Originally Posted by
matttt
Wait... are you helpfully trying to help me achieve what I'm trying to achieve, rather than giving me your opinions on what I'm trying to achieve... **********?
This is highly disorienting. Please stop confusing me.
I'm on your side here dude, I agree this not a stupid question (unless all bike fit questions are stupid); but I also trust many of the experienced voices in here that say that this particular issue turns out not to actually cause people problems.
But hey if you want to fiddle, that's your right, I'd love to hear if it makes any difference!
Unfortunately those bolts only seem to come in 3/4 inch size. I'm actually finding more and cheaper now that I know to search for "pedal extenders" -- but nobody seems to make them in the 1/4" inch I need
Well, if you think about the geometry, washers can only take you out so far before you don't have enough threads to keep the pedal in there well (unless you are a machinist and can make replacement pedal spindles with extra-long threaded ends), and extenders have a certain minimum size because they have to accept your entire spindle threaded end (i.e. typical crank thickness) and still have some room left to strongly hold on to the replacement threaded end of the extender which you put in the crank.
Otherwise, you'd have to look at solutions where the extender end is thicker than the spindle end, so the spindle can screw into the inside of the extender threads. So you either tap a larger threading into your cranks, or you machine your spindle threads smaller.
Anyways, it may be that your desired 1/4" is in the gap between what washers and standard-threading extenders can do. Also not cheap, but speedplays I believe can be ordered in various spindle lengths. Perhaps you can custom-order a pair with different l/r spindles?