Yep, it's the narrow width that creates this dependency because there is only one exact position the pedals only just squeeze into. With a wider width there would be more positions forward and back the pedals would work in.
If I was someone buying now I would mod the width immediately before giving up the old desk. For me Im already heavily using this as my only computer desk, so I'm going to get another base and mod that then do the switcheroo.
