The French accent powerhouse Ekoi is growing a brand new aero-top-of-the-line street pedal. If you happen to observe the French continental staff Good Métropole (it’s best to), 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. If you happen to take a look at among 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 street 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 lengthen all the best way to the sting of the shoe across the toe, with the pedal then recessed inside it when clipped in. That might lead to a extra aerodynamic connection between the pedal and shoe. It additionally may create a extra walkable platform on the underside of your footwear.
A New Customary?
If that’s the case, it appears doubtless this technique may require a brand new mounting system, although it’s doable it could possibly 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 street footwear come into play.
We contacted Ekoi for remark however all they might reveal presently is that the pedal is at present being examined with numerous groups. If you wish to study extra, I like to recommend watching the Good Métropole Group, Burgos-BH Group, or the Ekoi web site.
