Originally Posted by
Cabo9302
Hello all. Newbie here with a question about the pedal threads. Is the size standard on all bikes? I just purchased a new Sanctuary 7 from Amazon (about $310) and just received it this week. Upon assembly, I noticed the pedals seem very cheaply made, a plastic-like material. Because I'm not a small guy, I thought I'd upgrade to an alloy material pedal set off Amazon, but I wanted to make sure they will fit my bicycle. They say they are 9/16" thread? Everything on this bike on assembly is metric, so I'm sceptical. Thanks in advance.
I run PC pedals on some of my bikes, they aren't inherently bad. Yours aren't bad, but they have that awful cruiser shape. Your bike takes 1/2 pedals, btw.
One piece cranks like your bike has take 1/2" pedals (there are exceptions to this, but rarely.)
PC pedals like these Ody's are actually really very good. Millions of BMX riders will vouch for them. You are NOT going to break them
https://www.amazon.com/ODYSSEY-BMX-P.../dp/B003UWEY7K
Shadow's are good, rock brothers are nice.
All of the really really high end stuff is 9/16's (or italian), but you can still get excellent pedals in 1/2" size
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pc+bmx+pe...ref=nb_sb_noss