05-20-2012, 08:12 PM
I was wondering if anyone has any experience using the Pedalite Flashing Pedals (Amazon Link Here).
I've had some bad luck with these Pedals and I wanted to share them with you to maybe get some insight as to what's going on.
I purchased a set back in middle of March of this year. I rode my bike to work, and installed them in the shop (not a bike shop, a heavy industrial shop). I thought I did it pretty good, and took my bike home at the end of my day. Before I was about 2.5 miles into my 3.5 mile ride home when I felt the right pedal was no longer flat. I immediately got of the bike, and look at it. The pedal had pulled the threads out of the crank and was wobbling in the whole.
Pedalite replaced the pedals, and I purchased a new bike instead of just replacing the crank. Again I rode the bike to work, and installed the pedals. This time being super careful that the threads were in good shape, I even opted to use Loctite #243 instead of grease this time to ensure that pedals would stay in place. After putting about 5 miles on them, the exact same thing happened, to the right side pedal again.
Again Pedalite replaced the pedals, and this time bought me a new crank. The old 2 cranks were steel cranks, off cheapo Walmart Mountain bikes. I opted to get lower end Shimano (Amazon Link) crank. I took it to a bike shop this time, and had the crank and pedals installed. After putting about 12 miles on them, the left hand pedal pulled the threads out of the crank.
Now, I'm a slightly larger guy (5'11", 230lbs) but the stock pedals never gave me any problems. I do believe there is something not right about the pedals, but I just want to rule out anything. My bike has 29" wheels, and a 28/38/48 crank, that I almost always ride in the top gear, and smallest gear on the cassette. Could I be putting too much force on these pedals? I'm so disappointed as I haven't really gotten a lot of ride time in so far this year because of this.
TL;DR - Bought a pair of pedals, stripped 3 sets with <=12 miles of riding per set. Is it me?
I've had some bad luck with these Pedals and I wanted to share them with you to maybe get some insight as to what's going on.
I purchased a set back in middle of March of this year. I rode my bike to work, and installed them in the shop (not a bike shop, a heavy industrial shop). I thought I did it pretty good, and took my bike home at the end of my day. Before I was about 2.5 miles into my 3.5 mile ride home when I felt the right pedal was no longer flat. I immediately got of the bike, and look at it. The pedal had pulled the threads out of the crank and was wobbling in the whole.
Pedalite replaced the pedals, and I purchased a new bike instead of just replacing the crank. Again I rode the bike to work, and installed the pedals. This time being super careful that the threads were in good shape, I even opted to use Loctite #243 instead of grease this time to ensure that pedals would stay in place. After putting about 5 miles on them, the exact same thing happened, to the right side pedal again.
Again Pedalite replaced the pedals, and this time bought me a new crank. The old 2 cranks were steel cranks, off cheapo Walmart Mountain bikes. I opted to get lower end Shimano (Amazon Link) crank. I took it to a bike shop this time, and had the crank and pedals installed. After putting about 12 miles on them, the left hand pedal pulled the threads out of the crank.
Now, I'm a slightly larger guy (5'11", 230lbs) but the stock pedals never gave me any problems. I do believe there is something not right about the pedals, but I just want to rule out anything. My bike has 29" wheels, and a 28/38/48 crank, that I almost always ride in the top gear, and smallest gear on the cassette. Could I be putting too much force on these pedals? I'm so disappointed as I haven't really gotten a lot of ride time in so far this year because of this.
TL;DR - Bought a pair of pedals, stripped 3 sets with <=12 miles of riding per set. Is it me?