Re: [CR]French thread pedals

(Example: Racing)

In-Reply-To: <016301c1ce38$051c0f60$923a1a41@kc.rr.com>
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:31:27 -0500
To: "Rick Chasteen" <rchasteen@kc.rr.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]French thread pedals


Rick Chasteen a démandé:
>Is it possible to differentiate between French and BSC pedal threads
>visually, sans thread gauge? Can French threaded pedals be
>installed on BSC threaded crankarms and vice versa without great
>force and obvious thread damage to the crankarm?

French thread pedals will be marked "D" and "G" for "droite" (right) and "gauche" (left).

French thread pedals are a bit undersized for standard 9/16" - 20 thread cranks.

French-thread (14 x 1.25) cranks can be retapped to standard size, and many existing cranksets marked that way have already had this done.

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