No, it takes me 5 min to first wipe excess sand and grit from around the pedal crank threads, put a Park wrench on just enough to break the tightness, slowly pull the pedal, re-grease, then place it carefully into the next bike's clean crank arm. The important thing is to keep the threads grit free and slightly greased. I guess I'm saving $300 on 2 new sets of Speedplays unless I'm not thinking of something here...