Speedplay Zero Chrome-moly Conversion to $39 Aftermarket Titanium

This is an instructional video on how to convert your Speedplay zero chrome-moly to titanium using an aftermarket $39 Titanium spindle. The stock chrome-moly is just $129 whereas the titanium is $335. Just buy the $39 titanium spindle on Amazon or Ebay and you will convert it to a titanium pedal and save money. The weight difference using the original and the aftermarket is just 6 grams but the price difference is huge! Subscribe to my channel for more videos

[@damienboyd7911]

I watched the Video twice read the Comments below (yes you don't need to remove the U-Clip as mentions below but shown in the Video) and I've done both pedals and greases them in under 15mins ... I've ridden on the new Titanium conversions for a month now and all seems to be A OK & Working Perfectly.

[@chrisvanvoorst2125]

awesome, thanks for showing how it is done!

[@RonaldvandenBoogaard]

In practice it is not as easy as it looks. These are pre-prepared pedals. In real life removing the axle screw and the circlip can be a real pain. Also, once assembled a grease gun should be used to fill up the pedal with grease. And titanium axles are by Speedplay limited to riders with a max. weight of 85 kilos.

[@robertmuckle2985]

Nice...thanks for the demo!

[@chrisvanvoorst2125]

Brilliant - thank you!

[@markgeyer1]

I'm totally doing this. Thanks for the tip!

[@FrankP83]

+Mark Geyer me too!Just ordered the spindles from aliexpress...

[@markgeyer1]

+Francesco Prochilo, I just did it this past week. Totally works! I used the philips screws that came with the new spindles, it doesn't matter, just use a drop of 242 Loctite and they won't move and re-grease the pedals once they're on the crankarms. My spindles don't have the 15mm base to wrench them on the crankarms, but they do have an 8mm hex to tighten them up. Good luck!

[@FrankP83]

Great Mark,thanks!I just need to buy a pail of chrome moly for 89 euros and wait a month for the spindles!I can see that now the spindles weight is less than spindles in the video, now is 57gr instead 67gr, so is quite perfectly identical as original titanium speedplay

[@yurious02]

Any issues using the aftermarket spindle after 2 years of use? Great video.

[@geothunder1971]

The 50mm titanium spinals do have weight limit, 185lbs.

[@GNX157]

When you did this, had you already loosened the spindle screw once off camera? How hard was it to get off? I’ve heard it’s on there with locking compound and can be hard to loosen.

[@shindi2222]

Can this be done to with the X series? I have a chromoly X5 and would like to swap for a shorter Ti spindle.

[@crowone1293]

Cool song

[@geebee3974]

which way do you turn the torx screw for the left pedal? @ :50secs I'm assuming the one on the video is a right pedal and i was able to remove the torx turning the screw away from me. Is it just the opposite for the left pedal? I may have stripped both left pedal screws and I'm kinda pissed now :( *have 2 pedals for 2 bikes.

[@CharlieOpenshaw]

No it's the same (anti-clockwise to remove the torx screw). If it's stuck, it's probably just the locking compound, so try using a heatgun which should loosen it.

[@bikeislife7281]

sir no need to removed the u clip its for the bearing only not for spindle i already did this many times...

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

percival caparas yeah, I agree. I realized it after changing the 2nd pedal. Thanks for the comment

[@weldingautomation]

percival caparas

[@1964sksk]

@@goprobikeridevideos1348 ㅓ/

[@lazurm]

No torque wrench?

[@chandne]

I have changed spindles but only to add length. Too bad Speedplay no longer makes longer spindles.

[@Guoenyi]

the Ti pedals probably has Ti bowties for the extra 6g saving from your modified chromoly zero.

[@thetheflyinghawaiian]

Haha. Nice disclaimer at the end. I don't think you've convinced anybody to buy the stock ones still.

[@dxmufflerceburacing]

Spindle length?

[@samjoffe2986]

can you do this with the super light action pedal?

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

+sam joffe - yes you can use the same spindle. But it does not work for chrome moly, just for stainless steel. Unlike the Zero, it works for chrome-moly

[@martinfigueroajr.5556]

what size torx bit is needed?

[@H3llofromearth]

T20 I believe

[@enriquevicente449]

Hi there! any problems with the ebay spindles after assembly it? thank you very much

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

Sofar no problems after one year

[@Demon09-_-]

+GoPro Bike Ride Videos were your bearings still smooth after ?

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

+Damien Sofar no problems

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

+Damien Sofar no problems

[@lcvmoreira]

Axle lenght mm ????

[@JPMoron]

Can I use Park Tool Polylube 1000 to lubricate the pedal?

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

I'm not familiar with that brand bro

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

I'm not familiar with that brand bro

[@testdirver]

nobody know he still alive, so if are you there, the cheap titanium last or not?

[@jacobhuseby3221]

For the serious weight-weenie

[@7mtinker756]

Yes, the $335 pedals are a rip off. However, you did pay $39 for a 52 gram of weight savings. Are there cheaper ways to reduce rotating mass on your bike (ie lighter shoes, chain, wheels)?

[@andy009m]

shoes, chain, wheels are more than $39 to take 52 grams off......

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

be vary of eBay and Amazon titanium. most of it is aluminium or stainless steel from China.

[@chriswitek9455]

im not sprinting lap after lap in a crit while using a spindle that may just be a cheap aluminum one with 0 engineering behind it

[@waqidj]

+Chris Witek Exactly.

[@robertmuckle2985]

Aluminum isn't magnetic...I'd start there:)

[@peterwilson1831]

Neither is titanium (it's paramagnetic and virtually unresponsive to normal magnets) so not sure how this advice is helpful.

[@mdtitu9419]

Hey there! Have you tried - Baelsu Magical Social Domination (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? Ive heard some decent things about it and my work buddy got cool results with it.

[@macmakka8214]

so 119 minus 67 is 6, must be an advanced school you went to........

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

Mac Makka Please watch video at 4:43 and do the math! Ok so for slow learners, here is the computation: 170 grams minus 164 grams equals 6 or.... 170 grams is the assembled weight using the after market titanium, minus 164 grams- the weight of the original titanium equals 6 grams difference. Next time finish the video before making comments

[@nofinglimit]

+GoPro Bike Ride Videos Great video. Could you tell me which exact place you got your spindles? And after you did this do they work just fine? Thanks mate, and again great video.

[@goprobikeridevideos1348]

+matt cooke Amazon

[@ivanboesky1520]

Totally stupid idea and just as idiotic to use a torque type device to remove the torx screw that had been loctited into the pedal by Speedplay after removing the dust cap. A great way to completely trash such a torque device, and I'm not even mildly surprised given the amateurish nature of this clown project to begin with. Yeah, let's use use an unknown non pedal engineered aftermarket ti spindle with ZERO guarantee of warranty, reliability of fabrication or alloy composition, and put my head and body at risk to save a couple grams. Weight weenies, always good for a few laughs. :-)