support on the base of the shoes,
and they're also designed around XC style shoes.
We're talking 85 to 95 mm in width.
So to specifically focus for those narrower shoes,
to give them the best performance.
Now lets go into each of those four models,
and tell you a bit more about them.
So first up in the range is the basic X-track pedal,
So it's designed around XC and more recreational use,
it's slightly heavier and slightly smaller
than the others in the range
It comes in two colors, it comes in a dark gray,
it's a bit more subtle, quite toned down.
Or this sort of racing red finish,
which I think looks really cool.
The body itself is made from aluminum,
and axel is chrome-moly plus.
Keeping it weather sealed is a double-lipped seal here,
and then underneath keeping the axle spinning around
is a glide bearing and two sets
of cartridge bearings on the outside here.
Now the surface area of the platform is 350 mm squared.
And the actual platform of the pedal itself is 57 mm wide.
So there's quite a lot of support there for an XC style,
something a bit more narrow, as far as the shoes go.
And they weigh 195 grams each.
Now the cleats themselves have about
six degrees of float in them,
and release angle is actually about 13 degrees on there.
There's a two year warranty for them,
and the resale price is just under 47 Euros for a pair
with a set of these cleats.
Next up in this series is the first
of the X-track race pedals.
So its a slightly bigger pedal,
if I'm just to hold it up against the standard x-track,
you'll see, it's a wider pedal, it's quite bigger,
and there's a lot more mud clearance through there too.
The actual pedal width is 60 mil over that 57,
which gives you a 550 mm squared
of real estate on that pedal.
The body itself is a composite construction,
so it's lighter as well.
Now it's also got the same axle system on there,
it's got the double lipped seal on the inside here,
with that glide bearing,
and you got the two sets of
cartridge bearings on the outside.
This thing is built to last,
and it's built to rotate nice and smoothly all the time.
As you can see, there's a lot of daylight
through the pedal body itself here,
through that mechanism.
It's not going to be influenced by mud and other stuff,
it's just going to push through, when you go to clip in.
It's really well thought out,
and you can see it's got sort of an XC pedigree to it.
I've seen Sam and some of the other racers
riding these pedals in some pretty demanding conditions.
Not seen them have to bang their feet
to clear those cleats out at all.
So it definitely shows that it does work.
Now something that you can also see
on the top of the body are these steel plates.
They are designed to give the shoe
a little more stability on that platform,
of course cause the body is made from composite,
having that steel plate on the top
really does accentuate the fact that you can
get all that power down.
Again, they want to emphasize the fact
that it is about power to weight ratio,
and these are designed to get the maximum
amount of power down, and keep that weight down.
Weight for these is 182 grams per pedal,
and they come as a set of pedals,
with a set of cleats, and that two year warranty.
The two year warranty is fixed across
all of the X-track range.
And these particular pedals retail for jut under 60 Euros.
And next up as you might have figured,
is a slightly more high end carbon bodied version.
Now this is a model of pedal that I've seen,
and I've seen this on a few bikes
now in the World Cup scene.
But in particular, Sam Gaze has got these
on all of his bikes,
and also Simon Andreassen as well.
And the pedal looks really good,
and they both reported really good
sort of feedback on these pedals.
Now the carbon body does mean they are
slightly lighter than the others,
So these are 174 grams each,
but the performance is still there.
It's got the same 60 mm width on there,
and the same 550 mm square real estate.
It's got that same axle system with the double lipped seal,
the glide bearing there and the twin
cartridge bearings on the outside.
It's all about performance with these pedals,
but it's just starting to minimize the weight
as you go through the range.
Now there is also a titanium axle version,
like a super high end version,
and they're only 150 grams each.
There is a price penalty for that though,
because titanium as we know is very hard to work with,
it's a very premium part of the range there.
So this model retails for just under 100 Euros at 99.90
whereas the titanium axle version,
at nearly double the price,
It's just under 200 Euros.
But still as far as power to weight ratio goes,
they're the highest out there in XC pedal market.
Now next up in the X-track range,
are the En-rage series of pedals.
Now these are more focused on the hard-hitting riders,
those that favor trail or enduro style racing.
Now with two pedals there are some slight differences,
so you've got an X-track En-rage and an En-rage Plus.
So the En-rage has got a 63 mm wide body,
and the En-rage plus has got a 67 mm wide body,
and it's also got additional pins in there.
But there are some other
significant differences between them.
