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Submitted by
cjohnson
a Weekend Warrior
from
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | With the stock (short) pins I don't feel like my shins will get torn off if I go with-out shin guards. but... | | Weaknesses: | Poor grip, compared to other flat pedals, while wearing 5.10s. Very slippery while wearing Vans.
Needed to tighten the plates after first ride. This surprised me.
Bearings needed service after a few rides. The seal near the spindle appears thin as paper. I can't believe a seal that thin keeps out much dirt, dust, water.... | | Similar Products Used: | Tiogas, well-gos. | | Bottom Line: | I would not recommend these pedals to my friends for a serious ride. Around town and easy single-track would be fine.
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Submitted by
cullen_bay
a Downhiller
from inverness
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | strathpuffer | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | squarewheels | | Strengths: | this platform pedal has a wide base and if you like them looking good rather than functioning well, the plates come out and in. | | Weaknesses: | the thing has fallen apart | | Similar Products Used: | welgo, v8, v10, shimano, burgtech | | Bike Setup: | iron horse sunday team, same set up as the team use. i found that it was best. | | Bottom Line: | the pedals i now use for flats are burgtech penthouse flats, and slipped i use mallet 3's, both superb pedals, a billion times stronger/ better than 5050s. the gryb screws fall out of 5050s and with them come the plates, eventually you have to buy a new set of plates or screws, and your better off buying 1 piece flats to start with.
im giving 1 because they started going wrong after 1 ride down the fort william course, never buying the same pedals again, save money and buy a 1 piece design. shame on you crank bros, i aint buying a crank brother flat pedal again | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
laxplayer217
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | the single track near Monarch Pass | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | these pedals have great traction, they look pretty kickass, theyre pretty big, easy to stay on the pedal, as opposed to my last pedals, and yeah, theyre pretty kickass | | Weaknesses: | the pins are a little loose in some places, they get pushed down by riding, and you have to take off the plates to adjust them which is kinda gay | | Similar Products Used: | nothin similar to this, i've used some shimano clipless, and stock crappy platforms | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse Warrior 3.5, pretty much stock | | Bottom Line: | the pros definitely outweigh the cons, these are GOOD pedals, i love them. the problems with the pins isnt that bad it only happened to like 4 pins total, and for the price i paid, it's a pretty sweet deal | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Fargo
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Style
Good grip with optional longer pins | | Weaknesses: | Poor grip with stock pins
Poor quality assembly | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore XT platorms (the best - 20+ years old)
Shimano 858 | | Bike Setup: | Rigid, geared 29er | | Bottom Line: | I really like the looks of these pedals and their grip was decent after installing new pins with loctite. I just can't recommend them. The stock pins are too short for good grip and are installed with a small amount of loctite. I lost 3 pins in the first week of riding on pavement. One pedal body came off of the spindle 30 minutes into my first off road ride without ever being struck on anything.
