I have a 57 Bleriot with 170 cranks. No pedal strikes in over 2 years with the
bike. However, I have done a little fixed gear riding (where you need to pedal
through the corners) so I may have a more upright cornering style as a
result. Jim D. Massachusetts
--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Dave G <d.gi...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Dave G <d.gi...@verizon.net>
Subject: [RBW] Re: Crank arm length on Bleriot
To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 9:45 PM
Hi Colin,
You didn't say how long you have had your Bleriot or if you have
experience with any other Riv bikes. I assume the Bleriot is fairly
new and your first experience with low bottom brackets.
My past (and brief) experience with bikes in my adult life was with
high BB mountain or hybrid bikes, so the low BB design favored by Riv
did take a little getting used to.
I also ride a 59 Bleriot with the Riv standard Surgino XD2 triple
crank and Tange 113 bottom bracket. My cranks are 175mm, even longer
than yours. I started out with Grip King pedals, chosen partly
because of their design that is narrower in the middle and therefore
less likely to stike. I still managed to scrape a pedal twice on my
first ride when doing low speed 180 degree turns, but I soon learned
what not to do and now I don't even think about it. After a year on
the Bleriot, I haven't had a pedal strike since the first month of
street riding. A bearing failed on my left Grip King about 3 months
ago, so I switched to the Wellgo MG-1. Although this is a wider pedal
than the Grip King, I have not had a pedal strike with the MG-1's.
If you keep having problems, you might try the Grips Kings--but I
think you will soon learn to ride strike free with almost any pedal
given a little experience and care.
Happy trails,
Dave Gist
Norfolk, VA
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