Sort of did it...

[ScotiaLass]

Well it's official. I can wield a spanner with the rest of them! Well, if the truth be told I had to get my husband to help. Well, actually, I held the bike and greased the new pedals while he fitted them with the new spanner I bought.
See, I knew how to do it, and what I needed to do it, I just didn't possess the physical strength to do it!

I was guided to an article online (thanks to whoever posted that link for me) which told me how and with pictures..I like pictures, I have been informed I am a visual learner so pictures are always good in my book!
The new pedals are on. I doubt they will make me go any faster but they feel better than the stock plastic ones, and as I am a bigger gal, that can only be a good thing when I'm standing on them, defying gravity!

I think a bike stand is a must.

Yay!

 

[fossyant]

Way to go. Plastic pedals are orrible.

 

[Cubist]

No stopping you now, you'll be churning out custom boutique bikes before you know it.

 

[ScotiaLass]

No stopping you now, you'll be churning out custom boutique bikes before you know it.

 

[MikeG]

Cheat!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Well done @ScotiaLass !
Have you got a link to the new pedals? Was looking for similar, cheers!

 

[PatrickPending]

they aren't always easy to remove - just hope you greased the threads before putting on the new ones. Bike stands are great but personally for removing pedals I'd have the bike wheels on the floor, and propped against a wall.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Well done @ScotiaLass !
Have you got a link to the new pedals? Was looking for similar, cheers!

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fwe/flat-alloy-pedals-ec051358

 

[ScotiaLass]

they aren't always easy to remove - just hope you greased the threads before putting on the new ones. Bike stands are great but personally for removing pedals I'd have the bike wheels on the floor, and propped against a wall.

Yes, used lithium grease.
I wouldn't have put the bike on a stand for the pedals either...but for other stuff it's going to be a lot easier to do if it's on a stand and easier on my poor arthritic spine as well

 

[smokeysmoo]

If you and your hubby haven't got plasters on your knuckles then you haven't fit them right

 

[Kiwiavenger]

If aldi or lidl do the £30 stands again then definitely get one, best 30 bucks I ever spent! Nice looking pedals too, May pick some up for my mtb if I ever decide between flats and spd's

 

[PatrickPending]

Yes, used lithium grease.
I wouldn't have put the bike on a stand for the pedals either...but for other stuff it's going to be a lot easier to do if it's on a stand and easier on my poor arthritic spine as well

Yep bike stands re great for adjusting stuff and building bikes up. Apparently white lithium grease can dry out - someone will no doubt confirm or deny this...can't tell from experience as I just use fairly ordinary grease - same tub bought from Wilkinson's 13 odd years ago!

Bike stands - I got a rather good one from Ribble but I've just checked and they no longer seem to stock it

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Yes, used lithium grease.
I wouldn't have put the bike on a stand for the pedals either...but for other stuff it's going to be a lot easier to do if it's on a stand and easier on my poor arthritic spine as well

Don't forget to remove and re-grease them every 6 months or so. Leave them on long enough, and they can be difficult to remove.

 

[Nick Stone]

Just watch shins, back of calfs with the screws, can catch if your not careful, not that I'm talking for experience or anything.....but they do rock

 

[Saluki]

Well it's official. I can wield a spanner with the rest of them! Well, if the truth be told I had to get my husband to help. Well, actually, I held the bike and greased the new pedals while he fitted them with the new spanner I bought.
See, I knew how to do it, and what I needed to do it, I just didn't possess the physical strength to do it!

I was guided to an article online (thanks to whoever posted that link for me) which told me how and with pictures..I like pictures, I have been informed I am a visual learner so pictures are always good in my book!
The new pedals are on. I doubt they will make me go any faster but they feel better than the stock plastic ones, and as I am a bigger gal, that can only be a good thing when I'm standing on them, defying gravity!

I think a bike stand is a must.


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Yay!

In my opinion, hubbies are there to do the things that us girlies don't have the strength to do (like worming that cat, opening tins of biscuits etc).
A good tip if your hubby is a cyclist and you discover that you have a puncture just before you go out, just swap your wheel for his and then ever so cooly inform him that HIS bike has a puncture in HIS tyre and then - after he has fixed it - swap them back when he is not looking.