{"id":120486,"date":"2020-07-23T11:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T02:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=120486"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:47:32","slug":"mks-xc-iii-bear-trap-pedals","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/mks-xc-iii-bear-trap-pedals\/","title":{"rendered":"MKS &#8220;XC-III&#8221; bear trap pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019d happy to announce<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=xc-iii\"> this.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will available at Bluelug international online store today. (8pm, Japan time)(July 23rd, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019m talking about this pedals.<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* sam hillborne (55)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/50039276761\/in\/photolist-2jeNnD4-2j4msXV-2jbiiCG-2j4qEgc-2jePHBV-2jbkXYJ-2j4p7YJ-2j4msWx-2j4qEjt-2j4msXe-2jiBbNF-2j4p7Zf-2jbngw3-2j4msTB-2jiwXvY-2j4msZD-2jbngj9-2jbngpj-2jbngvr-2jbiisr-2jbngoc-2jiwXuA-2jjQnxD-2jbkXZR-2jbiiFc-2jiwXtD-2jbiiBz-2jbkXZa-2jizWCs-2jiwXwV-2jiwXAN-2j8g6jA-2j8k73F-2j8k73A-2j8g6hM-2j8k747-2j8k77d-2j8iFaL-2j8g6gz-2j8g6mQ-2jaPRb6-2jaNyYY-2jaNyZQ-2jaKULb-2jaKUGt-2jaNz4x-2jaPReC-2jaNz3F-2jchnH1-2jck76b\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50039276761_a1d852a470_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* sam hillborne (55)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"*SURLY* steamroller (49)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49921875257\/in\/photolist-2j4qEgc-2jePHBV-2jbkXYJ-2j4p7YJ-2j4msWx-2j4qEjt-2j4msXe-2jiBbNF-2j4p7Zf-2jbngw3-2j4msTB-2jiwXvY-2j4msZD-2jbngj9-2jbngpj-2jbngvr-2jbiisr-2jbngoc-2jiwXuA-2jjQnxD-2jbkXZR-2jbiiFc-2jiwXtD-2jbiiBz-2jbkXZa-2jizWCs-2jiwXwV-2jiwXAN-2j8g6jA-2j8k73F-2j8k73A-2j8g6hM-2j8k747-2j8k77d-2j8iFaL-2j8g6gz-2j8g6mQ-2jaPRb6-2jaNyYY-2jaNyZQ-2jaKULb-2jaKUGt-2jaNz4x-2jaPReC-2jaNz3F-2jchnH1-2jck76b-2jchnGQ-2jchnCG-2jchnG9\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49921875257_bf9748f37a_k.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* steamroller (49)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=xc-iii\">MKS XC-III pedals<\/a> (a.k.a. bear trap pedals)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called bear trap pedals. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=bear+trap&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk03q75_jXQ12CNuhE7l5sTkWLoM72g:1595326056258&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj__YjXjN7qAhWGF6YKHfwvD9YQ_AUoAXoECBAQAw&amp;biw=1355&amp;bih=814\">yeah, really same look<\/a>)<br \/>\nIt was released about 40 years ago, yet there are still many people who are still enthusiastic looking for &#8220;SUNTOUR&#8221; masterpiece XC- \u2161.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-119909\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-462x720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-462x720.png 462w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-308x480.png 308w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-504x786.png 504w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><br \/>\nAt that time, bike geeks start riding bike on the mountain. (MTB)<br \/>\nThe smooth spindle and the jagged edge plates are gripping well. Unique shape, one and only look. BMX riders are start using this too, and become popular for bike geeks.<\/p>\n<p>After the disappearance of the &#8220;SUNTOUR&#8221;, we couldn&#8217;t get it anymore&#8230; so we asked MKS for reproduction of them, but the mold was already gone\u2026<br \/>\nIf we make a new mold for this pedals, costs insanely, and it was out of our hands&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But! But! But!<\/p>\n<p>We fortunately had opportunity to collaborate with MKS to re-create this XC-III with their deep understanding and cooperation, we truly appreciate them, honer to work with them, and made it happen.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-119913\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6743d003-4a3f-4419-9ead-58aeaa66a5e8-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6743d003-4a3f-4419-9ead-58aeaa66a5e8-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6743d003-4a3f-4419-9ead-58aeaa66a5e8-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6743d003-4a3f-4419-9ead-58aeaa66a5e8-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6743d003-4a3f-4419-9ead-58aeaa66a5e8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-119912\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/c4e0e73f-1113-4539-b88d-308652d0b584-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/c4e0e73f-1113-4539-b88d-308652d0b584-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/c4e0e73f-1113-4539-b88d-308652d0b584-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/c4e0e73f-1113-4539-b88d-308652d0b584-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/c4e0e73f-1113-4539-b88d-308652d0b584.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-119911\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/36da1bdc-8139-419c-93e8-d606e579d434-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/36da1bdc-8139-419c-93e8-d606e579d434-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/36da1bdc-8139-419c-93e8-d606e579d434-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/36da1bdc-8139-419c-93e8-d606e579d434-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/36da1bdc-8139-419c-93e8-d606e579d434.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-119907\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49925569312_8e95e7b105_k-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49925569312_8e95e7b105_k-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49925569312_8e95e7b105_k-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49925569312_8e95e7b105_k-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49925569312_8e95e7b105_k.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><a title=\"*SURLY* low side size(m)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49918366888\/in\/photolist-2j47Fm5-2jatUvY-2jatUv7-2j4aiNY-2j4bQky-2jePHuA-2jbkXSG-2jasDyu-2jatUwQ-2jatUFH-2jatUxb-2jatUB9-2jasDz6-2japYPb-2jeKyTg-2jeKyRH-2japYTp-2jatUz5-2jePHsr-2jePHua-2jeNnFt-2jiwXxb-2jeNnKb-2jeNnD4-2j4msXV-2jbiiCG-2j4qEgc-2jePHBV-2jbkXYJ-2j4p7YJ-2j4msWx-2j4qEjt-2j4msXe-2jiBbNF-2j4p7Zf-2jbngw3-2j4msTB-2jiwXvY-2j4msZD-2jbngj9-2jbngpj-2jbngvr-2jbiisr-2jbngoc-2jiwXuA-2jjQnxD-2jbkXZR-2jbiiFc-2jiwXtD-2jbiiBz\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49918366888_fcf8dfaf7d_k.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* low side size(m)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nMade it based on their beautiful construction and shape, MKS started to think about this pedals from all the beginning, the technical drawing, each processes are with the highest quality that can be realized now.<br \/>\n&#8220;Rivendell bicycle works&#8221;, &#8220;Crust bikes\u201d, &#8220;Rons bikes&#8221; also carry them, and sold out within a day.<br \/>\nI think this pedals are needed for international customer who has big foot. Wide foot step is comfort for any kind of bike.<br \/>\nUltra Romance explain clearly from his cool video,<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjGrbm2XxhM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere is MKS factory visit movie. How pedal is manufactured,<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2HMP1Co4zw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":120487,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":120487,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"50081534888_5be584ea32_k-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":37490,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"50081534888_5be584ea32_k-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":61092,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"50081534888_5be584ea32_k-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":90604,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"50081534888_5be584ea32_k-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":56710,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":224706},"post":120486,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/50081534888_5be584ea32_k.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"XC-III","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"asc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/120486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}