When good grip isn’t good enoughOn mountain bikes, flat pedals have obvious advantages over their clipless counterparts. It’s easier to reposition your foot after getting it back on the pedal. You can put a foot down if you need to re-gain balance through a slow technical section. They conveniently allow you to hop off your bike without twisting your foot out of a cleat. Flats have a degree of freedom not offered with clipless pedals.It’s this freedom that keeps more than half of all MTB riders–even experienced ones–on flats. What if you could ride with the efficiency and locked-in feeling of clips, but still enjoy the freedom of flats? That’s why we made the Turbine pedal.Too much grip... For some.Turbine Pedal isn’t for everyone. Some riders want the flexibility to adjust foot position, to pull their feet off regularly, or maybe they’re buying their first mountain bike. But for riders who want flats that can be pedaled and pushed harder than anything else? They’re going to love it. Turbine gives riders an incredibly locked-in feel by having the most concave platform on the market.Leading in concavity. All ways.Turbine has a 3mm deep concavity. A concave pedal platform creates a locked-in feel by cradling your foot in a pocket. With the addition of grip offered by pins, heavily concaved pedals hold on better than slightly concave or flat pedal platforms. Some manufacturers achieve “concavity” by adding tall pins around the circumference of the pedal. Others will incorporate concavity in the fore-aft direction exclusively. Turbine is designed with concavity in all ways. Our pedal platform is thinnest at its center, and thicker at all edges—front, back, inboard and outboard—for concavity in all directions.Where do we stack up?Turbine is, 17% more concave, 27g lighter and only 5% thicker than the Deity T-Mac. Pedals can come down to personal preference, but we believe that Turbine is the better choice. Turbine hits the sweet spot for concavity. Add more and you can run into ground clearance issues, additional weight and possible foot discomfort. Take any concavity away and you compromise the locked-in ride feel.No one-trick pedalTurbine is much more than concave. Two other standout features contribute to its superb ride feel.Asymmetric pedal platform: Designed to interface with the sole of a shoe more effectively by following the anatomical shape of a foot. Wider at the front than the back, giving maximum support, pin contact and grip. This platform shape also offers slightly better clearance and a better chance of deflecting off ground objects.No bearing bump: By employing a simpler—yet well-proven— internal architecture (a bushing inboard and ball bearing outboard), Turbine offers a larger effective platform and lets riders run their feet closer to cranks. A tighter stance means a narrower Q-factor and in turn, better pedaling ergonomics. Turbine’s internals saw extensive lab testing of one million cycles...