I clipped a pedal on a 73 Pogliaghi Italcorse bicycle years ago while heeled over in a curve. I went down very quickly and the tubular tires on the bike were pulled right off the rims. I think it all depends on the force dynamics, how fast you're going and how much pedal contact with the road occurs. I certainly wouldn't recommend it as an exercise!
Jim On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:23:23 PM UTC-7, ttoshi wrote: > > My bottom bracket height is 260 mm minus the 170 mm leaves 90 mm > clearance from the ground. This is about 3.5 inches, and I never > worry about pedal strikes (it's never happened), but my pedal isn't > very wide, and this is an important part to consider. I have 42mm > wide tires on my conversion... > > I would run 38mm tires minimum on my conversions if I could (one of my > conversions doesn't have the chainstay clearance). With Xpress, > B-line, Pari-Moto, Lierres, there are great options. The 42mm Hetre is > superb and the 40mm SOMA (is it out yet?) one sounds like it would be > great too. > > I have struck my pedal off the ground a couple of times on another > bike, but I just bounced off--it was more or less a non-event for me. > Has it caused others to crash? > > Good luck, > Toshi > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
