View Poll Results: French or standard pedal threads
French threads 14/125
8
28.57%
Standard threads 9/16"
20
71.43%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll
French threaded cranksets
03-17-17 | 02:35 PM
#26
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From: Somerville, MA and Catskill Mtns
+1. I re-tapped all my French threaded cranks that I cared to keep. I see no need to keep them "pure". I will keep them until they fail, or I fail, or for whatever other reason I can no longer use them.
03-17-17 | 02:43 PM
#28
Have bike, will travel
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I've converted at least three French crankset arms for standard pedals. I use modern clipless pedals with modern shoes.
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03-17-17 | 02:54 PM
#29
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By the way, you can probably get away with french-threaded pedals in english-threaded cranks. No guarantees. I got away with it briefly.
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03-18-17 | 07:53 AM
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03-18-17 | 09:41 AM
#31
aka Tom Reingold
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Yeah, maybe not. That's why I said no guarantees. The trick might be to screw the pedals in tight enough that there's no wiggle but not so tight that it strips the threads.
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03-18-17 | 12:29 PM
#32
The trick is to use pedals with the correct threading. 
