Originally Posted by
Rick Imby
A530 Shimano clipless---not folding but an awesome pedal. I ride clipless on my mountain bikes and ride both clipless and street shoes on my folder.
From my 30+ years owning a bike shop it is rarely the pedal that is making noise---it is almost always the crank arm bb spindle junction. Put another set of pedal on the bike to check---they will squeak too---it is not the pedals.
I don't ride clipless, but thanks for the tip. In this case it was pretty clearly the pedal. While I never went so far as to put a different pedal on, I did remove the pedal, squeeze some grease into into it, and put it back on. No more squeak. The fact that there were cracks where the spindle met the pedal body big enough for me to get grease in and onto the bearings tells me that it's very likely that the pedals are prone to letting water in there.
Originally Posted by
Rick Imby
I hate folding pedals and would much rather carry a pedal wrench and remove the pedal when I need to ---not very often.
I might consider a pedal that can be removed with an allen key, but i would prefer a tool-less system. When I ride my folding bike, it's often because I am anticipating needing to fold it up at some point, so while I wouldn't be taking the pedals off every day, I might be taking them off most of the times I rode that bike.