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(This might be badly written/explained because I'm at work, in a rush to write this.)
So struggled to get my old Shimano 105 pedals off last night, after wanting to replace them with the 600's. Took my bike to my LBS. The guy struggled too.
So, pedals are near enough impossible to get off without damage, as I've been told.
He said that there are some long procedures that might make it possible to do with heating etc, or something like that.
Anyway, will have to replace the cranks in order to get to use my other pedals.
Now, the question is... Do I?
He said it was not recommended to cycle with old Aluminium Cranks as they can eventually snap?
The main reason why I wanted to replace my pedals is because my plastic clips are very worn, and I wanted to replace these with metal ones, and decided to go for an entire swap.
It will cost £60 for a shiny Shimano crank set.
Do I? Or don't? I feel it's not worth it at the moment.
105's & 600's ar every similar. So I can just swap over the clips anyway...