crankbrothers  Candy 1 Bike Pedals

This is my 3rd pair of crankbros pedals. I have original eggbeaters and doubleshot 2s on my road whips and have thousands of miles on those pedals with zero issues Went with the candy 1 for the new mountain whip. I like the weight vs. economy value of this pedal. Good online reviews combined with my personal experience with the eggbeaters and doubleshot 2s made this purchase easy...plus my shoes are already set up for this rig. Good stable platform feels secure. So far I've used the candy 1s on Boise foothills trails: Shane's loop and 3bears and at Bogus Basin's Berm Baby Berm and Morning Star. So far so good...as expected.

The instructions for mounting the clips on shoes are elaborate, and include a template. The instructions clearly state that, depending on the depth of the clip attachment area on your shoe, 0, 1 or 2 shims are needed for proper fit and function. The template said my shoes required 2 shims per shoe. The number included with the pedals? 2 in total. So, to get the additional 2 shims required a call to the manufacturer, a discussion with a not particularly helpful person who acknowledged this wasn’t a mistake, but just how they do things. Two additional shims where sent in the post and arrived about a week later. To be clear, these shims are plastic, maybe 3/8 x 5/8 inches and perhaps 1/16 inch thick. They weigh almost nothing and cost maybe a few pennies to produce. I bought these pedals clips and shoes at the same time from REI based on a recommendation from a staff member. This is not a huge problem and for me; just a nuisance. But if I planned to use them for an imminent vacation, event, or outing I would have been out of luck. So, an odd decision by the manufacturer and not the best product knowledge on the part of REI.