One problem with the Lyotard 45D, probably the most common on high-end bikes, if that it is rather narrow. Even with my fairly small size 8 1/2 feet, I'm OK with narrow cycling shoes, but tennis shoes are too wide for the pedal, and the outside of the shoe winds up pressing down on the top of the quill. I've ordered 3 pairs of the current TAs, which I expect are wider. If the 45Ds on my commuting bike (a 1972 Follis mod 172) are French (I have to check), they may be replaced with TA.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
>
> Yes, I have tried them out. I bought a pair last Christmas and installed
them in my Stronglight crank that had previously been tapped out for Phil
Wood CHPs. They work great, no problems. But, going against popularity,
even though they are fine pedals and nice to look at, neither the TAs nor
the Phil Wood CHPs are as light and as free spinning and as comfortable and
as inexpensive as the Lyotard pedals that I replaced and hope soon to go
back to (except that I now need to buy BSC threaded Lyotards).
>
> Daniel S, Swords
> New Orleans, LA
> Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> wrote:> Obviously, there is
some variation among these, and
> > if the TA FR is as big as you can do with FR, it should
> > work OK with BSC. That must have been the thinking.
> Have any of you actually tried these pedals out with an English
> crankset? Frankly I would be reluctant to put any sort of load
> on them. What little experience I have in this area comes from
> a pair of Lyotard Marcel Berthet pedals I bought many years
> ago. Although they were sold as having BSC threads, I'm
> convinced that Lyotard were playing the same game that TA is
> these days.
> Anyway, when threaded into my TA crankset (with BSC
> threads!) then proved to be extraordinarily loose - so much so
> that I was concerned that merely tightening them would risk
> stripping the cranks. I couldn't believe that they would
> sustain real cycling loads and would have the same concerns
> about the TA pedals.
> But I love to be proven wrong, so if there is any real-world
> experiance with the TA pedals, please speak up!
> Best regards,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
>
>
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