Blind spot

solosuperia
solosuperia Posts: 333
edited October 2014 in Road general
I don't know how many times I have removed pedals, must be hundreds now!
Why does it take me so long to work out in what direction to exert pressure on the spanner?
Must be spatial awareness of something,
These days I just google it, well not Google, Duckduckgo.com.
There must be some mnemonic for remembering which is clockwise and anti!

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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Opposite way to the pedal action?
  • Dippydog3
    Dippydog3 Posts: 414
    Just remember "back off"

    Whatever side you are on, turn the spanner to the back to take the pedal off.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    I also get confused but remember that the drive side is on the right and has the right (i.e. normal) thread.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    Just remember "back off"

    Whatever side you are on, turn the spanner to the back to take the pedal off.

    The spanner motion is circular so I don't find your method that helpful.
  • Buckie2k5
    Buckie2k5 Posts: 600
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    Just remember "back off"

    Whatever side you are on, turn the spanner to the back to take the pedal off.

    The spanner motion is circular so I don't find your method that helpful.

    The opposite direction your cranks turn :D
  • Dippydog3
    Dippydog3 Posts: 414
    Buckie2k5 wrote:
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    Just remember "back off"

    Whatever side you are on, turn the spanner to the back to take the pedal off.

    The spanner motion is circular so I don't find your method that helpful.

    The opposite direction your cranks turn :D

    My cranks turn both ways.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    Buckie2k5 wrote:
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    Just remember "back off"

    Whatever side you are on, turn the spanner to the back to take the pedal off.

    The spanner motion is circular so I don't find your method that helpful.

    The opposite direction your cranks turn :D

    My cranks turn both ways.

    Exactly, which is why clockwise and anticlockwise is the best way to describe how to turn your spanner.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    CLARA

    Clockwise
    Left
    Anticlockwise
    Right
    And theres an A left over but who cares....
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Both pedals do up towards the front of the bike - both pedals undo towards the back of the bike :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Mark Alexander
    Mark Alexander Posts: 2,277
    Lefty loosy, righty tighty. if that fails guess. When it tightens it. try the other way.
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    10TT 24:36 25TT: 57:59 50TT: 2:08:11, 100TT: 4:30:05 12hr 204.... unfinished business
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Have your wrench/spanner pointing forward and move it up and back. You need to say where the wrench is before you start moving it or any description could result in you tightening or loosening!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Sleeper Cell
    Sleeper Cell Posts: 105
    The right hand pedal work in the right sense (clockwise tightens). The opposite is opposite.
  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    What makes it even more confusing is when the pedals need tightening from the allen bolt on the inside of the crank rather than the usual pedal spanner method on the outside as it then reverses the instructions. Glad it's not just me! :lol:
    Vaaru Titanium Sram Red eTap
    Moda Chord with drop bars and Rival shifters - winter/do it all bike
    Orbea Rise
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    handful wrote:
    What makes it even more confusing is when the pedals need tightening from the allen bolt on the inside of the crank rather than the usual pedal spanner method on the outside as it then reverses the instructions. Glad it's not just me! :lol:

    If you pull up and back from the front, as I suggested, it makes no difference whether you use the allen bolt or a spanner on the flat. Not at all confusing! :wink:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Blimey this is starting to drag, it's hardly rocket science is it.
  • Sleeper Cell
    Sleeper Cell Posts: 105
    Bozman wrote:
    Blimey this is starting to drag, it's hardly rocket science is it.
    Exactly. Rockets don't have pedals.
  • ForumNewbie
    ForumNewbie Posts: 1,664
    team47b wrote:
    Both pedals do up towards the front of the bike - both pedals undo towards the back of the bike :D
    +1 That's the way I easily remember to do it as well.

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