3. Deity Compound

The Deity Compound pedal is one of the best nylon fiber composite pedals on the market. What's great about the Compound pedal is they have a true flat shape with longer pins on the leading and trailing edges, giving the pedal that concave feel that we love. The Compound pedal uses 6 replaceable chromoly steel pins per side with a similar DU bushing and seal cartridge bearing axle system found on other Deity pedals. The Compound pedal is offered in 5 different colors and is a perfect fit for your trail or dirt jump bike. 

Specs:

• Body Material: Injection molded nylon fiber composite
• Spindle Material: Chromoly steel
• 6 rear-loading traction pins per side with nylon locking nuts
• Thin profile while maintaining concave shape
• DU bushing and micro sealed cartridge bearing axle system
• Available in 5 different colors
• Weight: 339g

4. Crank Brothers Stamp 1

Just like the Crank Brothers Stamp 7 pedals above, the Stamp 1 pedals are also offered in two different platform sizes. For riders with a size 10 shoe or larger, Crank Brothers recommends the size Large platform featuring a 114mm x 111mm footprint. If you wear a size 10 shoe or smaller, Crank Brothers recommends the Small platform with a 100mm x 100mm footprint. Both pedals use a slightly concave shape to help cup your feet and secure them to the pedals. The Stamp 1 pedals are packed with performance and are still some of the most cost friendly pedals on this list.

Specs:

• Body Material: Composite
• Spindle Material: Forged SCM 435 chromoly steel
• 9 rear loaded traction pins per side with nylon lock nuts
• 13mm thick along the chamfered leading edge
• Slightly concave shape for traction and control
• 114mm x 111mm platform footprint for the size Large
• 100mm x 100mm platform footprint for the size Small
• Igus LL glide inner bearing and enduro cartridge outer bearing
• Available in 7 different colorways
• The Stamp Small pedals recommended for shoe sizes 5-10 and Stamp Large recommended for shoe sizes 10-15
• 5 year manufacturer warranty
• Weight: 329g (Large) and 299g (Small)

5. iSSi Thump

The concave profile and tall pins on the iSSi Thump pedals give them just the right amount of grip. The Thump pedals are offered with either nylon molded pins for casual riding or replaceable steel pins for more aggressive riding. The Thump pedals are also offered in two different platform sizes, the standard size for size 9 shoes or larger or the small size for size 9 or smaller. The Thump pedals are yet another great composite pedal option. From riding at the skatepark to long trail bike rides, the Thump pedals are designed to perform. 

Specs:

• Body Material: Composite
• Spindle Material: Chromoly steel
• 9 traction pins per side, either nylon molded or steel replacement pins
• 18.5mm thick with 2.5mm deep concave shape
• Slightly concave shape for traction and control
• 119mm x 99mm platform footprint for the size Large
• 113mm x 95mm platform footprint for the size Small
• Sealed cartridge bearings and nylon bushings
• Available in 6 different colorways
• The Thump Small pedals recommended for shoe sizes 5-9 and Thump Standard recommended for shoe sizes 9-15

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We recently wrote an article called the mountain bike flat pedals buyer's guide and it was very well received and seemed to be very helpful for everyone so we wanted to make a video going over our five favorite composite pedals and our five favorite aluminum pedals and some tips and tricks all about mountain bike flat pedals also throughout this video there is going to be five entertaining clips of some classic comedy movies and the first five people to name each one of those movies down in the comments gets a free set of pedals you'll be laughing the whole time check it out I'm not listening to you you're crazy before I dive into the pedals I wanted to go over one very important thing and that is shoes issues I personally think shoes are more important than your pedals and what I mean by that is if I had a choice between a really good pair of pedals and some really basic not mountain bike shoes versus a really good pair of mountain bike shoes and some really bad pedals I would go with that I think having a good pair of mountain bike shoes is gonna be more important than having a good pedal why is that mountain bike shoes that are designed specifically for flat pedals have a nice stiff sole to them and they have very grippy rubber on the bottom that's specifically designed in pattern to stick to the pedal and the surface that it's on so if you're trying to get more grip out of your flat pedals the first thing you should be investing in is shoes but ideally you have a really good pair of flat pedal specific mountain bike shoes and then a really good pair of pedals as well.

Well some questions you might be asking yourself composite versus alloy to be honest composite pedals which are sort of just like a composite nylon or plastic more or less those things hit the scene maybe five or so years ago and at first people were slightly skeptical are they durable enough are they you know gonna last a long time and they have they've been amazing I think you know thousands upon thousands of people ride composite pedals now and they're in every way shape and form just as durable as aluminum ones and they're way way less expensive which is awesome so it's pretty hard that's what she said to recommend aluminum pedals these days when you have composites for basically half the price with the same performance all of the aluminum pedals we have here range from one hundred and thirteen bucks to one hundred and sixty eight bucks all of these composite ones are about forty to fifty bucks so massive difference in price and you still get great durability out of these things to me the biggest difference to be honest is just the looks so an alloy pedal is gorgeous these things are CNC alloy and especially like the T max like this is just a piece of jewelry on your bike and the most beautiful bling that you could put on there absolutely gorgeous so I think aesthetics you're never gonna beat alloy but if you're really looking for something more value composite as is definitely the way to go alright now let's talk about some of these after this.