Crank Brothers support has been OK. They sent some more stock pins after I initially lost some and they are currently fixing the broken pedal. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg P
a Cross Country Rider
from Morristown, NJ
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$54.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | seem solid, tons of grip, make me feel really dialed in to my bike, customizable pin location, room for more pins, color selection | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Cheap factory pedals on my trek | | Bike Setup: | Trek 3700 | | Bottom Line: | As far as platforms go, this pedals seem like a really great buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Travis Ward
a Downhiller
from Auburn, CA, United States
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | South Burma | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Sharp Bicycles | | Strengths: | Pretty Gripy out of the box, easy install, good customer supper by crank brothers. | | Weaknesses: | Falls apart! The alien screws that held the pedals together came out complete on one side of the pedal, and for some reason mine came with fully threaded pegs that were great until they just un-threaded themselves loose and I lost a handful of them. | | Similar Products Used: | Wellgo B-27 Pedals (much better)and cheaper by 15 bucks | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper Fsr Comp stock with; Deemax Wheels, Monkeylite carbon bars, thomson elite post, kenda nevegals 2.35's, xtr front derailuer | | Bottom Line: | Crank brothers 50/50x's were junk, they worked/felt well for awhile then they gradually started feeling like my stock pedals - they fell apart on me so I sold them off with one of my bikes after I replaced all the missing parts. The only plus to these pedals was the Crank Brothers Co. support, they sent me some replacement screws and pegs for free after I contacted them via email. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will
a
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | great looking, solid traction, well built | | Weaknesses: | not enough traction with the stock pins, set screws came loose on first ride | | Bottom Line: | I love these pedals. I ordered the longer pins and traction has been fantastic. The set screw came loose on the first ride and I lost four of them. Was very bummed. Sent an email to Crank Brothers and they immediately sent me replacement pins at no charge. I was completely impressed with the customer service. Definitely do a little lock-tite on the set screws, and if you are riding it wet or slop, go for the longer pins. For the price (including the longer pins), great peddle, solid traction, no problems with bearings (been using them in the winter muck...) I definately recommend these, especially with the customer support I received. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Van Del Elst
a Downhiller
from Escondido ,Ca
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Lake Hodges, Big Bear, Mammoth. Anything Downhill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Very Good Looking, Great Traction, Super Customizable and really Strong. | | Weaknesses: | No Real Weakness, But the studs are a bit loose. i added a touch of super glue to the ends and its all good. The color also rubs off a a little bit to easy in muddy terrain. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Big Hit FSR. Marzocchi Bomber Forks. Fox Vanilla RC Rear Shock. Hayze hydraulic Brakes.Race Face Cranks. 5050 peddles. | | Bottom Line: | Great Product.
Crank Brothers Makes Some of the toughest and most reliable components around | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Bluesky | | Strengths: | Nice sized platform, has ok grip. | | Weaknesses: | falls apart. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun ringle zu zu | | Bike Setup: | 01 Rocky mountain slayer, race face prodigy cranks | | Bottom Line: | Flashy, cool looking pedal that has good grip when dry but get it wet and it's super slippery. The pedals have a large surface area, much larger than the zu zus but I think I would prefer the zu zu's. Oh yeah, the stupid 50 50 fell apart on me, just riding down a sidewalk (not even in the mountains)and the tiny little screws that hold in the removable plate had worked free and the whole plate fell off... so now I am short 2 screws... make sure to loctite everythng on these pedals with the good red stuff. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kemal kautsar
a
from surabaya,indonesia
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | rukun makmur bike shop | | Strengths: | -rolls great
-good looking pedal
-great traction | | Weaknesses: | -nope(as long as you dont lube them with WD-40,WD-40 stinks) | | Similar Products Used: | factory junks | | Bike Setup: | not important | | Bottom Line: | they are great!!5050s + skater shoes just like romeo and juliet! just dont wear them barefooted or you can't walk with your foot for about 3 months.great in wet condition too.absolutely world class pedal | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Art Santaella
a Downhiller
from maryland
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$47.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson usa | | Strengths: | They look cool | | Weaknesses: | eveything else. pins just fell off left pedal will not spin freely just bad pedals they suck | | Similar Products Used: | azonic a frame and kore | | Bike Setup: | intense 5.5 pushed rp3 mavrick sc32 xtr and xt combo | | Bottom Line: | thought i was buying something good since crank brother have a ok rep. But this is there bike HAHA screw you from them. these thing are the worst pedals in the world. I rather have some pedals from walmart. first time out pins fell off im sliding all over the darn things and my left pedal is stuck, wont spin crappy bearings GONE!!!. And this was on a easy track. I only imagine if i went all out to test these crappy things that look like pedals. BOTtoM LINE DONT BUY CRANK BROTHERS. I think they were on CRACK when they designed these | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chuck
a Cross Country Rider
from Fitchburg Ma.
