Best gravel bike pedals 2025: featuring the best clipless, power meter, and flat pedals for off-road riding.

Our selection of the best gravel bike pedals, which we rate highly from our testing

Gravel bike pedal
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The best gravel bike pedals you choose for one of the best gravel bikes will likely depend on your background. Gravel has its roots in both Road and Cyclocross. As such, many riders from these categories will already use one of the best clipless pedal systems. With the recent influx of beginners and mountain bikers flocking to fat-tired, drop-bar bikes, many of these riders may not be familiar or comfortable with a clipless system and prefer to use something more familiar, such as one of the best flat pedals.

You could say there is no right or wrong answer; a good strapline for gravel cycling as a whole. As one of the three contact points with your bike, it is essential you select what feels comfortable and works for you. We have tried to cover all the bases with this guide, but if you're unsure, please refer to the 'How To Choose' section at the bottom.

Paul Grele author
Paul Grele

Paul reviews both bikes and equipment for Cycling Weekly and has 40 years of riding under his belt across a variety of disciplines including road riding, commuting, a self-supported Land's End to John o' Groats trip, XC mountain biking and several Polaris Challenge two-day events. Naturally for a reviewer he loves bike and kit design and has even fillet brazed a couple of framesets himself.

Rachel Sokal author
Rachel Sokal

Rachel has been writing about and reviewing bike tech for the last 10 years. While her first riding love is mountain biking ,where she's been European and UK 24hr Champion on more than one occasion, she's not just confined to the trails and regularly rides - and occasionally races - on gravel and road too.

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan the Editor of Cycling Weekly website. An NCTJ qualified traditional journalist by trade, Michelle began her career working for local newspapers. She's worked within the cycling industry since 2012, and joined the Cycling Weekly team in 2017, having previously been Editor at Total Women's Cycling. Prior to welcoming her first daughter in 2022, Michelle raced on the road, track, and in time trials, and still rides as much as she can - albeit a fair proportion indoors, for now.

Michelle is on maternity leave from April 2025 until spring 2026.