On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 10:14:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 9:05:33 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:01:13 AM UTC-7, Duane wrote:
On 31/07/2017 9:44 AM, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:58:01 -0400, Duane
wrote:

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a ride in New York where I had to carry
the bike on my roof rack. I got it set up and went to clip in but my
right pedal was missing. Luckily, I found it on the ground. It came
apart where the pedal attaches to the spindle. Look Keo 2. I had never
seen this. Typically I think pedals tighten with use. Anyway, I put
some locktite on it and didn't think about it.

Yesterday during a ride it happened to the guy in front of me. Same
thing. Came loose at the spindle. His pedals were Keo Classics. I was
wondering if anyone else has noticed this. Seems like an odd failure.

Are you saying that the pedal "body", for want of a better word, came
off the pedal spindle but the spindle itself was still in the crank
arm? Or that the whole pedal, spindle and all, came off?

I've known both to happen, in fact losing the pedal body and being
left with only the spindle sticking out is not that uncommon on
department store bikes, the really low end ones. I saw some on sale
the other day, 26" Ladies Model, single speed, with rear carrier and
front basket... and a kick stand, for US$ 35.00. Take two and you get
a 10% discount, the sign said :-)
--
Cheers,

John B.


Yeah, the spindle was still in the crank arm. These aren't department
store bikes. And Look KEO and KEO 2 are pretty high end pedals. I'm
not looking for comparisons to really low end bikes. I'm wondering if
anyone has seen this with this caliber pedal.

Mine did that -- a Keo, which I took back and got a warranty replacement. One fell apart on a ride soon after I bought the pair. The pedal body was attached to my foot, and the spindle was attached to the crank. I just jammed the pedal back on the spindle, and it worked for a while then came apart again. Rinse lather repeat all the way home from out in the Chehalem hills. https://www.adelsheim.com/assets/cli...e-chehalem.jpg . The nice people at Biketires Direct (sister store to Western Bikeworks) just handed me a new pair. The replacements have been trouble free.

The sense I get is that this a known failure mode, and you should get an easy warranty replacement -- assuming you didn't get them off eBay.

-- Jay Beattie.

The Keo doesn't seem to have any sort of real attachment of the axle to the pedal. I wondered if it wouldn't do that and lo and behold.

There seems to be two different types of connections of the Keo axle. The one you are talking about suggests that it was the left pedal that fell off. I think it is a later design that doesn't have this inside attachment but a much smaller outside bolt. Though perhaps I'm getting this backwards.