One experience I had was with French threaded Lyotard 45Ds in an English Stronglight 93. These came stock on my 1973 LeJeune and I rode them for a couple of years without knowing. Only when I removed the pedals to upgrade to something else did I discover they were French threaded. Evidently, the shop had tightened them really well. No damage to the cranks. I think it just depends on how much and in what direction the crank and pedals depart from the nominal thread diameter. Some combinations work OK, some would probably ruin the cranks.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> > Obviously, there is some variation among these, and
> > if the TA FR is as big as you can do with FR, it should
> > work OK with BSC. That must have been the thinking.
> Have any of you actually tried these pedals out with an English
> crankset? Frankly I would be reluctant to put any sort of load
> on them. What little experience I have in this area comes from
> a pair of Lyotard Marcel Berthet pedals I bought many years
> ago. Although they were sold as having BSC threads, I'm
> convinced that Lyotard were playing the same game that TA is
> these days.
> Anyway, when threaded into my TA crankset (with BSC
> threads!) then proved to be extraordinarily loose - so much so
> that I was concerned that merely tightening them would risk
> stripping the cranks. I couldn't believe that they would
> sustain real cycling loads and would have the same concerns
> about the TA pedals.
> But I love to be proven wrong, so if there is any real-world
> experiance with the TA pedals, please speak up!
> Best regards,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
>
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