Solida cranks...not Sora for sure

solida cranks?

soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
"SOLIDA" stamped along the side.

regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up. 1/2" pedals are
way too small. is there some non-standard thread pitch for road bike pedals that i am not aware of?
i'm reasonably sure that these do require 9/16" pedals, but no pedals i've tried will thread in...

web searches have yielded basically nothing on this topic.

help?

 

"carlos" <blacksheepQstic.net> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> solida cranks?
>
> soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs
pedals. the threads in
> the crank arms look relatively good, but i can't get any
pedals to thread in.
> what's up with that? the cranks have "SOLIDA" stamped
along the side.
>
> regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a
turn before they bind
> up. 1/2" pedals are way too small. is there some
non-standard thread pitch for
> road bike pedals that i am not aware of? i'm reasonably
sure that these do
> require 9/16" pedals, but no pedals i've tried will thread
in...
>
> web searches have yielded basically nothing on this topic.
>
> help?
>

Metric threaded 14mm x 1.25mm?

I have a set of SR alloy quill pedals with metric threads if you're interested.......

 

carlos wrote:
> solida cranks?
>
> soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
> relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
> "SOLIDA" stamped along the side.
>
> regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up. 1/2" pedals
> are way too small. is there some non-standard thread pitch for road bike pedals that i am not
> aware of? i'm reasonably sure that these do require 9/16" pedals, but no pedals i've tried will
> thread in...
>
> web searches have yielded basically nothing on this topic.

These could very well be the obsolete French size 14 mm x 1.25.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

and: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/french.html

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:09:05 -0500, carlos wrote:

> solida cranks?
>
> soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
> relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
> "SOLIDA" stamped along the side.
>
> regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up.

I don't mean to be rude, but do check that you have the correct side pedal and crank, since the left
side is left-hand thread.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | "Business!" cried the Ghost. "Mankind was my business. The _`\(,_ | common welfare was my
business; charity, mercy, forbearance, (_)/ (_) | and benevolence, were, all, my business. The
dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
--Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"

 

"carlos" <blacksheepQstic.net> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> solida cranks?
>
> soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads
in
> the crank arms look relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread
in.
> what's up with that? the cranks have "SOLIDA" stamped along the side.
>
> regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they
bind
> up. 1/2" pedals are way too small. is there some non-standard thread pitch
for
> road bike pedals that i am not aware of? i'm reasonably sure that these do require 9/16" pedals,
> but no pedals i've tried will thread in...

Solida (IIRC, the other half of Stronglight?) are French-made cranks. They were at one time among
the three most popular brands and were made in both
9/16" and 14mm pedal threading. They are not marked for thread. Do you have the pedals which came in
them originally? Standard thread pedal spindles are marked R and L . French threaded metric pedals
are stamped D and S ( or D and I for Zeus). It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a
14mm crank, making it standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent
LBS can do this in a few minutes and on the bicycle.

--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

got it, DLJ.

yeah....i got the right pedals onteh right side..

and the threads are metric.

thansk all.

c

David L. Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:09:05 -0500, carlos wrote:
>
>
>> solida cranks?
>>
>>soo... i was working on this older road bike. it needs pedals. the threads in the crank arms look
>>relatively good, but i can't get any pedals to thread in. what's up with that? the cranks have
>>"SOLIDA" stamped along the side.
>>
>>regular 9/16" pedals seem to thread in for about half a turn before they bind up.
>
>
> I don't mean to be rude, but do check that you have the correct side pedal and crank, since the
> left side is left-hand thread.

 

I mistyped the French D and G pedal spindle markings

--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

"A Muzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I mistyped the French D and G pedal spindle markings

Not thinking in Latin, then (dexter/sinister)? ;-)

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

 

And if your competent LBS won't, than Andy does a great job. I sent him my Stronglight 93 cranks a
few weeks ago and had them back in no time.

Eric

> "A Muzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a 14mm crank,
making it
>standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent LBS can do this in a
>few minutes and on the bicycle.

 

thanks again.....

yeah, it's tap time.

c

BantaE wrote:
> And if your competent LBS won't, than Andy does a great job. I sent him my Stronglight 93 cranks a
> few weeks ago and had them back in no time.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>>"A Muzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>It is trivially simple to pass a 9/16" tap through a 14mm crank,
>
> making it
>
>>standard thread. You're only removing 0.0113 inches of metal. Any competent LBS can do this in a
>>few minutes and on the bicycle.