No, these aren't overly thick. I meant the really thick ones that were the norm 15 years ago. I definitely noticed a big improvement going from a ~22mm thick to 16mm a decade or so ago.
There was at least one company that put the bearings in the crank arm so the platform could be minimized. With bearing and axle in crank arm pedals could be made with the axle above the platform, like drop pedals. This would make for a very stable connection, a force applied parallel to the platform would want to rotate the pedal to be normal to force. Obviously only one side of the pedal would be used, and frame bb height would have to be correspondingly higher to compensate. I don't know how it'd feel to ride, but it would be a fun experiment.
Jan. 4, 2023, 6:35 a.m. - kcy4130
No, these aren't overly thick. I meant the really thick ones that were the norm 15 years ago. I definitely noticed a big improvement going from a ~22mm thick to 16mm a decade or so ago. There was at least one company that put the bearings in the crank arm so the platform could be minimized. With bearing and axle in crank arm pedals could be made with the axle above the platform, like drop pedals. This would make for a very stable connection, a force applied parallel to the platform would want to rotate the pedal to be normal to force. Obviously only one side of the pedal would be used, and frame bb height would have to be correspondingly higher to compensate. I don't know how it'd feel to ride, but it would be a fun experiment.