Road fixed / fixed road

Anyone using the newish Shimano touring pedal for fixed road duties? Reviews appreciated.

I have one, I use them on the road bike as it is not weighted to stay vertical like the Shimano PD-A600 making it trickier to clip in when riding fixed.

IMO, best to get double sided version if you just want to clip in correctly at every attempt.

PD-A600 is way way better and I don't understand why they release the above version;

Turn out they weight about 280g for a pairs, only 10g more than the PD-A600 (290g)

Thanks, that's the review I was looking for. I also don't understand why they abandoned the weighted design. So I guess the way to go is the double sided pd-ed500

I guess the way to go is the double sided

Yeah, despite my history of using single sided SPD (PD-A525 from the 80s, PD-7410 in the 90s), double sided is really the right choice unless there's something useful on the flip side.

The one I linked is a single sided version of that pedals, and recommed over the first choice you've posted.

That one (PD-ED500) is hefty but defintely a solid choice and a decent amount of support.

A few upgrades/replacement of worn parts means the Pomp is ready for winter Audax and commuting duty.

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Still one of my faves

Very nice

excellent bike, horrible tyres

@Maj @LukeG Thanks!

I was waiting for the Gatorskin comments/hate, haha!

If someone finds 32mm tyres at 45 psi slippery, then that is probably not the fault of the tyre ;) Anyway, nothing rides more horribly than Schwalbe winter spikes.

Very good!

you are a tyre snob on all other bikes! This is anti-fixie bias ;)

Marathon Winters have no (readily available) alternatives, you had options...

Really do not get all the Gatorskin hate.

I’ve never found them lacking in grip.

I run a 32mm one on the rear of my fixed road bike, paired with a 35mm Schwalbe G One something or other up front. I’ve hit the deck because the front wheel lost grip, not the rear.

Used to run the 23mm ones back in the day and again, never felt they lacked grip. Even better, I had a ready supply of them because people would get sucked in by the hate and change them out when they had loads of life left. I probably had a stock of about a dozen of them all ‘donated’* by customers at the l be as I worked in at one point.

*They’d say bin em, I’d take em home.

Swapped what I could from the Condor to a Flyer frame (1 inch to 1 1/8 meant new stem and bars, decided to match the seatpost). Haven't rewired the dynamo yet and seat angle might not quite be right but otherwise I think it's done. First ride was a flat 45 miles and it was great fun.

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Oh I also need to clean my Beavis Cycle PS spokecard

what a bike!

one of the best to ever do it.

that shimano dyno hub is still going strong?! good to see.

You know you say that but I wonder if it needs a service, I was getting a mystery rubbing noise possibly coming from the hub, but it wasn't affecting the rotation as far as I could see. I'll wire up the dynamo to check

If it’s not plugged in, that usually why.

Like it a lot!

Very good! Do you find those H+Son rims wear out quickly?

This is he you’re talking about, it’s worn out already.