[Closed] Pedal strikes are foookin anoying!

i ran 165's on my old spesh supercross. 12.1" BB FTW. still had to time my pedal strokes.

it railed corners like nothing else though...

Forget about pedalling - learn to pump. It is a long time since I had pedal strike.

If they are 5mm shorter, about that much. I get them a fair bit as well on my EX but less since I started seeing them coming and tried to get around them, miss half a pedal stroke or do half strokes to keep a bit of momentum. Currently just hoping to destroy my pedals with strikes so I can get some of the new Crank Brothers Candy 3 pedals.

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Obi_Twa - Member

Forget about pedalling - learn to pump. It is a long time since I had pedal strike.
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Have you ridden cutgate? Its an old river bed covered in rocks - not pumpable!

those new candys with the machined body look lush!

Everything is pumpable.

its even worse when its pissing down with rain and there are a thousand puddles to avoid because you don't know how deep they are. MTFU and deal with it I say!

have a word with Cancellara, he should be able to sort you something to save worrying about inconveniences like pedalling!

I get them all the time on my trance too, I don't remember cut gate being particularly bad but a just mash my way through now. Maybe a slighty firmer spring or a change in damper settings will keep your bb higher longer

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Obi_Twa - Member

Everything is pumpable.
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bollox

Just because you cant pump it doesnt mean that it aint pumpable.

cutgate is deffo not pumpable...........and i can pump.

trance's have a low bb, i hated my spesh FSR for that reason and is the reason i tested my current FS before buying, no technique will overcome a bike with a low BB in the terrain you ride in

Unless you are riding fixed, the majority of pedal strikes can be avoided by riding carefully; CutGate on a 'low bb' Stumpy FSR, no strikes....

My 07 Trance is fine,but then I run a 130mm fork on it instead of the standard 100.It's helps that I'm a bit of a riding god too,big gears are your answer to less pedal strikes imo..... 8)

Obi_Twa - Member

Just because you cant pump it doesnt mean that it aint pumpable.

**** off you cant ride for shit! come up here and pump cutgate!

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[i]**** off you cant ride for shit! come [s]up[/s] down here and pump cutgate![/i]

Fixed it for you..

Ive riden cut gate with killeen....its not pumpable. if you can go win a worldcup too.

Very few things are absolute or constant. I was on Cutgate yesterday, [i]bits[/i] of it definitely can be pumped, pretty much like 99% of all trails. I too had pedal strike but insufficient to report on here, just a normal amount that I'd expect on rocky Black Peak trails.

I'm not sure how shorter cranks would affect the pedalling input and feel for you. I'd be tempted to play with fork and shock pressure / preload / compression damping (whatever settings you can play with) and really concentrate on setting your speed on approach to large rocks that you have to get over. If you've got speed you might get away with a manual to put the front wheel on the rock, keeping body weight forwards and then a shove on the bars to bring the bike up underneath you, all coupled with a stab at the pedals at an opportune moment. Easy! 😉

Different pedals can also help, a thinner or narrower one might make just that tiny bit of difference.

Longer fork. Bit less sag in the fork. Taller tyres. Thinner pedals. SPD pedals. Bit less sag in the shock. Look ahead and plan pedal strokes a bit better. Half pedals. All of the above.

I have a TranceX and the low BB can be a bit of a bind when pedalling rutty or very lumpy trails, or when rolling over drops (2 ring plus back solved that). But the low BB pays off in high speed stability and corners.

Look ahead and plan pedal strokes a bit better......Um, yes....

All the way up/down Cut Gate you can actually see the rocks that people hit with their pedals, they are scored/scratched; look ahead more, plan your pedalling, it's mountain biking and it's meant to be challenging!

I used to get lots of pedal strikes on my old Stumpy fsr, replaced my cranks when they were past it with 170mm XT cranks and it made a massive difference.

I wouldn't go out of my way to replace them just for this, but when the time comes it might be worth getting 170mm instead of 175mm.

I noticed the difference betwwen 175mm and 170mm, you would think that just 5mm is impossible to notice but it is! FACT

I've got one of those '04 Enduro SX's coming and have seen quite a few comments about pedal strikes. I've got a set of 170mm cranks spare and am hoping that those and Pikes will sort it out.

My Epic is prone to pedal strikes anyway so I'm used to riding around the issue.

I was up Cut Gate today too.

I get a lot of pedal strikes. Try locking out the front suspension for the uphill/flat sections.

pick a better line mr j

I've got Pikes on my Trance X (did have 120mm Recons) which has greatly reduced pedal strikes and actually improved the ride in many ways.

come on Rob admit it .... you can't ride for shite ! any tard can pedal in between rough stuff and not strike the pedals. have you tried pumping ?