Solida cranks...not Sora for sure

"carlos" <blacksheepQstic.net> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs

pedals. the threads in

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the crank arms look relatively good, but i can't get any

pedals to thread in.

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what's up with that? the cranks have "SOLIDA" stamped

along the side.

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regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a

turn before they bind

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up. 1/2" pedals are way too small. is there some

non-standard thread pitch for

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road bike pedals that i am not aware of? i'm reasonably

sure that these do

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require 9/16" pedals, but no pedals i've tried will thread

in...

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web searches have yielded basically nothing on this topic.

help?

Metric threaded 14mm x 1.25mm?

I have a set of SR alloy quill pedals with metric threads if you're interested.......

carlos said:

solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
"SOLIDA" stamped along the side.

regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up. 1/2" pedals
are way too small. is there some non-standard thread pitch for road bike pedals that i am not
aware of? i'm reasonably sure that these do require 9/16" pedals, but no pedals i've tried will
thread in...

web searches have yielded basically nothing on this topic.

These could very well be the obsolete French size 14 mm x 1.25.

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carlos said:

solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
"SOLIDA" stamped along the side.

regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up.

I don't mean to be rude, but do check that you have the correct side pedal and crank, since the left
side is left-hand thread.

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"carlos" <blacksheepQstic.net> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads

in

Quoted message said:

the crank arms look relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread

in.

Quoted message said:

what's up with that? the cranks have "SOLIDA" stamped along the side.

regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they

bind

Quoted message said:

up. 1/2" pedals are way too small. is there some non-standard thread pitch

for

Quoted message said:

road bike pedals that i am not aware of? i'm reasonably sure that these do require 9/16" pedals,
but no pedals i've tried will thread in...

Solida (IIRC, the other half of Stronglight?) are French-made cranks. They were at one time among
the three most popular brands and were made in both
9/16" and 14mm pedal threading. They are not marked for thread. Do you have the pedals which came in
them originally? Standard thread pedal spindles are marked R and L . French threaded metric pedals
are stamped D and S ( or D and I for Zeus). It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a
14mm crank, making it standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent
LBS can do this in a few minutes and on the bicycle.

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Andrew Muzi yellowjersey.orgyellowjersey.orgOpen ↗ Open every day since 1 April 1971

got it, DLJ.

yeah....i got the right pedals onteh right side..

and the threads are metric.

thansk all.

c

David L. Johnson said:

carlos said:

solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
"SOLIDA" stamped along the side.

regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up.

I don't mean to be rude, but do check that you have the correct side pedal and crank, since the
left side is left-hand thread.

I mistyped the French D and G pedal spindle markings

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I mistyped the French D and G pedal spindle markings

Not thinking in Latin, then (dexter/sinister)? ;-)

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

And if your competent LBS won't, than Andy does a great job. I sent him my Stronglight 93 cranks a
few weeks ago and had them back in no time.

Eric

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"A Muzi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a 14mm crank,

making it

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standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent LBS can do this in a
few minutes and on the bicycle.

thanks again.....

yeah, it's tap time.

c

BantaE said:

And if your competent LBS won't, than Andy does a great job. I sent him my Stronglight 93 cranks a
few weeks ago and had them back in no time.

Eric

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"A Muzi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a 14mm crank,

making it

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standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent LBS can do this in a
few minutes and on the bicycle.