On Jun 3, 10:17*am, Brian Huntley wrote:
On Jun 3, 10:08*am, landotter wrote:

On Jun 3, 9:33*am, Brian Huntley wrote:

A co-worker just acquired a new Flying Pigeon bike in all it's 50
pounds of glory. Unfortunately, the pedals are horrid, and are
threatening to fall apart at any moment.

Can anyone verify if these are 9/16th or 1/2 inch?

The steel cottered cranks look very thin, but that could be simply
because they are steel.

I believe they're 9/16" cottered if I remember right. Easy enough to
pull a pedal and check.

Thanks. These particular pedals have about 25 km on them and don't
look like they'd survive being take off. It's as if they have no
bearing ball in them at all, and are flopping on their spindles.

A set of Union rubber pedals is a cheap and appropriate fix. MKS are
also good, rebuildable, but 3X the price.