On 3/20/2018 9:13 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/19/2018 10:02 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/19/2018 3:51 PM, wrote:
On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 3:46:05 PM UTC-4, sms wrote:
Yesterday one of the pedals on my road bike started
making noise. By the
end of the ride there was a large amount of play on the
pedal axle. I
was waiting for the whole thing to disintegrate but I
made it home.

I ordered some new MKS pedals this morning, but I'm
wondering what kind
of mileage I should get out of a set of pedals. These are
the original
pedals that came with my Specialized Sirrus. They are
plaform pedals,
since I prefer toe-clips to SPD.

Also breaking yesterday was my Nashbar floor pump, after
fixing a flat
on my wife's bicycle (and the glue in my REMA patch kit
was dried up)
the check valve was flaky and the handle also kept coming
out of the
tube section. Pumped up the tires with my old Zefal HPX.
Ordered a new
pump along with the pedals.

Ate lunch in Shallow Alto where Apple was having some
Apple Pay
promotion at a bunch of stores and restaurants, but of
course couldn't
get the lunch deal with my Android phone. This was
iDiscrimination.

Came home and there had been a power failure and my
Internet was down
because the UPS had blown.

My Campag NR pedals are still serviceable after over 40
years. My SPDs are showing a bit of wear after 6 years.

I've got a set of Lyotard Mod 23s that I bought around 1975.
These things have zero sealing on the crank side bearings,
but they've got tens of thousands of miles on them.
Admittedly, they don't see much rain.



The bearings are remarkably durable in those despite appearances but the
top plate rivets wear through at which point the platform falls off.
After wearing out 3 pairs (10~12 years each) I moved on to a different
style. They are cute, just expensive now.

A couple times, I've tightened the rivets (which are actually integral
parts of the steel stampings) using a hammer and punch or chisel.

Instead of "expensive now" I thought those were completely unobtainable!

For Christmas a couple years ago, I was given a modern copy, the MKS
Urban Platform pedals. I generously put them on the back of our tandem,
so I haven't actually used them myself. But those aren't expensive, and
the bearings seem well sealed.

Those don't have a ton of miles on them. Our tandem never sees rain,
based on my wife's preference, but I suspect the finish on those would
begin to look grungy after lots of exposure to elements.

Of course, compared to the 40-year-old chromed steel of the Lyotards,
"grungy" is a relative term.


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- Frank Krygowski