Be envious.

[Sniper68]

Does anyone use an Allen bit on the rearmof the crank to do pedals?

Yes.
Haven't used a pedal spanner for years

 

[Sillyoldman]

Me too. My pedals don’t have spanner flats on the spindle.

 

[mickle]

Can I just point out to the ''I haven't used a pedal spanner in years!!" / "Harrumph, pedal flats are SO last century, I've got Allen key pedals don't you know?!" brigade; I work on other people's bikes including many terrible shitters and sheds.

 

[Sniper68]

Someone’s a bit grumpy.

 

[Paulus]

I like the look of that Hozan spanner but does it work any better than a standard Britool one that's been thinned down on a grinding wheel?

I do have a Park tools PW-3 pedal spanner, and an old cyclo one as well, but they work no better than the long handled 15mm spanner that I have used for years.

 

[Blue Hills]

Does anyone use an Allen bit on the rearmof the crank to do pedals?

wouldn't dream of it and I wouldn't buy any pedal at all that had no flats.

 

[Blue Hills]

Not envious.

have this.

https://rugbycyclerepairs.co.uk/product/weldtite-cyclo-forged-pedal-spanner-15-15mm/

Cyclo users are thought bright enough to not have to read a manual before use.

 

[Nibor]

Does anyone use an Allen bit on the rearmof the crank to do pedals?

No choice but to with egg beaters

 

[Alex321]

wouldn't dream of it and I wouldn't buy any pedal at all that had no flats.

You probably won't have that choice in a few years. Most new pedals seem to be built that way.

 

[byegad]

Does anyone use an Allen bit on the rearmof the crank to do pedals?

Yup.

 

[Blue Hills]

You probably won't have that choice in a few years. Most new pedals seem to be built that way.

thanks for the warning, may buy the odd new one

You probably won't have that choice in a few years. Most new pedals seem to be built that way.

Thanks for the warning, may buy the odd new one,keep maintaining the ones I have. This i suppose is the doing of the metal shaving weenies?

 

[Sniper68]

I think it’s more to do with it makes more sense than weight weenies.

 

[Sterlo]

+1 for the allen key method, seems so much easier to me

 

[Alex321]

Thanks for the warning, may buy the odd new one,keep maintaining the ones I have. This i suppose is the doing of the metal shaving weenies?

I don't think so actually. I think it is just seen as simpler and easier for the end user.

Most of the bike parts now use a hex key or torx bolt, to the extent that anybody doing any bike maintenance will have a set of allen keys, while they might not have a pedal spanner.

Assuming you have a decent quality allen key of the right size, it is also less likely to slip and round off the edges of he flats.

I doubt the difference in weight is more than a couple of grams, if any.

 

[mickle]

Not envious.

have this.

https://rugbycyclerepairs.co.uk/product/weldtite-cyclo-forged-pedal-spanner-15-15mm/

Cyclo users are thought bright enough to not have to read a manual before use.

Yeahbut, it's not a Hozan is it? From Japan.