Shimano

PD-EF205 Pedals

Shimano only in name

Familiarity:

I returned this product before using it

I received 2 sets of these pedals yesterday. I pulled a set out and took out one of the pedals. If you are like me and don't feel comfortable with clip-in pedals or clipless pedals (which are still kind connecting your shoe to the pedal) and you're looking for a flat pedal for your road bike these aren't it. My first thought was that they were super heavy. My second thought was that there were no reflectors which I knew that buying them but I figured if they were light enough I could look past that and put in my own reflectors. I did some research while waiting for these pedals to come in and it seems that at one point Shimano actually sold a reflector kit for them but that is no longer the case. I put the pedal back in the box, taped the box back up and initiated a return. There are lighter and cheaper alternatives out there that just happens to have reflectors already on them. I just thought that surely these would be awesome because of the Shimano name but apparently that's the only thing Shimano about them...the name.