Originally Posted by
Flimflam
Yeah, working that close to the old pointy-pointy chainring is always fun when using massive amounts of force hehe - that and I triple-check the thread rotation because I'm always scared of stripping/cross-threading heh...
The way I always remember it is if your pedal was a front wheel, it always tightens as if you were moving forward. I have a short pedal wrench, which really suxors, but I can generally get my pedals off by positioning my pedal so I can step on the wrench to turn it.