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Gearworks Cyclery | | Strengths: | Feels like my feet are glued to the pedal, to anyone having a problem keeping their feet on them don't wear hard soled street shoes. I've worn sneakers and vibram soled boots and the pedal grips both very well. | | Weaknesses: | Possibly factory quality control? | | Similar Products Used: | Factory junk | | Bike Setup: | M4 Rockhopper, XT cranks, avid discs, Mavic crosstrails, | | Bottom Line: | A word about the quality control statement, apparently from reading the reviews others had problems with the plate screws coming loose, I actually lost a plate on my first ride with these pedals. But crank brother sent me a whole brand new set of pedals, I can't complain about customer service like that. Thank you Crank Bros. (Gearworks cyclery is great too)
These pedals look great and work great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Boise, ID
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Great overall design, serviceable, great performance, replaceable pins. Pins are threaded in so you are free to replace the factory pins with a different hight pin or add/remove pins to fit your riding style. | | Weaknesses: | Replaceable pins. Had to reapply red industrial strength loctite in the first week. Main spindle bearings were a bit sloppy out the factory and had to tighten up the left petal prior to using it.
However, great thing about serviceable petals is you can service them. | | Similar Products Used: | Other one piece downhill/freeride/urban petals | | Bike Setup: | Lower profile hardtail with more urban setup, but can still perform great on single-tracks in more cross-country style riding. | | Bottom Line: | Despite the initial problems I had on first few times out, I love these petals for my style of riding and they are great for their intended purpose! If you want a great freeride/urban or even cross-country petal you can service and customize, these are a great choice! Just buy a small bottle of red-industrial strength loctite to accompany them. :)
If you are looking for a petal to slap on and never want to mess with or service till you want to replace them, then perhaps this petal is not for you. Buy a one piece molded petal and you'll be happier.
Seems shoe choice is also making a different as a hard-soled shoe doesn't grip as well as softer more flexible shoe. Something to think about, but this might be how all flat petal perform. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Bracknell
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | 70 | | Strengths: | Good looks. Wide platform. | | Weaknesses: | Taper pins are useless. They make look bling but they are absolutely rubbish at keeping your feet on the pedals. | | Similar Products Used: | Too many too mention | | Bike Setup: | Dean Baja & Colonel / Nikolai Argon | | Bottom Line: | If you have a roadster, these are the great!!! If you have an MTB, buy something else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
stumpy
a Weekend Warrior
from Herndon, VA
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | blueskycycling.com | | Strengths: | flat, sticky, cool to look at. | | Weaknesses: | tighten those screws. | | Bottom Line: | sorry, but i don't like having my feet "attached" to the bike. these pedals provide a large, stable platform. grip is exceptional. coupled with a pair of fiveten impacts and your feet aren't going anywhere.
these pedals have removable plates. after my second ride, i noticed a rattle and upon further inspection discovered one of the screws to be missing and the remaining screws were loose. contacted crankbrothers and they promptly sent replacement screws (pre-coated with lock-tite). have not lost a screw since and have not had to re-tighten. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wonny
a Downhiller
from mammoth
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Interbike | | Strengths: | wide, low profile, curved platform design provides good feel, durability (see bottom line) | | Weaknesses: | stock pins too short replace immediately with longer pins or set screws. | | Similar Products Used: | truvativ, azonic, wellego, all sorts of bike brand pedals | | Bike Setup: | spec sx trail | | Bottom Line: | This is a long term review update for the CB 50/50X. I've hammered these pedals for 1 1/2 plus seasons at the Mammoth Mtn Bike Park 3-4days a week. They are holding up well and the wide platform provides an excellent base for freeride/dh assuming you replace the short pins. By design, most of the punishment inflicted on the 50/50's occurs on the plates. I expect long use out the pedal because I can replace the plates and the pins easily for a reasonable price.
