MTB pedals on a road bike?

Mark Hickey wrote in message . ..
"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

A lot of very serious riders use double-sides SPDs on their road bikes.

The vast majority of miles I put on my road bike are with double-sided
SPDs (Ritchey, actually), for all the reasons Mike mentioned.


Ditto here. I use double-sided SPD pedals (elderly Shimano PD-M737's
for the most part) even though most of the riding I do is on the road.
Far more convenient than even the single-sided SPD's I've tried.

Jeff

Hi Rick, Congrats on the new purchase of the Bianchi. $380 Sounds
great to me for a like new Bianchi Veloce. Crank Pedal threads on the
Bianchi should be 9/16"x20.
I guess the bottom line is, is to use what you like the best. I
recommend just buying another set of Pedals, and leave them on the
Bianchi. Not really a good idea to be constantly taking them on, and
off. These newer MTB Pedals are not all that expensive.

Don't forget to coat the pedal threads with some Anti-Seize before
installing them. Any Auto Parts store, and Wally World will carry
small tubes of this stuff. Enjoy the "new" bike, Mark


Mountain Bike Pedalrickn rickn wrote in message ...
Gents:
I just purchased a "like-New-1997-Bianchi-Veloce" on ebay for $380.00.
Italian made, steel frame, Campy equiped.
To me, this sounded like a good deal. Please tell me you agree.

On to my silly-question-of-the-day:
I will need to buy pedals for the bike.
I already own a pair of SPD-mountain bike shoes and I am cheap.
Will I be able to mount mountain bike pedals on this bike?
Is there any reason not to?
I would like to be able to swap the pedals from my road bike to mountain
bike as necessary. (However, I am not yet sure if the crank-threads are
the same from bike-to-bike.)

Thanks,
Rick

My answer is pretty much the same as everyone else's. For week long
tours such as RAGBRAI, BAK, CNC, CANDISC, Pedal the Peaks, I put my
double sided SPD747 pedals on my beautiful Waterford 1200 with
wonderful Campagnolo Chorus. And use my mountain bike shoes. These
are all week long 500 mile rides. On loaded tours I also use the
SPD747 pedals on my touring bike. Walking around lunch stops, sag
stops, campgrounds, scenic overlooks, etc., its easiest to use SPD
style pedals and shoes.

For dedicated road rides such as brevets, one day road rides, I put on
the Time Equipe road pedals. On these rides I am covering miles and
not spending much time walking around off the bike. Road pedals are
superior for actually pedaling. But on many rides the ease of off
bike wwlking is better to have.



rickn rickn wrote in message ...
Gents:
I just purchased a "like-New-1997-Bianchi-Veloce" on ebay for $380.00.
Italian made, steel frame, Campy equiped.
To me, this sounded like a good deal. Please tell me you agree.

On to my silly-question-of-the-day:
I will need to buy pedals for the bike.
I already own a pair of SPD-mountain bike shoes and I am cheap.
Will I be able to mount mountain bike pedals on this bike?
Is there any reason not to?
I would like to be able to swap the pedals from my road bike to mountain
bike as necessary. (However, I am not yet sure if the crank-threads are
the same from bike-to-bike.)

Thanks,
Rick

(Mark) wrote:

Don't forget to coat the pedal threads with some Anti-Seize before
installing them. Any Auto Parts store, and Wally World will carry
small tubes of this stuff. Enjoy the "new" bike, Mark

There's no need for anti-seize here, as ordinary grease will do the job
just as well, is cheaper and is already wherever bikes are worked on.

--
Ted Bennett
Portland OR

Frogs here also on all my three road bikes and MTB. Fours sets of pedals,
one pair of shoes!

Dan Hertlein

"Eagle Jackson" wrote in message
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I use mtb pedals -- Speedplay Frogs -- on all my bikes: road, mtb,
touring.

With stiff soled shoes, like Sidi Dominator 4's, I don't see any
disadvantages on the road and plenty of advantages (eg ease of
walking; also I like the float of the Frogs better than the Speedplay
X/2's, which I used previously).

"Russell Seaton" wrote

Road pedals are
superior for actually pedaling.

How so?

(Russell Seaton) wrote in message
Road pedals are superior for actually pedaling.

Or do you mean, people who use road pedals feel superior?

The issue may be shoe stiffness not pedals. FWIW, Frog II cleats can
be used on road shoes.

I use single-sided SPD pedals because I use the SH-71 SPD road cleat (with
"pontoons") on road shoes, and the double-sided pedals (Icon brand) which I had
didn't work very well with the road cleat. It was hard to clip in. Has anyone
any experience using the SH-71 cleats with the new Shimano double-sided pedals
(959, 540 or 520)?

Ted, Grease is certainly NOT a satisfactory substitue for an
anti-seize compound. Being a mechanic by trade for 30+ years, I've
seen other guys use regular grease to coat threads on bolts, etc., and
seen these same bolts snap, or strip whatever they were threaded into
further on down the road. (Especially with dissimilar metals)

You might think grease is better than nothing, but in most case gives
absolutely no improvement vs nothing at all. Read up on this.

Really, does it pay to cheap out for a $3 tube of Anti-seize? As
mentioned before too, constantly changing out Pedals over, and over
isn't a good idea either. Mark

Ted Bennett wrote in message ...
(Mark) wrote:

Don't forget to coat the pedal threads with some Anti-Seize before
installing them. Any Auto Parts store, and Wally World will carry
small tubes of this stuff. Enjoy the "new" bike, Mark

There's no need for anti-seize here, as ordinary grease will do the job
just as well, is cheaper and is already wherever bikes are worked on.

(NeauDL) wrote in message ...
I use single-sided SPD pedals because I use the SH-71 SPD road cleat (with
"pontoons") on road shoes, and the double-sided pedals (Icon brand) which I had
didn't work very well with the road cleat. It was hard to clip in. Has anyone
any experience using the SH-71 cleats with the new Shimano double-sided pedals
(959, 540 or 520)?

I've used SH71's in double sided 525's and similar pedals. Also have
used the double sided cleats (the name of which escapes me right now)
in the single sided SPD road pedals. There was no perceptible
difference.

The ICON pedals probably didn't use the actual SPD cleat.

Pontoons were mostly to keep you from grinding down the cleat edge
whle walking.

-- Jim

(now happily using ATAC's for double-side pedals)