{"id":124163,"date":"2020-12-21T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T08:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=124163"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:35:06","slug":"mks-solution-pedal","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/mks-solution-pedal\/","title":{"rendered":"MKS \u201cSOLUTION\u201d PEDAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been 70 years since the foundation of MKS\/Mikashima production company.
\nThey never stop producing fascinating bike pedals with their cutting edge technique.
\nNow they came out with a brand new pedal.<\/p>\n

Apparently, they were slightly late for the scheduled release date, since it’s “2020”.
\nBut that doesn’t really matter. We were so waiting for these beautiful work of art for so long. They are now here, and up on the online store for both domestic and international.
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\nLadies and gentlemen, the\u00a0*MKS* solution pedal.<\/span><\/a>
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\nIf you have some what of knowledge for bikes, you probably would’ve guessed what these pedals are.
\nThat’s correct. The new invention from MKS is a two-way pedal. Flat on one side and binding on the other side that is compatible with the world standard Shimano SPD.<\/p>\n

Now, let’s take a look at the flat side.
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\nThe beautiful extruded and machined alloy body, and the see through platform sure is something for a bike maniac.
\nIt looks like they took the design from the\u00a0DD-FORCE<\/a>, a pedal also from MKS but unfortunately went out of production.
\nBut yeah, this shape…reminds me of something…Ah, the Gary Fisher logo.<\/a>
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\nThe triple sealed bearings will offer high quality rotation, and when you leave the pedals alone, they will go back to the angle of the picture shown above by it’s own weight. It’s just amazing how thought out these pedals are.
\nSo if you feel like pedaling on the flat side, you could just go ahead and step on it.
\nBut if you’re wearing SPD shoes, you could simply flip the pedal around and…click!
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\nThe flat sides had a really good feel with almost any kind of shoes.
\nHmm…wait, I wouldn’t say they’re good with high heels or expensive leather shoes but ya know.<\/p>\n

Anyway, these lengthy kinds of pedals, Lambdas for example, are highly recommended for people that likes pedaling steadily.
\nOn the other hand, if you’re the type that likes riding casually, I would say shorter pedals, like the Sylvan Stream<\/a> might be safe and better.
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\nThe pedals come with original MKS cleats which matches the majority of SPD shoes, so you could pretty much use these from the get go.
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\nYou’ll need a bit of effort to step in, compared to other binding pedals.
\nBut at the same time, they are really easy to release, thanks to\u00a0the “split binding system” a technology by MKS themselves.
\nLet’s say you were riding peacefully on the road and a taxi cab in front of you suddenly stops on the roadside to pick up a customer. You would probably take a tumble with having normal binding pedals on. Well, now you’ve got a “Solution”.
\nYou will no longer feel fear towards traffic lights, doggos, and baby strollers.
\nIn fact, I think the Solution will be a great pedal for riding in the city.
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\nLook at the amount we got for the silver and black color. We’re not playing.
\nAs Blue Lug a.k.a. the sickest bike component digging shop(self proclaimed), it felt like a must to recommend these ground breaking pedals.
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\nIf you’re having trouble with taking a step in to using binding pedals, the “Solution” is the solution.
\nTry it out ya’ll!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":124158,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":124158,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2020\/12\/IMG_7132.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_7132-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":61039,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_7132-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"IMG_7132-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":100213,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_7132-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"IMG_7132-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":151391,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_7132-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_7132-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":89039,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_7132-800x600.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":369724},"post":124151,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_7132.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"*MKS* solution pedal","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"asc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/124163"}],"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\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}