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OneUp Components Aluminum Pedal — Specs & Analysis
Manufacturer specifications, compared against every other pedals in our database. We do not test gear in the field — we measure, verify, and compare.
The machined version of OneUp's flat pedal: same 115 x 105 mm platform, alloy body, ten hexagonal pins a side, 386 g the pair. The pins and bearings are serviceable, which is the argument for spending the extra over the composite.
Same platform as OneUp's composite pedal — 115 x 105 mm, ten hexagonal pins a side — in a machined alloy body, at 386 g the pair. It costs three and a half times as much, and the reason is not grip or size. It is that this one can be taken apart.
That is a bikepacking argument rather than a trail-riding one. On a multi-week route the failure you care about is the one that ends the day, and a flat pedal's honest advantage over a clip-in system is that there is no proprietary consumable on it: no cleat to wear round, no cleat bolt to seize, no retention spring to pack with grit. It can still cook a bearing. The difference is that a serviceable alloy pedal lets you deal with that, and a composite body with a worn pin thread does not.
Ten pins a side on a 115 mm platform is a lot of grip, and grip is a system rather than a pedal spec — the pins only do their work against a soft, flat-soled shoe. Pair these with a stiff-soled walking shoe and you get a fraction of the hold the pin count suggests.
One honest note on the shin question, which is the most common complaint about pedals like this: shorter pins reduce the damage and reduce the grip at the same time. There is no setting that gives you both.
Weight is quoted per pair, as OneUp publishes it.
Who Is the OneUp Components Aluminum Pedal Best For?
Long routes where a serviceable pedal matters more than the purchase price. If that describes your riding style, the Aluminum Pedal should be at the top of your shortlist. It sits in the Pedals category alongside 3 other products we track.
How It Compares
At 386g and $179.99, the Aluminum Pedal is 31g heavier than the lightest option in this category (the OneUp Components Composite Pedal at 355g). The most budget-friendly option is the OneUp Components Composite Pedal at $49.99.
The price-to-weight ratio comes in at $47 per 100g — a premium price point, but you're paying for quality, materials, and design that justify the investment for serious bikepackers.
What We Like
- +Serviceable bearings and replaceable pins
- +Large 115 x 105 mm platform
- +No proprietary consumable to carry a spare of
- +Alloy body survives strikes that mark a composite one
Watch Out For
- −Expensive next to the composite pedal with the same platform
- −Heaviest of the pedals listed here
- −Grip depends on shoe sole as much as on the pedal
The Bottom Line
We haven't scored the OneUp Components Aluminum Pedal, and neither has anyone else we can cite. It's here for its verified specifications and dimensions, which is what the fit tools run on — a score is an editorial judgement, and we don't hand one out until someone has a basis for it. What this page can tell you is measured: 386g, $179.99, and how both sit against every other pedals product we track.
Price and Weight checked against the manufacturer on 30 August 2026 — see the source.
Specifications and dimensions come from the sources listed above. Where a page draws on first-hand riding, it says so.
How it compares
Against the 4 pedals we hold published specs for.
At 386g the Aluminum Pedal is lighter than 1 of 3 alternatives we track. The category median is 371g.
At $179.99 it undercuts 0 of 3 of them, against a median of $135. That works out at $47 per 100g — above the $35 median for pedals.
Weight and price come from published specifications. Cost per 100g is a blunt measure — it rewards light gear and says nothing about durability or whether the thing works — so treat it as one input, not a verdict.
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Flat, clip-in and dual-sided pedals. Weights here are per pair, which is how makers publish them and how you buy them.