so the reason we picked these five alloy pedals in particular is because we love the brands behind them to make really good quality products that last a long time these are all with a very premium segment so you can get replacement spindles and bearing kits for all of these things ultra high-end stuff so a couple Deity pedals the blackcat again like I mentioned alloy just you can make the best looking pedals on the planet the way they see and see these things absolutely gorgeous this has threaded pins ultra thin nice large platform if you have bigger feet incredible pedal right there the t-mac in my opinion I think this is the best-looking pedal on the planet huge amount of pins all threaded it has a concave shape to it so Deity worked with Tyler McCall that's why they call it t-mac it's his nickname he is a pro mountain biker check this out. So he and Deity designed these things and this is probably the grippiest pedal Ii have ever ridden. so this concave to it it kind of helps your foot sit like just molds into the pedal the only complaint i've ever heard is these things are almost too grippy so that is where personal preference comes into play a little bit so a pedal that's concave has just an absolutely insane amount of grip especially with a good proper grippy specific mountain bike flat pedal shoe some people absolutely love that they want to be able to just put their foot on there and that's their position they love it they're kind of stuck there these are your pedals for that some of the grittiest pedals on the planet if you don't want a ton of grip you can obviously drive down the pins these all have adjustable pin heights on them which does help with how much grip there is but yeah factor that in if you really want the grippy aspetto a big large platform that's concave the t-mac is amazing spank easy pedals right here so these have kind of a combination of a part of the pin is not threaded the other part of it is threaded so nice ultra light thin pedal that looks absolutely incredible probably one another one of the most blingy pedals out there a bunch of different colors available I love these things they don't have a convex or concave to them so they're not going to be as crazy grippy as the Tmax is still plenty grippy but again you can adjust the pin heights and you can remove and add pins if you needed to there what else we have Crankbrothers stamp sevens these come in two sizes small and a large so I think their large is one of the biggest petals out there so if you have a really large foot like a size 11 or 12 or larger keep up with a smart mouth and my foot will be nine-tenths of the way up your ass check out the stamp sevens and a size large they have just some of the largest platform which is really helpful when you do have a large foot if you have probably a size 10 or below the smalls are probably more up your alley but it's nice that they offer them in two different sizes great feature great pedals again rebuild kits offered for these things and one up so one up makes a ton of amazing stuff these things of course come with availability for aftermarket rebuild kits and spindle kits and everything so they can last you a super long time replaceable pins these have thin smooth pins on them super thin gorgeous aluminum pedal and that kind of rounds out our absolute favorite aluminum flat pedals.

so for composite pedals I'm gonna start off with my biased opinion on the Issi thumps this is my favorite flat pedal that's composite I just really like how this thing feels so it is concave but it's not extremely concave so actually the whole outer portion of it is flat and just the center part of it is concave I think it grips incredibly well so they do make these in a regular size and then a small size I have a nine and a half size shoe and actually use this small that I really like so two versions a $40 version that does not have replaceable threaded pins it just has sort of plastic injection molded pins I have those on my what I call a gravel bike which is kind of a rigid mountain bike and then I have this version the thump RP replaceable pins this is 50 bucks this is on my dirt jump bikes my Banshee amp which you can see here these things are killer I just love how much they grip they're not overly grippy but they're just like I don't know just the perfect amount of grip this is like the just beautiful flat pedal for me I really like these things a lot issi thump and thump RP again they make them in a regular size which is pretty large and then they make a smaller version as well for those of you that have different sized feet we made an entire video all about those pedals as well so if you want to check that out do so a link for that video down on the video description another pedal that we've made a video specifically about our Race Face chester's so the chester is maybe the most you could call it popular or iconic composite pedal it's one of the first ones that hit the market that just worked really well it's probably one of the more like you could say older composite pedals that came out that just crushed it so they offer them a ton of different colors they're super durable reliable 50 bucks come threaded replaceable height adjustable pins these things are killer you've probably seen and ridden these we use them on a bunch of demo bikes in our stores as well as issi pedals but yeah so raceface chester's and before I tell you about these other three check this out next up we have the Deity compounds so this is another composite petal that's available a whole bunch of different colors and has a really slick stealth-bomber look to it I really like how these things look threaded replaceable height adjustable pins other than these two ones on the inside right here but yeah just a good gorgeous once again $50 amazing composite petal Crankbrothers stamp once these things are offered in a small and a large version so again if you're looking for the largest composite pedal out there I believe that would be the Crankbrothers stamp one in a size large so if your budget for your petals is fifty bucks and you have a super big foot stamp one bike Crankbrothers size large love these things last but not least the one up components composite petal so fifty bucks I guess yeah every single one of these has thread replaceable height adjustable pins they all have you can buy bearing kits rebuild kits for them as well so these things will last you forever yeah another super killer pedal right here this thing definitely seems the shed mud very well one up is based out of Squamish British Columbia and they ride mud all of the time so you've noticed almost all the products that come out with that are nice and innovative also have a lot of features that kind of have to do with mud riding and I think that's why they did put all of these little slots in there alloy pedals and their composite pedals is just kind of shed mud so we've definitely got good feedback for people who ride in mud that these things push mud out really well. so good pedal for that and that is our favorite composite flat pedals.

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