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Anyone tried these yet? After a lightish flat pedal and these look nice. They are the updated version of the Nano supposedly UK made.


 
Posted : 10/08/2015 10:52 am
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I've had them on for a couple of rides now, they're savagely grippy!

The platform's a fair bit longer than the standard nano which feels great although it's not concave. You get two pin lengths so I used the long pins for the outboard edge to cheat a slight concave feel.

I really have to watch where the pedals are if I'm pushing the bike, slight contact with my calves has already resulted in scratches. The pins really are sharp!


 
Posted : 10/08/2015 6:40 pm
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I have some. They're pretty fantastic, and when you look at the cost they're close to unbeatable, in my opinion... I have the short pins and in my opinion it's enough grip.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:40 pm
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I have a pair. One was a bit stiff to start with but now they spin very freely. Very grippy using a mix of long and short pins. You get a bag of both pins sizes with them.

Recommended.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 10:27 pm
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Does anybody else's Nano's creak like mad? Mine are a couple of months old now and I'm going to strip and service tonight but boy oh boy do they creak!


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 5:35 am
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Mine creaking badly after two months. Replaced drive side bearing and bushing but still clicking. Hmmm....


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 6:03 am
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@mikertroid

not specific to Superstar, but my experience of pedals using a bushing in the design is that often the bushing 'socket' in the pedal body becomes enlarged (flogged out) due to a worn bushing

replacement of the bushing does not cure the issue, as you get small movement between bushing/axle and pedal body under power

I've had this happen with 4 pairs of Wellgo MG1 (was getting them really cheap) as well as DMR V-12 Mag, and only solution was to replace the pedals- the Magnesium pedals seemed to be very prone to this due to the softer material, I've had this happen on some aluminium Atomlabs and the distributor replaced them FOC.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 6:07 am
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ES,

Thanks for that; not what you'd want from a set of pretty new pedals.

Ordered some Nukeproof Electrons to see what plastic's all about. Might contact superstar......


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:05 am
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Mine came with some manufacturing tolerance issues. One of the pedals didn't spin at all. I swapped axles round etc to make sure it wasn't something obvious. Superstar swapped them out but the new ones came with a ding in them. They offered to replace but I couldn't be bothered to send them back again.

I like the UberBike Hammerhead (if they have them back in stock), little bit thinner and very robust.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:20 am
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I've had some for a while. They are big and very grippy! One of my shins is a right mess 🙂

One was a bit stiff at first, but they are both spinning freely now.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:23 am
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I have two pairs both came with rather stiff axles on the left pedal but they ease up. They are sound pedals for the price, I bought when there was 25% off in both cases. There is a 25% code for May so for £30 a pair you can't go far wrong. Bearings etc are quite reasonably priced too


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:49 am
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They're grippy and come up fairly large.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 8:02 am

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