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MTB pedals on a road bike?
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 |
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rickn wrote:
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.) Yes, they are. Remember the left pedal is reverse-threaded, though. Make sure you put the right pedal on the right side, so you don't strip the threads. MTB pedals are fine. IMO they're better because they have clips on both sides. Single sided road pedals are inconvenient, and usually more expensive. There's no reason to bother with them unless you need one of the larger platform designs. Most people don't. I use the same MTB pedal on both my road and mountain bikes. When I bought my road bike, I looked for another pair of my old Shimano SPDs on eBay. I paid $20 for some NOS, in a factory box w/ new cleats, and I couldn't be happier. Matt O. |
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rickn wrote:
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.) Yes you can use the same type of pedal and Yes the threads are the same (so you'd need only one pair of shoes for both bikes.) -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:49:16 -0400, rickn rickn wrote:
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. Without seeing the bike, hard to say for certain. But every Veloce owner I have known has been happy with their bike. 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? Yes. Is there any reason not to? You will have some bicyclist look at you with derision. Hopefully you can find better things to do with your time than take these people seriously. Beyond that, no significant reason not to do this. 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.) The threads will be the same. You will probably get tired of swapping, though, so plan on another set of pedals in the near future |
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Dan Daniel wrote in
: You will have some bicyclist look at you with derision. Hopefully you can find better things to do with your time than take these people seriously. Beyond that, no significant reason not to do this. Challenge them to race up the longest, steepest hill in your area. If you win, they won't sneer at you any more. If you lose, well ... |
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MTB pedals on a road bike?
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? Yes. Is there any reason not to? You will have some bicyclist look at you with derision. Hopefully you can find better things to do with your time than take these people seriously. Beyond that, no significant reason not to do this. Oh gosh, hopefully not! It would be at least partly my fault, as I've been part of various bicycle product meetings at TREK where I've pushed strongly for double-sided SPD pedals on all road bikes up to $1700 (which means all road bikes that come with pedals, since the more-expensive models come without any). I've noted no "derisive" resistance to them whatsoever. People often change to a lighter-weight "road" pedal (most often Speedplays, sometimes Looks), but rarely is this accompanied with remarks regarding the suitability of "mountain bike" pedals on a road bike. A lot of very serious riders use double-sides SPDs on their road bikes. Many simply find them more practical; if they're doing a long ride or tour, they have an easier time getting around when off the bike. I definitely could have used something more practical than my lightweight Speedplay X2 setup when I was up on the Tourmalet last July, waiting & walking around for four hours before the Tour de France came through. Pretty much ruined a pair of shoes in that one outing! (But it was worth it- check out http://www.ChainReaction.com/france0....htm#tourmalet) --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com "Dan Daniel" wrote in message ... On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:49:16 -0400, rickn rickn wrote: 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. Without seeing the bike, hard to say for certain. But every Veloce owner I have known has been happy with their bike. 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? Yes. Is there any reason not to? You will have some bicyclist look at you with derision. Hopefully you can find better things to do with your time than take these people seriously. Beyond that, no significant reason not to do this. 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.) The threads will be the same. You will probably get tired of swapping, though, so plan on another set of pedals in the near future |
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"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. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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MTB pedals on a road bike?
Others have already answered yes and several have offered up lightness
and speedplay (presumeably because of float) as road options. I also use SPD pedals- WTB 250 "Stealth" in my case. They are quite cheap (I haven't paid more than $50 off ebay or on-line), light and offer adjustable float. Bebop are another option but they are more expensive. 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? |
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MTB pedals on a road bike?
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). |
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MTB pedals on a road bike?
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:49:16 -0400, rickn wrote:
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. A deal you are happy with is a good one. Sounds like a good bike for not much money to me. 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? Yes Is there any reason not to? No. 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.) Threads are the same. Only low-end bikes with Astabula cranks tend to have a different size. -- David L. Johnson __o | When you are up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember _`\(,_ | that your initial objective was to drain the swamp. -- LBJ (_)/ (_) | |
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