Glad to see you're still around, John, even if you're only awakened from
time to time by impending disaster. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/6/2012 5:01 PM, John Lind wrote:
> No - you DON'T want to do this! The forces exerted on a pedal and
> crank are considerably more than many would ever imagine and I'd
> predict crank failure eventually with likely significant injurious
> results. Every pedal failure I've heard about (not many though)
> resulted in rider going down with bike.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Robert Burnette<r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> You are only talking about 1/16" difference. Is there sufficient
>> metal to allow drilling out the crank and have it threaded to fit
>> the newer pedals?
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim
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>> Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
>> 3:46:40 PM Subject: Re: [OM] [Way off topic] Bicycle pedals
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> You are most likely out of luck. I am guessing your Schwinn is
>> using an older ashtabula crank with 1/2" pedal thread. Current
>> 9/16" won't fit and there is no adapter available. Probably time to
>> upgrade to something more modern.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 3/6/2012 11:30 AM, Goss,Steve wrote:
>>> Hi, Y'all- I have an old Schwinn road bike, and I'd like to
>>> upgrade the pedals. It takes too long to adjust the straps on the
>>> toe clips after every time I stop. But the threads that Schwinn
>>> used are smaller than the threads used on today's pedals. So,
>>> does anyone make an adaptor? I'd much rather buy camera gear than
>>> a whole new bicycle.
>>>
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