Originally Posted by
Popete
But the big disadvantage with hollow pedal extenders bought from an anonymous, unknown person on eBay is that when the hollow pedal extender breaks, it will result in a complete catastrophic failure, resulting in a crash with you laying spread out in the middle of the road on the pavement. Hopefully you’ll be like me, just bruised and beat up, and with no traffic around to run you over and kill you. All I can say is beware! There is absolutely no reason to make a pedal extender hollow, it makes the pedal extender unsafe and prone to catastrophic failure.
So if hollow pedal extenders are "unsafe" what about all the pedals that us the same design? If the pedal extenders are installed properly and maintained you shouldn't have a problem. If they are tight, the pressure on the pedal extender is on the face against the crank arm.They should be fine. Again the pedal extenders are stronger than the crank arm.