Stirrup?

[Inky05]

Does anyone make a Stirrup for the HST pedal on a BX24?

I get tired of moving my leg so far to change directions...

Also might help with the jerky stops in reverse???

 

[dodge man]

On my Bx, I just slip my foot under the pedal and lift up with my toes. It hurts a little bit if you don't have boots on.

 

[mustangsallysdad]

Does anyone make a Stirrup for the HST pedal on a BX24?

I get tired of moving my leg so far to change directions...

Also might help with the jerky stops in reverse???

I welded a piece of 2" square tubing on top of the reverse pedal...made it a lot easier.

 

[Inky05]

On my Bx, I just slip my foot under the pedal and lift up with my toes. It hurts a little bit if you don't have boots on.

Been doing that too... just thought a strap or stirrup would be nice.

 

[Inky05]

I welded a piece of 2" square tubing on top of the reverse pedal...made it a lot easier.

I don't understand... or see how that would help...

The two are too far apart. I would prefer a simple rocker pedal.

 

[Lunk]

Been doing that too... just thought a strap or stirrup would be nice.

Check out the local bike shop. They may have a stirrup designed for bicycle pedals that may be easily retro-fitted.

Otherwise I'd take a look at bending one out of strap iron, and tack welding it to the pedal. If you do that, make sure it's big enough to fit your winter booties!

 

[mustangsallysdad]

I don't understand... or see how that would help...

The two are too far apart. I would prefer a simple rocker pedal.

It's still a rocker pedal...it allows me to go forward or reverse without taking my foot off the pedal...the piece of tubing is used to decrease the distance fore and aft.

 

[Inky05]

It's still a rocker pedal...it allows me to go forward or reverse without taking my foot off the pedal...the piece of tubing is used to decrease the distance fore and aft.

So I guess a top view would look sorta like this:...?

 

[mustangsallysdad]

So I guess a top view would look sorta like this:...?

Close...same principle...it also decreased the amount of force required to engage...for some reason (never really dug into it) reverse travel seems a little stiffer and it helped with that (right knee is arthritic).