Crankbrothers Mallet E LS Clipless Pedals

The comfort of a flat pedal with the stability and performance of an automatic pedal

After buying a 2nd bike for rougher trips, I was looking for new pedals. Also have a set of Crankbrother Stamp 7 flat pedals which are really great and a set of Crankbrother Candy 3 pedals which do fine, but always lacked the feeling a bit and therefore never really dared to push. Now with the Mallet E I do. The larger platform makes it feel like a flat pedal, but you do have the security of clipping. Combined with easy release cleats, I'm completely won over.

Pros & Cons

Correctly adjusted (height of cleats and pedal pins), you have a very flat pedal-like stance when clicked in and not as punctual/metallic as with most other systems. The mechanism works smoothly. However, I personally find clicking in sufficiently defined. Unclicking, on the other hand, is very easy, which I still have to get used to. The good thing is that you can get out of the binding much quicker than with spd, for example. However, if you use the float range in turns and work with the foot rotation, it can quickly happen that you accidentally click out, as the resistance is soft and rather undefined. However, the forward and backward clicks make it very easy to click back in even in the middle of the trail. Unfortunately, the brass cleats wear out very quickly. After just one ride, you can already see significant wear on them. Crankbrothers should definitely offer something more durable here! If you prefer a flat pedal-like stance and a rather soft engagement and disengagement behaviour, I can highly recommend the Mallet E!

Very good pedals.

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Coming from an old set of eggbeaters, these have the same long spindle length but more support. They’re just as easy to clip in and out of.

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