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.
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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
>
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> Subject: Re: [OM] [Way off topic] Bicycle pedals
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> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
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