I think the wide, low profile design of the pedals along with the replaceable plates makes the maintenance hassles worth it. I recommend these pedals to anyone riding flats in dry conditions. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Spugnardi
a Cross Country Rider
from Grand Forks, ND
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Maah Daah Hey | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$53.00 | | Purchased At: | Online retailer | | Strengths: | Great looks and excellent grip. | | Bottom Line: | Great looks and excellent performance make these pedals a great buy. I made the switch back to platforms after riding for a season with clipless pedals and have been very pleased with my purchase. I've read many reviews claiming the pedals don't have a lot of grip...I think these individuals need to take a look at the type of shoes they are putting on their feet. There is a long pin kit made for the pedals for a reasonable price for those who think they need it. Great pedals! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cbc24 ....
a Weekend Warrior
from grande praire alberta canada
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | flying monkeys/shotgun and dj | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$94.00 | | Purchased At: | ernies | | Strengths: | um they look cool | | Weaknesses: | ok the damn spindal or axle comes loose all the time i had them rebuilt by the shop a coupkle times and they r brand new i had em since feb and had nuthin but problems. pins fall off and the design of the platform has a dip so u have even less grip . | | Similar Products Used: | cheap welgos r better , any things better | | Bike Setup: | one25 super t pro, hayes nines, race face evolve bar stem and ride cranks | | Bottom Line: | These pedals r garbage . first axle came loose then alot of ffin creaking but i lubed it and cleaned it and then lost a couple bolts and after that when i took it to the shop to get it fiixed after 2 rides on em they said i couldnt get em rebuilt on warentee bc i rode them to much but they had one tiny scratch pisse dme off so much . ffin quality of the pedals is crap has no grip and u have to fix them more than any set of welgos i have ever had . same internals as welgos too same everything cheap . for how much u pay it is not worht it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
William
a Weekend Warrior
from Tulsa,OK,USA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Turkey Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Blue Sky | | Strengths: | Looks good, holds up well,sturdy, and I haven't had any lost pin problems. Also has very good traction in dry weather. | | Weaknesses: | It is a mud magnet. It is flat out dangerous in wet conditions. | | Similar Products Used: | None. Only beaters and beartraps. | | Bike Setup: | gt 5 2.0. XT'd out. Rotate slicks and knobs as warranted. | | Bottom Line: | Fantastic pedal for dry use. When it gets wet or muddy I lose all confidence. I have no idea if I'll be pedaling with, or landing on my feet, shins or calves. My experience is that it is great for dry trials, however, worthless otherwise.
I don't know how to rate this pedal. It's great if you play to it's strength. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jordan
a
from vancity, bc
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | aline | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | good traction in dry conditions, looks | | Weaknesses: | the little screws that anchor the removable plates to the body always come loose and the plates slide out. i had to email crankbrothers to get replacement pins cuz local shops dont have em. and they pretty much have no traction in wet conditions | | Similar Products Used: | wellgo, dangerboy | | Bike Setup: | sasquatch, 66, rest stock | | Bottom Line: | i havethese pedals on my hardtail and they arnt that bad but i wouldnt recommend getting them unless they come stock on a new bike. it sucks having to check them before and after every ride to see if you lost the screws though. even if u wear flat soled shoes like skate shoes or somthin they still wont do u any good in wet conditions. i give a 2 value rating cuz i wouldnt buy them alone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ron Burnham
a Downhiller
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | CBC | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Black Diamond | | Strengths: | Look great | | Weaknesses: | Fell apart on the first ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Many | | Bike Setup: | Reign X1 | | Bottom Line: | I put these on my wifes bike (bought new a couple of weeks ago) before a vacation in Moab. Riding down Porcupine Rim, three of four of the silver plates came off. I am sure the pedals took some abuse on the ride, but I certainly expect better performance from a pedal made by Crank Bros. I will replace them with one piece units.
