left crank problem

tonyangelino

Anybody ever hear of this? Left a bike in for a few bits and pieces. The guys put my chainset on-Ive never used this chainset as I bought it with a frame etc.
Says the left crank will only take a right pedal and the normal left pedal wont go on. How is this possible? The bottom bracket was taken out previously and put back in.The guys are very helpful in fairness but ive never seen or heard of this before.Any ideas?

kenmc

Any pedals I've ever seen has a different thread for the left than the right. So by logical conclusion, the left crank must, therefore, accept a left pedal, otherwise it's a RIGHT crank.
Delayed april fools joke?

tonyangelino

I know-it does sound like one but this is what was told to me. Im cycling over twenty years and never heard of anything like it-the chainset is an older ultegra.

kenmc

And does the right crank take the left pedal then?

Holyboy

Has the chainset ever been used before, did you buy it second hand?

tonyangelino

kenmc wrote: »

And does the right crank take the left pedal then?

no its correct.

07Lapierre

The previous owner "forced" a right hand pedal onto the left-hand crank?
( i've seen this before)