Force-saving high speed pedal

A bicycle pedal of high mechanical advantage comprising a spindle adapted to be connected to a crank, a center tube covering said spindle, inner and outer plates attached to said center tube perpendicularly thereto and inner and outer treads connecting the plates at their outer edges, said treads being parallel to said spindle, said spindle having at least one bearing race, said center tube having a plurality of arcuate grooves on the inner surface thereof, said grooves being in a single plane between said inner and outer plates and said plane being perpendicular to the axis of said center tube, each of said grooves having a ball bearing therein, the depth of the arc of said grooves becoming gradually smaller and narrower than the size of said ball bearing in the clockwise direction from one end of said groove to the other and thereof to form a one-way clutch by said bearings being wedged between said spindle and said arcuate grooves, whereby said pedal is prevented from rotation in the clockwise direction and is freely rotatable in the counter-clockwise direction.