Friendly Warning About Huge Platform Pedals...
 

When I posted about acquiring my 2013 model Crosstrail Disc Hybrid?...I also let folks know that I had stopped by the LBS (before the bike ever made it home) to swap out the "Ginormous Platform Pedals" that were on it...and right away folks expressed and interest in them with me gifting them to the first poster that called dibbs...well?...I finally sent them out today and when I PM'ed the member the tracking number?...I also included a little note which read...

"listen....the reason I knew I was going to replace these right away is....Don't Try To Pedal Around Corners With Them!...my first test ride of the bike (before I even paid for it) I caught a corner...and I wasn't even leaning very much so BE CAREFUL!"

Now I know that pedaling around corners is a no-no and I almost always glide through a corner lean side up as S.O.P. but...

This was different..it wasn't a corner...it was more just a sweeping curve in a vacant parking lot and I still stubbed a corner of those pedals on asphalt....knew right then the pedals were off of there and goners but loved the bike and bought it.

The pedals in question were the lower line $20 Tioga Large (spiked) Platforms...and I know they probably have their use but I decided right there and then that for my riding?...I have no use for them...just a friendly heads up to Ride Safe & L8R, Bill. :)

Pedal strike in a turn is something I learned about when I was, oh, 16 or 17 years old. It only took once! One of the advantages of my current lineup of 'bents is that pedal strike is impossible. Of course, instead of that and toe strike, I now have heel strike. Unigeezer could probably mention one platform that has no heel, toe, or pedal strike, :) but using that platform has some drawbacks, too. Oh well, there is no perfect platform.

I just ordered new pedals, and I specifically avoided "ginormous" pedals for the exact reason Mr. Jinkster relates. I have ginormous feet, but they stay on smaller platforms just fine! I ordered metal-cage Wellgos (with reflectors).

http://images.evanscycles.com/produc...-mtb-pedal.jpg

Very similar to what I have used except mine have straps. Very light and comfy.

Pedal strikes are something to watch out for anytime you power through a corner (assuming you have a lifted leg on the inside pedal otherwise). :)

Not a problem with recumbents since the crank sits higher. Reason 57 why bents are better for the average rider.

It was only a matter of time before the evangelist of recumbents showed up. :lol:

Yeah - The really irritating thing about recumbent riders is that they're right! LOL

when it comes to choosing your next recliner. :roflmao2:

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Well facts are facts, and most bents can be pedaled thru the corner.