Wahoo speedplay zero - weird side to side movement
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The irony is that Speedplay were already premium in the UK and now they're RIDICULOUSLY expensive in the Wahoo guise.
I guess all the 'research' and 'development' they claim to have done has resulted in a worse pedal!!!
Against lots of bad advice from so called experts, I've gone back to Shimano and just spent time setting them up.
Within 2 rides, I'm spinning naturally again and producing more power than I ever did on Speedplay.
I feel like Speedplay 'detached' me from the bike.
I also got sick of the maintenance and wear. Unless you constantly replace C clips and pump grease through the pedal, wear and sloppiness slowly creap into the system.
IMHO Speedplay aren't all they're made out to be and careful set up with Shimano give you a better feel, more power and an improved spinning technique.
I guess all the 'research' and 'development' they claim to have done has resulted in a worse pedal!!!
Against lots of bad advice from so called experts, I've gone back to Shimano and just spent time setting them up.
Within 2 rides, I'm spinning naturally again and producing more power than I ever did on Speedplay.
I feel like Speedplay 'detached' me from the bike.
I also got sick of the maintenance and wear. Unless you constantly replace C clips and pump grease through the pedal, wear and sloppiness slowly creap into the system.
IMHO Speedplay aren't all they're made out to be and careful set up with Shimano give you a better feel, more power and an improved spinning technique.
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Can't believe it, same goes for me. 2nd replacement set arrived, about 200kms use in and the left hand pedal has gone again with lateral play.
Support ticket raised again, usual great Wahoo customer services to sort it out again (even threw in a Tickr), but still, two pairs failed now!! Let's hope the third pair works. If these fails I really will actually kick off.
Back to my old trusty speedplays it is...
My two sets also;
- 1 pair of zero, tried to screw it tighter but it snapped. Never ridden
- 1 pair of comp, left more than right but only a few hundred km ridden. Bought because I had to go on holidays and needed pedals....
Wrote to Wahoo (thursday) but no reaction yet....
- 1 pair of zero, tried to screw it tighter but it snapped. Never ridden
- 1 pair of comp, left more than right but only a few hundred km ridden. Bought because I had to go on holidays and needed pedals....
Wrote to Wahoo (thursday) but no reaction yet....
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I hope this is just the new product blues and that when they release the power pedals, that it's more refined.
Just looking at the new spindle, it appears there is only one bearing that would keep the side load in check. Since that bearing is small, I suspect it may be overloading. I'm not an engineer and don't pretend to be. I suspect Wahoo put more thought in this side loading and designed/built it appropriately.
Just looking at the new spindle, it appears there is only one bearing that would keep the side load in check. Since that bearing is small, I suspect it may be overloading. I'm not an engineer and don't pretend to be. I suspect Wahoo put more thought in this side loading and designed/built it appropriately.
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Im glad I found two sets of the Speedplay Pave and then swapped out the bigger bowtie from a set of Zero to the Pave. If Wahoo doesnt get this issue sorted out over the next year I will go to another pedal manufacturer.
Im thinking many ppl will likely do the same thing if this drags on for another year.
Im thinking many ppl will likely do the same thing if this drags on for another year.
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Do the new wahoo speedplay pedals come pre-greased? Or can you service themself yourself like the "older" speedplay pedals?
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I got two pairs of the stainless shortly after they were released. I put one pair on my main bike, and another on my trainer bike. The pair on my main bike have been awesome. I have thousands of miles on them with zero issues. More importantly, if I had put this many miles on the original speedplays I would have started to round off the plastic body and been dealing with lateral slop in the cleat interface. At least for me, the redesign is working really well. However, the pair that went on my bike on the trainer only has a couple hundred miles on them and I've developed significant lateral play along the axle. Hopefully wahoo has figured out what the problem is because I really think the redesign is a better pedal, but it seems hit or miss for the early batches.
Got 2 pairs (1 Zero, 1 Comp) from Wahoo today. Great service;
- they shipped the new pedals already when they saw I shipped mine (but did not actually received them)
- it took 1 day from that message to receiving them.
- not only new pedals but a complete set, so "free" cleats as well
- I broke (screw snapped) 1 (Zero) pedal myself trying to get is "play-free" and had no bill (bought second hand) but that was no problem
Now hoping that there is no more play. Does anybody else received new en play-free pedals?
- they shipped the new pedals already when they saw I shipped mine (but did not actually received them)
- it took 1 day from that message to receiving them.
- not only new pedals but a complete set, so "free" cleats as well
- I broke (screw snapped) 1 (Zero) pedal myself trying to get is "play-free" and had no bill (bought second hand) but that was no problem
Now hoping that there is no more play. Does anybody else received new en play-free pedals?
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Did you test the pedals with force? So pulling them real hard "outside"? I my case it seemed they were find untill I tried it again with more force !whataboutEee wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:30 pmI got two pairs of the stainless shortly after they were released. I put one pair on my main bike, and another on my trainer bike. The pair on my main bike have been awesome. I have thousands of miles on them with zero issues. More importantly, if I had put this many miles on the original speedplays I would have started to round off the plastic body and been dealing with lateral slop in the cleat interface. At least for me, the redesign is working really well. However, the pair that went on my bike on the trainer only has a couple hundred miles on them and I've developed significant lateral play along the axle. Hopefully wahoo has figured out what the problem is because I really think the redesign is a better pedal, but it seems hit or miss for the early batches.
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If you're on older, pre-Wahoo, Zeroes, that's likely the cleat itself or the lollipop base is getting worn out. Either can be easily replaced.
On the new Wahoo Zeroes, the play being disucssed here is that the lollipop moves side to side - and NOT supposed to happen / is a defect. The axle cannot be adjusted like it could with the pre-Wahoo Speedplays unless you're ok with voiding the warranty (and that was the big selling point for the new version of the pedals... less maintenance, fiddling and grease gun use).
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