Product description
Look Kéo Blade Carbon Ceramic Pedals black (black)
The new KEO BLADE CARBON ceramic is designed to win and improve the experience with the spring blade technology on click pedals. The new version is the result of the experience of many years of technical development in look and continuous improvements in daily contact with the greatest cycling champions.
The new KEO BLADE CARBON ceramic is light, aerodynamic, powerful and has all the advantages you need to improve and optimise your performance until you win. This is why many cycling champions unanimously chose the KEO BLADE CARBON ceramic as their bike of choice and used it as a kind of weapon to achieve their greatest victories.
The KEO BLADE CARBON ceramic thus benefits from the best weight/performance ratio in its category. The spring blade is fully integrated into the new design, guaranteeing unsurpassed aerodynamics. The Blade Carbon with carbon body and blade is available in Cr version (Chromoly + axle) with 110 g per pedal. It is available in three release hardnesses: 12, 16 and 20.
CERAMIC BEARINGS
Every component, every ball is meticulously selected to ensure the highest level of quality and performance. The balls are individually calibrated to the micrometer by a machine. They are then sorted by size in perfectly manufactured bearing rings. Each bearing therefore has a completely individual structure.
The main advantage of ceramic bearings is their longevity. The harder and more accurate the balls, the less sensitive they are to external influences and dust deposits. This ensures a constant and lasting performance. Ceramics are also not exposed to the effects of corrosion. These physical properties ensure a service life that is 4 to 6 times longer than that of a standard steel bearing.
Friction reduction is the most striking and outstanding advantage of ceramic bearings. The perfect spherical shape, its hardness, coupled with the optimization of the greases used with this material, allows the friction forces exerted on the bearing to be reduced by 18%.
OPTIMIZED SHAFT LINE GREATER POWER TRANSMISSION AND RELIABILITY
The axle line of the new BLADE CARBON ceramic has been completely rethought. It was built around an oversized axle and a cross-sectional axle line consisting of an internally positioned ceramic bearing under the bearing surface. This new design makes it possible to gain approx. 2 watts at 100 rpm.
The distance between the ball bearing and the sleeve needle bearing has been increased by 25 %. This provides more stiffness to the entire axle line and consequently improves power transmission.
Special attention has also been paid to tightness. This has been improved by 120% for increased reliability and durability. In addition, the new axle line has a new cover with O-ring at its outer end. It is equipped with an internally positioned double lip seal.
LOOK axles are only released after a 2 million cycle rotation test at 100 rpm with a load of 90 kg at the center of the pedal and an eccentric rotation (which results in an impact with each revolution). This corresponds to an André GREIPEL sprint of 1,700 watts at 100 rpm for 333 hours! This test goes far beyond the current ISO 4210 standard.
SUPER-STRONG CONTACT SURFACE
In order to meet the needs of the most demanding riders, especially competitors, the pedal and pedal plate system, with a large and rigid contact surface, must allow efficient power transmission.
The support surface of the BLADE CARBON ceramic is provided with a 67 mm wide stainless steel plate. It optimizes the pedal plate/pedal contact areas for each pedal angle.
With a contact surface of 700 mm², the BLADE CARBON ceramic offers an optimized contact surface for efficient power transmission that is unmatched on the market. The weight/performance ratio is significantly better than that of the competition.
CARBON TECHNOLOGY FOR PEDAL BODY AND SPRING BLADE
The use of carbon in the pedal body and spring blade allows a lower pedal weight with higher stiffness for better power transmission. BLADE technology is an important technological innovation in the history of clipless pedals, offering many advantages: LOW WEIGHT, AERODYNAMIC, VERY SAFE ENTRY/EXIT.
Details
- Carbon 20 spring blades are available separately
- Freedom of movement: 0°, 4.5° or 9° depending on panel type (black, grey, red)
- Single pedal weight excl. cleats / mounting material: 110 g
- bearing surface: 700 mm²
- support width: 67 mm
- Axle distance pedal / crank: 53 mm
- height axle / sole: 14,8 mm