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So my 6 year old's new bike (Prevelo Alpha 2) came with a set of Wellgo 283 pedals which offer zero grip when they are wet and one of them has seemed to have lost some grease already so is rattley
So looking to replace them, any ideas on a small kids pedals that's plastic/nylon, grippy but not going to rip his shins apart if/when he slips the pedals and is also size 9/16th?
My first thought was nylon Bmx pedals but it seems no one does a small platform version of their models
The 'best' kids pedals are the Chromag Radars, they look rather shin endangering but the greatly improved grip means you get far fewer slippage instances in the first place.
For something a bit more inline with what you actually asked for check out the SDG Slaters, which are a decent quality resin pedal and designed to be less grippy but also less lethal.
SDG slater on my eldests, rounded pins but I've just bought some nukeproof urchins for her new bike.
Is the dmr v6 worth a look - or too big?
I’ve got some blue nukeproof urchins that I’ve been meaning to sell. Lightly used - my son’s feet have grown out of them. Message me if you’re interested, I’ve not got round to listing them on classifieds!
Cheers for the replies
The DMR V6's are too large
The nukeproof urchins are alloy and will hurt his shins
Will take a proper look at the SDG slaters
SDG Slaters would be my first suggestion, the Nukeproofs for the more serious option. In theory they’ll hurt less as he’ll slip off less, but when he does . . .
The V6’s are absolute crap, I bought a set for my daughter about 2 years ago, the bushes are so tight on them that even 200+ road miles on my bike and another 50k or so of off-roading hasn’t loosened them up.
We ran SDG slaters for quite a while. Good, but even with Five Tens and changing to better pins, still lots of slipping off pedals, including shin strikes.
Nukeproof Urchins with sharp pins and not a single slip. All weathers, bumpy trails and several hundred if not thousands of miles. They seem to be lasting well too, a lot longer than the urchin grips, we’re onto the third set of those…
You know how he rides a lot better than us, and if it’s blunt pins you really want then the Slaters are good 🙂
Bit of a wildcard entry...
Have these exact pedals on my cargo bike. They are fairly thin profile, plastic body, and grippy but shin friendly. The body is no bigger than the ones on my 6yo daughter's islabike.
The only thing is the grippy stuff might not work so well in mud.
dmr v6
That’s what I got my lad on his 24”. He loves them and hasn’t had any shin issues. He has big feet.
Sdg Slater's and replace the pins with generic replacements if you wa t more grip later.
Vp push compact also if they still exist.
Anyone messaged Hannah yet? Hoping someone else does before I fully justify them to myself
There won't be any real difference in shin feel between alloy pedals and the Slaters as the pins are the first thing to hit your leg and they're steel. My kids found them fine on 5:10s and normal trainers but they're not very demanding and hardly ever ride in the wet.
Nylon Wellgo's, with a bit more grip and a small platform.
https://www.edinburghbicycle.com/raleigh-mtb-junior-pedal
I’ve bought NP Urchins for my 4 year old to replace the plastic Early Rider pedals her new bike has. Her twin brother is using some Forward affix Junior pedals (£20 metal but moulded pins rather than screws) but I promised her pink or purple pedals if she got off her butt and started riding. Can’t find/afford Chromag but the NP Urchins seem spot on.
Since Thing 1 has switched to metal pins he’s stopped slipping his pedals off road and on the many pump tracks of Bristol. Prior to this he was losing his footing all the time from ages 2-4.
These have been used in combination with cheap Vans (under £20) from Outlet shops for added grip. Once he’s big enough for some 5Tens we’ll probably get him some of them (summer or autumn).
Daughter uses Saucony Peregrine trail running shoes (come in all kids sizes and cheap-ish, widely available used too) as riding shoes to solve this problem.
The sole is excellent for gripping with pedals without needing aggressive shin rippers. Also handy off the bike.
Alu pedals with brutal spikes on my lad's bike, only time it's interacted with his shins is when he's pushing.
The V6’s are absolute crap, I bought a set for my daughter about 2 years ago, the bushes are so tight on them that even 200+ road miles on my bike and another 50k or so of off-roading hasn’t loosened them up.
Same here. Bushes so tight the pedals could barely be rotated by hand, no free play at all. Sealed, non serviceable. I even tried spinning them with a power drill to break them in, no joy. Little lad moved to Slaters and said he could feel the difference!
Np urchins here for a 5yo. No slips so no injuries. Slaters and others in a similar vein caused more injuries through lack of grip.