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Old 07-06-05, 04:20 PM
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stupid question US pedals on a european bike?

I am leaving august first to study at the universty of Leiden in The netherlands. I was planing on biuying something cheap and utilitarian, but something good enough to get me on 40-60km rides. At any rate, I don't see myself doing 60km on flat pedal so I was planning on taking my lake mx60 shows and some spd pedals. I just wanted to make sure that a dutch bike would take the smae pedals and my currents bikes. I figured they would, but I wanted to be shure before I did my packing.

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Pedal thread is one of the few universal standards. Your clipless pedals will fit any crank.
You may also want to consider taking your own saddle.
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Originally Posted by MichaelW
Pedal thread is one of the few universal standards. Your clipless pedals will fit any crank.

This is NOT true - pedal threads are not universal. The pedals of many BMX & department store bikes are 1/2 inch, rather than the more common 9/16 inch.
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