Re: [CR] Changing french pedal threads.

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:41:46 -0700
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Tom Forbes" <tfbike@hotmail.com>, "Classic Rendevous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Changing french pedal threads.

Tom Forbes asks:
> Having never actually seen french pedal threads, can they be re-
> threaded to 9/16th? There seems to be more french threaded TA
> cranks available and would like to take advantage of a couple.

You can tap French cranks to English threads fairly easily (If you have the taps and know how to use them), but enlarging French pedal threads to English is not feasible. Though it could be done, it would involve adding more metal then re-cutting the threads -- crazy.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, WA USA