The French accent powerhouse Ekoi is creating a brand new aero-top-of-the-line highway pedal. Should you observe the French continental staff Good Métropole (you must), you’ll discover some fairly giant clipless pedals on their rides.
Ekoi PW8 — What’s it?
The piece catching everybody off guard is the scale of the platform of this new design. Should you take a look at a number of the images posted on their Instagram account, it’s apparent. The pedal size in comparison with the crank arm is telling; it is a lengthy, lean pedal.
The French biking outlet LeCycle.fr first broke the information, reporting that the brand new Ekoi PW8 pedal will provide a contemporary twist to the highway clipless pedal. The pedal could cowl extra floor space whereas additionally providing a thinner stack top.
From the image above, it appears as if the ‘cleat’ could prolong all the way in which to the sting of the shoe across the toe, with the pedal then recessed inside it when clipped in. That would end in a extra aerodynamic connection between the pedal and shoe. It additionally may create a extra walkable platform on the underside of your sneakers.
A New Commonplace?
If that’s the case, it appears probably this method may require a brand new mounting system, although it’s doable it may very well be added to a shoe across the conventional 3-bolt interface at present utilized by most pedals. We’re guessing that’s the place the brand new Ekoi highway sneakers come into play.
We contacted Ekoi for remark however all they might expose presently is that the pedal is at present being examined with varied groups. If you wish to study extra, I like to recommend watching the Good Métropole Workforce, Burgos-BH Workforce, or the Ekoi web site.
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