Although the design looks good with these plates keyed to the pedal body top and bottom, there is obviously load going into the two little screws causing them to fail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eraser
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | -Amazing Looks
-Low Profile
-Solid All-Around | | Weaknesses: | None.. | | Bike Setup: | Norco 4 Hun (SS)
Wheels : Atomlab Trail Pimps (07) 36H
Thomson "Jump" Stem
Easton DH MonkeyLites | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is these pedals are truly amazing for DJ /Urban. I love the low profile..
I wish people wouldn't "flame" these pedals..I have read their reviews and notice that they are using them for a purpose they weren't made for..seriously..
Plus! Did you ever think of wearing a "skate" shoe with these pedals? It would help you 1000 X's sense they hook up with any flat pedal nicely..
So stop complaining! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fernando
a
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$61.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | They look badass! just the look and color makes ur ride look sweet. i got the black/silver pedals on my sasquatch and its great. They work great too, awsome grip, i donno what those ladies down there are complaning about, it works great in wet conditions, i donno about u guys but they are good. | | Weaknesses: | Maybe the weight? i donno | | Bike Setup: | 05 Sasquatch, Crankbros 50/50X | | Bottom Line: | These are sweet, if u wanna make ur ride look rad, go for these babies right here. u can get em cheap off ebay. They work great, pins are good, but they dont come with enough. But ya i do recomend this to anyone wanting to pimp out there ride. =) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Kinnelon, NJ, US
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | performance bike | | Strengths: | killer looks, wide platform, very good customer service | | Weaknesses: | DO NOT use in wet conditions. | | Bike Setup: | stock C`Dale F300 | | Bottom Line: | Good pedal if used in dry condtions. In the wet, your feel will slide all over them. I got many compliments on the pedals from time to time. One of the pedals lost all the plate screws and the bearings got messed up, I contacted CB and after I sent them the broken pedal, they sent me a new one, no questions asked. Then I lost more plate screws, I once again contacted them and they sent me a bag of about 10 of them without any problem. Very good customer service, very quick to respond and very helpful. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from WI
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | eBikeStop.com | | Strengths: | Look sweet, easy to take apart, VERY good grip with longer pins. ($10 extra) | | Weaknesses: | when changing the pins, the screws and pins are loc-tited on so be careful not to strip the little screw heads, or it will take some time. | | Similar Products Used: | alloy platform | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300, SID fork, Sun Rhyno Lites with Specialized treads, and these nice looking Crank Brothers 5050x pedals | | Bottom Line: | I would recommend them. They are a strong solid pedal, for extra grip get the longer pins for $10. definately worth it if you take the time to take the pedals apart and put in the new pins. You can also customize the colors for these too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ammar Hasan
a Downhiller
from Lake Grove,NY,USA
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Stillwell, Hunter Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$82.00 | | Purchased At: | Local bike shop | | Strengths: | Good grip, amazing wow factor when you look at them, very solid!! | | Weaknesses: | They could use a little longer Traction pins, but they are awsome, other than that. | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic xtension | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC, Crankbros 50/50, Manitou Nixon, Manitou Swinger, Tuvative Cranks, Timberwolf 2.5's, Atom Lab Trailpimp rims, Lizard skin grips, Raceface BashGuard | | Bottom Line: | I'm sick of people ripping on these pedals!! Most of them are Cross countriesrs or All mountain riders. They are meant for Freeride/Downhill and agressive trail riding. Thats what these pedals are ment for, and thats what they should be used for. In conclusion, I give these pedals 5 chillies!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mtn rider
a
from Corvallis
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | E. all of the above | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | flash looks
novel design | | Weaknesses: | provides NO traction
does not have a concave platform | | Similar Products Used: | mostly clipless | | Bike Setup: | I have ridden the CB 5050s on a steel hard tail and a 5X4 FS. | | Bottom Line: | Mangled ankle forced me to give up clipless.
Read in the mags these were good.
So I got em and rode em.
Didnt matter if it was wet or dry, what shoes I was wearing, or if I put all the pins on one side - when pedaling with the ball of my foot centered over the axel my feet ALW |
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$ 80.00