However the same message is there with the pedals,
The gotta have the best power to weight ratio,
they've gotta offer the clipping in mechanism,
that's not hindered by mud,
there's a lot of daylight through here,
they're really well designed.
They've also got a maximum amount
of real estate for the size of pedal they are.
So they have 564 and 664 mm squared respectively.
Now let's take a look at X-track En-rage.
So first up of the two En-rage pedals
is the stock X-track Enrage.
Now, this is more of the trail focused pedal,
it's a very neat, very slimline pedal.
It's got a narrow cue factor of 53 mil on here.
The body itself is 63 mm wide,
and the body is made from aluminum,
and it's got the same chrome-moly axle
that you see on the rest of the range.
Got the double lipped seal on there,
it's got the glide bearing,
and it's got the double row of
cartridge bearings on the outside.
It's designed very much to be a fit and forget pedal,
it's gonna cope with all the rock strikes,
and the demands of hard trail riding
that you might imagine.
As with the other XC focused pedals,
you got the steel plates on the top here,
to both support the shoe,
and give you a really good power to weight ratio there.
It's also got nice sort of traction pads on the sides,
if you don't manage to clip in,
in a situation, the sort of flat sections
you get on the bottom of trail focused shoes
are gonna adhere really well to those pedals.
And the wings on the front and the rear of the pedal here,
are designed to ward off rock strikes.
The cleats are the same as you see
on the rest of the series of pedals,
you've got the six degrees of float,
and a 13 degree release angle.
And of course there's two cleat styles,
there's a single style release,
that just releases laterally.
And then there's those with the multi-release,
that kinda release at an angle as well as laterally.
So, perhaps if it's your first time riding clip-less pedals,
the second option might be better for you.
There's adjustable tension,
as with all of the other pedals in the range.
And overall I think it looks like
a really, really good pedal.
There's plenty of clearance in here for mud,
plenty of clearance for stones and all of the other
sort of debris that you're likely
to get out in the mountains when you're riding and racing.
And overall construction looks A-1 I'd say.
Finally there 554 mm squared
of real estate on the top of the pedal.
And they weigh in at about 210 grams per pedal.
As with all of the others in the range,
they come with a set of pedals, a set of cleats,
and you're good to go.
There's a two year fixed warranty across
all of the Look X-track En-rage pedals.
These particular ones retail for just under 60 Euros,
making them a bit of a bargain.
And finally is the Mack Daddy of the range.
This is the En-Rage Plus.
So this is focused around Enduro Racing.
And as you can see the pedal body itself
is quite a bit bigger.
It's also made from much stronger forged aluminum.
And that can be up to four times stronger
than regular die-cast aluminum bodies.
It's completely designed around being able to take,
and withstand regular rock-strikes.
And it's designed around a much bigger shoe as well,
105 to 115 mil wide.
The cue factor on these is 57 mm wide,
so bigger than that 53 of the regular bodies,
and the reason for that is for that better stance
when you're riding really fast and aggressive terrain.
Much more like a downhill stance pedal.
The body itself is 67 mm wide,
so again the real estate is bigger on this,
It's 664 mm squared.
But a second look at a bit more detail on the pedal body.
So as you can see the leading wing actually
has some pins in here,
which are adjustable in height,
and you can take them out if you don't want them,
if they give you too much grip.
But having that extra grip in the shoe
really does make a significant difference.
And you can also see some really trick
C&C machining on the side of the pedal body here.
As with all of the X-track range,
they've been designed to work in mud,
and not get clogged up with all of that
sort of debris you're likely to find out on the trail.
Plenty of fresh air through here,
and a very trick looking body.
They come in two colors.
They come in a dark gray,
and also come in this really cool bronze finish,
which I think just looks amazing, really stylish.
And it really emphasizes the traction pads on the top, here,
along side the steel plates
for that additional support on the shoe.
As with the other pedals,
its got a chrome-moly axle in there.
It's got a double weather-proof seal,
it's got the glide bearing,
and its got the double row
of twin cartridge bearings on the outside here.
They weigh in at 225 grams each,
which considering how strong,
and how robust the design of these are,
I think that's a really, really good weight.
They come with that same two-year warranty
as the rest of the pedals in the series.
And they retail for just under 100 Euros a pair,
and of course that comes with the cleats as well.
So there you go that is the Look X-track
and X-track En-rage series of pedals.
So we have two sets of each of these pedals to give away.
So you could win one of 12 sets of pedals in total.
So to enter the competition,
look in the link below this video.
Get clicking away, and good luck to everyone who enters.
I hope you get the pedals that you want.
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