Cycling · Head-to-head
Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set vs Pedro's Pro Brush Kit
Which should you buy? Our verdict on both, pulled from our full The Best Bike Cleaning Brushes: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) comparison.
Peaty's designed each of its four brushes around a specific annoyance and published the reasoning, on beech handles and in plastic-free packaging. Pedro's matches it on drivetrain thinking, adds a cone brush and a proper degreaser brush, and costs less.
Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set
Buy itFour brushes on sealed beech, each designed around a specific problem and explained in detail.
- The Drivetrain Brush has an angled head that moves your hand away from a spinning cassette, a lower centre of stiffer bristles that forms a channel for the chain, softer longer outer bristles for the chain's sides, and a chisel-cut handle end for clearing jockey wheels.
- All four handles are sealed beech wood rather than plastic, and the packaging is 100 percent recycled cardboard with natural jute string.
- Each brush is specified: the Bog Brush has 360 degree flagged-end bristles, the Detail Brush uses crimped medium-density bristles made from post-consumer recycled material, the Tyre Brush has stepped-height stiff bristles running at 90 degrees to the handle.
- Four brushes rather than five, with no cone or bottle brush for reaching inside tight recesses.
- Wooden handles need drying and care, which Peaty's says outright, where plastic does not.
- No storage bag or roll is included.
Pedro's Pro Brush Kit
Buy itFour brushes with the bristles chosen per job, including the degreaser brush most sets leave out.
- The Toothbrush has two working ends: tapering bristles for chains, chainrings and cassette faces, and longer, stiffer, larger-diameter bristles at the other end to reach between cassette cogs.
- The Parts Cleaning Brush works like a paint brush, with long dense bristles that hold degreaser so you can paint it onto drivetrain parts instead of spraying it everywhere.
- Pedro's states that bristle diameter, length and density vary deliberately by brush, and publishes what each one is for, down to which of its cleaners each pairs with.
- Pedro's names no handle material.
- No dimensions, bristle materials or stiffness figures are published.
- No storage bag, and a cone brush and a toothbrush are awkward things to keep together.
Side by side
The 8 criteria below are the ones our full comparison judged every product on, narrowed to these two.
| Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set Our pick | Pedro's Pro Brush Kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict | Buy | Buy |
| Best for | Anyone who cleans a bike often enough to care that the drivetrain brush is shaped properly. | Drivetrain cleaning on a budget, especially if you use pour-on degreaser rather than a spray. |
| Price tier | $$ · mid-range | $ · budget |
| Brushes in the set | 4 | 4 |
| Handle material | Sealed beech wood | Not published |
| Each brush described | Yes, in detail | Yes, in detail |
| Drivetrain-specific shaping | Angled head, chain channel, chisel handle end | Dual-end toothbrush, inter-cog bristles |
| Degreaser application brush | No | Yes, Parts Cleaning Brush |
| Mud scraper | No | No |
| Storage | None | None |
| Packaging | Recycled cardboard and jute string | Not published |
Which one is right for you?
Pick the Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set if
anyone who cleans a bike often enough to care that the drivetrain brush is shaped properly.
Know before buying: four brushes rather than five, with no cone or bottle brush for reaching inside tight recesses.
Pick the Pedro's Pro Brush Kit if
drivetrain cleaning on a budget, especially if you use pour-on degreaser rather than a spray.
Know before buying: pedro's names no handle material.
The bottom line
Our overall pick is the Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set - Four brushes on sealed beech, each designed around a specific problem and explained in detail. Choose the Pedro's Pro Brush Kit instead if drivetrain cleaning on a budget, especially if you use pour-on degreaser rather than a spray.
Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Bike Cleaning Brushes: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).