In this week's Tuesday tip we're going to be talking about petals
So last night
I was putting on some new petals and as I was putting them on I noticed
Something that I have never seen before and I thought hey if I haven't seen it before maybe there's other people who haven't seen it
What I noticed is that on the pedal spindle?
Where you'd put the pedal wrench on the side where there isn't a slot for the wrench to go on one side
There's some grooves and on the other side
It is
smooth
so as soon as I saw that I
really
I'd just look at one side and I was like huh I've never seen those screws before and
Then I looked at the other side, and I noticed that it was smooth, so immediately. I looked and saw which side was which and
As you can see the left side here is the side with grooves in it, and the right side is the smooth side
Immediately I saw this I wondered huh is it just for these pedals, or is it for others, too?
So I went and got some brand new pedals that I have laying around because I don't like using plastic pedals
And I looked at them and as you
Can see
Here the right side is designated by an R on the top and you can see it's smooth left side
Designated by that small L there, and as you can see
When I turn it it has ridges on it
And I checked another set of pedals that I have inside and it's the exact same thing
Now I know that there's pedals that have different designs on here
And there's some that are designed so that you can use the pedal wrench no matter what orientation
That's in you can use it multiple different ways rather than just on this side like this or this side over here
So not every single pedal is going to be like this
But the three that I tested are so I'm assuming that there's going to be more that are like that
Pretty cool little tip just in case you don't have any other way of knowing and while we're talking about pedals. Let's talk about
Which way you spin the spindle to get them off both sides?
Spin the exact same way because on one side your pedal is reverse threaded
And when the bikes upside down you put the wrench on and you rotate it
Towards the front of the bike when it's upside down
upside down
Rotate the wrench towards the front of the bike to loosen
Away from the front of the bike to tighten, and it's the exact opposite when the bikes right-side up so flip the bike over
And almost drop it
To loosen the pedals when the bike is right-side up you go towards the back wheel
tighten them you go towards the front wheel this is because
Naturally whenever you're pedaling forward you want it to be tightening it more not being counterproductive and loosening it
That's why one side is reverse threaded so
recap
Ridged pedal spindle if your pedals have it means that it's the left side pedal
Smooth pedal spindle if your pedals have it mean
It's the right side pedal if your bike is upside down you take the wrench and you loosen it
Towards the front of the bike to loosen you turn towards the back of the bike to tighten
If your bike is right-side up you turn the wrench towards the back wheel to loosen and towards the front wheel to tighten
so
pretty cool tip about pedals that I never noticed and I don't know if anyone else has either a
Quick tip about how to loosen and tighten your pedals. Hope you guys found something of use in this video and thanks for watching
We'll catch you in the next one. Goodbye
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