Originally Posted by gauvins

I've packed our bikes for travel yesterday night. Removing pedals (shimano spd T780) from the crankset (xt 780) has been easy 3 times our of four. But in one case, I've had to use a 25 cm (10 inches) length of pipe in order to get enough leverage to "un seize" the fourth. No big deal since we were home, but would have been an issue had it happen on our return leg since I am not in the habit of carrying pipe lengths when I travel...

The treads were greased and I do not recall having gorilla tightened the pedals last time I went through the travel routine in reverse.

For now I'll just be extra careful not to tighten pedals too much when I reassemble them, and try to live a good life so my karma shouldn't involve stuck pedals. But if there is a trick, I'd be happy to learn about it...