KShar

I am new to cycling and recently purchased my first bike. Its a Critical Cycles Beaumont 7. I read the reviews before purchasing and most said it was a good bike but to def upgrade to metal pedals. I checked the specs here: https://www.criticalcycles.com/produ...nt=15299986372 and they said "Urban Pedal Alloy 9/16."

I purchased "MEETLOCKS® Bike Pedal Platform , 6061# CNC Aluminum, CNC Ultral Strong Cr-Mo Material Spindle Axle 9/16" , Ultral DU/Sealed bearing" on amazon. I am a newbie, but does 9/16" not always = 9/16"? The new ones are clearly a bit larger than the old so they will not go on. Before I order more, I want to know what I am missing. Any ideas???

Amazon link:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Homebrew01

The printed specs do not match the picture. The picture shows a steel "one piece" crank with 1/2" pedals. I suspect your bike has 1/2", and there are not very many options for 1/2"... mainly low end plastic, or cheap metal.

I don't see much benefit to replacing the pedals unless there's a problem.

Regardless of size, the left side pedal has left hand "backwards" threads. All pedal threads should have a bit of grease, and "snug" tight is enough.

RonH

On the bike spec page the pedals are listed as alloy pedals. No need to change them unless you just want something different.