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> Does anyone know if I am doing something wrong? Can anyone suggest
> anything to get the old pedals off?
As well as using a good strong spanner with a long handle, the following
technique will give you the best leverage.
(This is easier if someone else is holding the bike or it is in a stand)
Left Pedal:
Stand facing the rear of the bike and with the bike on your right.
Set cranks horizontal with left crank ponting to rear of bike.
Reach through (or over) frame with right arm and engage spanner on left
pedal.
With left hand hold right crank near pedal.
(You are now holding spanner in right hand and crank in left)
Feet apart, back straight; pull spanner UP and push crank down with
everything you've got.
Once it's broken loose, keep spanner engaged and simply use to rotate cranks
forward.
This will unscrew the pedal the rest of the way.
Right Pedal:
Exactly as above, swapping the words "left" and "right"
Ian