Originally Posted by bulgie

All advice is questionable I guess, so maybe you weren't being needlessly insulting to an esteemed member of the forum?

Makes me think Kontact hasn't assembled many Campy-equipped bikes. It might be different now, but when I was a mechanic ('70s-'80s), Campy pedals almost always fit really tight in Campy cranks. I believe it is a feature, not a bug. Nary a one of them ever stripped the crank threads, so the fear-mongering my be a tad overdone.

Thread clearances can vary quite a bit from one maker to another, but there's a strong correlation between tightness and cost, with the pricier ones being the tighter fit. I think a pedal that fits tight in the crank will experience less movement and the associated fretting, which is what causes cranks to break at the pedal hole. It's not an ideal design, but good enough for most people who aren't named Jobst.