Durability and weight. Easy to bail out of before you face plant. No adjustments necessary.

None I have found besides the price. But you do get what you pay for (usually).

I have had these pedals (the actual Ti pedals not the SL) for over 3 years now and have had no problems with them at all. I mostly use them on my Titus for mountain riding but recently moved them to my Tarmac because I haven't found a road pedal that I like yet. I probably have over 2k miles on them and they are awesome. Might be a little too much float for long distance road riding but I haven't noticed that yet.

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Cost and ease of entry and exiting.

LOOSE!!! Very loose feeling when clipped in.

I bought these pedals for cyclocross racing and off season training. I have always used Look Keo pedals and the Crank Brother Candy's are a big change. I am using the Adidas Ultra MTB carbon shoes. The biggest issue I have is with the float. These pedals are LOOSE!!!! I feel as if my foot is coming out on every pedal stroke. I am coming from the road and very tight floats on Look pedals. It is easy to clip in and out. Very easy to clip out. I hope in a few months I can get used to the feel but it is strange to feel like you are walking on ice.

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Shimano SPD

Float
Easy entry/exit
Bikeisland.com has them cheap w/free shipping
was considering Quatro's but didn't feel like shaving off tread from my MTB shoes to make 'em fit

none so far

I too have the SL (chromo) and like them very much. Use them with Shimano SH-M181L mtb shoes cuz I'm too cheap to buy new shoes. I'm a convert to road so I can't compare to actual road pedals but I do prefer these to Shimano SPD's. Had to use the shims in-order to clip in. Work great.

Easy in & out. Nice yellow look that compliments my blue Felt and yellow Vredesteins.

So far, none.

Haven't ridden since the 80's when toe clips were the standard set-up. A nagging friend coaxed me back into the sport. A bicyle illuminati pushed me into the mod'rn clipless pedal thangs. The Candy C's are for mountain biking, I'm told, but the illuminati said these would be fine for my road bike touring purposes. He was right. Combined with the Shimano MTB shoes (I just can't find any SIDIs or Diadoras or anything of shoe substance that doesn't squeeze my toes and scrape my nails) they were a delight on the 55 mile Rosarito to Ensenada MX ride. Easy in & out. I see that the Bros have a road pedal with more of a platform, but no need to switch to a heavier pedal. I can't do a comparison to the big names like LOOK, etc. until I try them out. But I'm happy with these. The price was right at Performance Bike and these seem to be on sale for half the price every week.

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Campy toe clips. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Easy entry and release.
Solid platform
Easy Installation
They do not clog if you step in mud.

None so far

Put these on my Surly Cross Check that I use for comuting and recreational rides including some light trial riding. They work great. Easy to engage, easy to release. The platform provides a stable base to get the most out of each peadal stroke. Even on a century ride, I had no hot spots like I have had with previous SPD and speedplay pedals. I am planning on doing some cyclocross races this year so the easy entry and exit will come in handy.The pedals do not clog up with mud like I have experienced with speedplays so that should help as well. A well designed pedal system. I am plannning on adding the road version to my Road/TT bike for next year.

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Price
Durability

No room for error when used with Carbon sole shoes

I purchased the Crank Brothers Candy SL's after having good experience with the Mallet M's on my mountain bike. I used the pedal's for a year on my road bike with shoes that had cleats or grooves on the bottom. The pedal and clip combo work great with this type of shoe. I recently switched to carbon sole shoes and found myself with no room for error when trying to engage my right foot after pushing off at a light. This is a little disturbing when trying to cross a busy road from a dead stop! I decided to change to the Look Keo after too many close calls.

The pedal is a good pedal for moutain biking, or when used with the "correct" shoe. If you have carbon sole shoes, try the quattro or Look style pedals.

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Mallet M, Mallet C, Look Keo

Getting out of them is unbelieveably easy. Much, much easier than my Look or Shimano pedals. When you are in, the pedal feels very secure. No problems standing or sprinting.

I haven't had any problems getting in, or any problems at all. But, I wonder if I will get "hot spots" right on the cleat area due to the small surface area.

These pedals are great! I've been using Look and Shimano pedals for the past 15+ years on my road bike, and got these Candy's for my mtn bike. I liked them so much, I'm getting the Crank Brother Quattro road pedals for my road bike now.

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no mtn bike pedals road: Look and Shimano

Ease of entry Float

Durability

This review is on the SL. Very disappointed with these pedals. I have been riding my road bike mostly this year and bought these pedals for my seldom used mountain bike. On vacation in Colorado, first MTB ride of the year and first time on these pedals I noticed that about halfway down the descent of the 401 that my left foot kept disengaging. I thought I jsut wasn't used to the pedals but when I got back to the car and took a close look, I saw that one of the 4 beaters had broken clean off. I figured no big deal, I would just have to be careful to use the 2 remainng good positions. On my 4th MTB ride of the year last weekend on a local trail, I mildly planted a pedal on a rock on the right side. The beaters were severely mangled to the point where the beater could not rotate inside the pedal platform. On further inspection, there were also fatigue cracks on the beaters as well. I had heard nothing but good things about these pedals and was very disappointed by their performance.

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Easy to clip in and out Easy to clean Easy to service Crank Brothers customer service rocks ( I had to use them for the Mallets)

Plastic composite body scratches easy and looks worn out quick Look a bit clunky

This review is for the SL (Stainless spindle) version, which is the exact same design, but heavier. I bought the pedals used on eBay and they work great. I already had good a experience with Crank Brothers' Mallet pedal on my mountain bike, so I got me the Candys for the road bike. As soon as I got them I opened them up to apply some lube and found out they still had a lot of the original grease on them and it was clean. I cleaned it out anyway and serviced them with Park Tools grease. I've since put about 1000 km on the pedals and they work as advertised. Crank Brothers are simple pedals, without any adjustment necessary or available. You can adjust the cleats by swapping them from one shoe to another, to provide an earlier release angle. There is a lot of float and it wouldn't be a good pedal for someone who likes a more stiff/positive attachement to the pedals. Crank Brothers pedal system is easy to engage, just step on it and there you are, pretty simple, easy to clean and no hassle.

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good engagement, easy release, firm footing and solid platform, plus a small bit of float. small SPD like cleat (unlike the speedplay). affordable. doesn't clog with mud if you're riding cross or dirt roads.

sometimes a little hard to engage, but any cleated pedal can be.

this review is for the SL (stainless spindle) version. i used these on a week long tour on my audax/cross bike, and found they were great, so bought a pair for one of my road bikes, and am considering switching away from speedplays completely for these (or at least for most applications). i read an informal study on the web somewhere in which a roadie measured a 10% increase in wattage output using these instead of more standard road pedals, simply because of the solid platform and firm engagement. don't know if i would claim that, but i do like them very much.

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time ATAC, SPDs, speedplay - but now have these on two road bikes