Originally Posted by HandsomeRyan

You need to take the pedals off, got to the store and buy new ones, then install them (with grease).

Those stock pedals are crap-tastic even by cheap pedal standards. I never even installed mine but just twisting the spindles between my fingers was enough to tell that the bearings were unacceptable. brand new pedals shouldn't be noisy/gritty right out of the box.