Time Speciale 8 ATAC Pedals

I've used Time pedals since like 1823 (give or take a few years). They've always been reliable and have the float that has kept my knees happy for the last 198 years of hard riding (again, I'm a little fuzzy on the exact dates). After the first couple generations of the Equipe (the original Time road pedals), which were aluminum and tough as heck, Time experimented with a bunch of different composites and carbon, with varying degrees of success in the bodies. The axles and connecting hardware has always been solid but some of the bodies since the original models were more, let's say, less robust than the original reference standard and nothing like the first alu Atac pedals, which were also great. After running the Atac 6s and the Atac 12s for the last 10 years, I wanted a bigger foot platform (and float, of course) - which led me to the Speciale 8s They are a return to the solid days - they are built like trucks, not super light, but when you're 20 miles out in the coast range by yourself and semi-lost, you want equipment that won't let you down. I've probably ridden 300 - 500 miles of PNW-style forest roads (rough, cranky, unforgiving) on these pedals, and an equal number on the road, and they just keep going. I love my Time carbon road pedals, but when you're throwing up gravel and rocks and hard things that you prefer not to know about, the Speciales are the way to go. They'll get take you out and bring you back. And anodized copper is the best color in the world.

Needed a Time pattern cleat so my mtb shoes will work with more than one bike. Had I not already had Time ATAC pedals on my gravel bike I would have purchased the LOOK equivalent. I swore by Time through the �90�s but the company burned me with their iclic pedals. I had one of my five pair break the first time I used them. Time warranty department said it was a KNOWN defect but refused to send a call tag and made me pay $10 per pair (for all five pair) for the warranty work plus shipping. Needless to say, I now have five pair of LOOK KEO pedals on my road bikes with no issues.

TIME ATAC easiest platform for me to clip into. Great when having to stop frequently for commuting year-round and if walk in muddy areas, pedals don't get clogged up and still able to engage easily.