Wellgo platform pedals: are they any good, or just shiny junk?

[cloud cult]

In the market for some platform pedals, and lurking around on eBay. These things spec well, but can't really find anything on them. My LBS sells their really down-market pedals, but don't seem to know anything about them. Says they ship from the US.

$42 shipped for 310g/pr: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wellgo-B242-...3D291487777487

$28 shipped for 325g/pr: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wellgo-MG-3-...item463874b02e

Am I better off spending $90 for a name brand pair or are these just as good but without a cool logo?

[toast2266]

They're fine. You'll get nicer bearing that'll (probably) last longer on the more expensive ones. Wellgo has been around forever; they're semi-generic but functionally on par.

[Damian Sanders]

http://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-...als-58332.html

[radam]

I had wellgo MG-1s for a while and they were fairly solid but I lost a lot of pins due to rock strikes and the threads stripping out in the pedal body. This year I'm running nukeproof electron evo pedals and they're fairing much better so far. Only time will tell how they do but the thru-pin design will probably last longer and they are similarly light. Very grippy too.

[nickwm21]

If you want good pedals for cheap get the performance bike house brand "forte" ones.

[toast2266]

If you want good pedals for cheap get the performance bike house brand "forte" ones.

Pretty sure most of the forte pedals are just rebranded Wellgos.

[nickwm21]

Pretty sure most of the forte pedals are just rebranded Wellgos.

Well then Wellgos are good. Maybe I got lucky but mine have lasted 4 years. These ones

[RedWolf]

My experience with them is similar to Radam's. I beat the piss out of them for a couple seasons, and they held up pretty well. Bearings got a little stiff and the pins seemed a little prone to snapping, but three years for that money was silly.

[gravitylover]

Those $42 ones should be better than average. The axle is longer than most so if the outer bearing is toward the outside of the pedal they should hold up really well. Most decent flat pedals try to look lean and save weight so the axle stops in the middle of the pedal. If not then they are only $42 so it doesn't hurt too badly to find out.

[XXX-er]

Haven't used wellgo platforms but since we are talkin wellgo, just for kicks I will speak to my experiance with wellgo spd's

they are shimano knockoffs and pretty fucking close but not exactly the same, i found the wellgo cleats are JUST a little different/smaller so if you are clipping into a shimano pedal with a wellgo cleat you might feel this size difference but still they work fine, IMO the wellgo pedal didn't have enough float so I dremeled a little extra into the pedal mechanism

bottom line is the wellgo SPD knockoffs were pretty fucking cheap BUT IME real shimano (520 or 530)aren't that expensive (so like 20$ vs 55$) if you look around

SO IMO just buy Shimano

[Sirshredalot]

I have wellgo ritchey knockoffs that lasted indefinitely. I bought them as a 15 year old with a penchant for tacoing wheelsets and cracking frames. I'm 33 now and have those pedals tucked in the bottom of a toolbox. I don't know where I would even find cleats, but the pedals still function fine.

[El Chupacabra]

I have wellgo ritchey knockoffs that lasted indefinitely. I bought them as a 15 year old with a penchant for tacoing wheelsets and cracking frames. I'm 33 now and have those pedals tucked in the bottom of a toolbox. I don't know where I would even find cleats, but the pedals still function fine.

I have those same pedals, which IIRC came with a Nashbar logo. They're probably 12 years old and still on a bike, still function.

[Eluder]

Get those saints and be done with it.

[kidwoo]

I've had probably 6 pairs of wellgos over the last 15 years in various models shapes and flavors. I never broke any of them or had any bearing problems with them.

As said, a lot of the pedals out there are either rebranded wellgos or HTs.

[markcjr]

I found saints online for $55 a year ago and they're bomber. If you look around, maybe you can find them for cheap. Or, just go Wellgo.
I also still have a functioning pair of original red Ritchey pedals. Could I just use a Shimano cleat for them?

[XXX-er]

yup the shimano cleat works, its been awhile but one of the combos of cleat & pedal was just a tiny bit little more sloppy