Light weight bicycle pedal

A bicycle pedal comprising

• a pedal body rotatably supported by a pedal shaft, the pedal body having planar surfaces and comprising
• a housing;
• frame members disposed inside the housing, the frame members being oriented parallel to longer ones of the sides of the housing;
• a plurality of clamp members, at least one of which is pivotable, the clamp members each being a single unit oriented substantial perpendicular to the planar surfaces of the pedal body and having a central contact surface and clamping means located at a lengthwise end of the clamp member, the clamping member extending outwardly from a surface plane of the pedal surface, the clamping means further providing a central contact surface and the clamping means providing a slideable guided surface acting to perform a clamping movement;
• urging means disposed against the clamp member to contact the central contact surface of the clamp member for urging the clamp member inward, wherein the urging means comprises a shaped bridge spring comprising a deep central u-shaped portion and downwardly-arching inwardly-tapering wing portions;
• and
• a tension adjustment mechanism comprising one or more separately adjustable tension adjustment screws adjusting the tension of the urging means.