Originally Posted by
Burton
The 'except that' is that the pedals are normally speced to require a torque of 40Nm and the length of a standard 15mm combination wrench or 8mm allen key won't give you near the leverage required. Yeah - you can put an extension bar on them, or just buy the specific tool for the job in the first place - which is a lot longer than standard. The hex key and the pedal wrench both.
Now that you mention it, I do recall seeing a pedal-specific hex wrench. I think it was a Pedro brand. I did crank on the pedals pretty good (I've got a set of T-Handle hex wrenches that allow me better torque than the regular L-wrenches), but probably not to 40 Nm. I ended up going back to my Speedplays anyway (and they do have flats for my pedal wrench).