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Old October 6th 12, 07:25 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Sir Ridesalot
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On Saturday, October 6, 2012 1:53:52 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Oct 6, 5:38*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote:

On Friday, October 5, 2012 7:58:46 PM UTC-4, datakoll wrote:


On Friday, October 5, 2012 7:40:26 PM UTC-4, datakoll wrote:




http://sheldonbrown.com/upgrade.html




I was looking for the replacement pedals.




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NOTICE allllllthe way at the end there's a link to rider's with your interests in older bicycles




Interesting article on Sheldon's page.




Indeed, very interesting article! He seems to have disagreed with

many of the modern design trends. I tend to agree with Sheldon.



I'm pretty happy with all of my old Miele steel frame bicycles. I have pedals and toe clips on all but one of them. ...




I can get into my road pedals with toe clips as fast and as easily as I can with my Look type clipless pedals but then need to snug up the straps which means that getting the same security with the toe clip pedals takes longer than it does with the clipless ones.




I usually have my straps set at a sort of compromise length, loose

enough to flip into very quickly, but tight enough to provide just a

bit of security against foot slips. They're tight enough that I can

bunny hop, which is good enough for me.



- Frank Krygowski


That's how I have my toe straps adjusted in city riding. I'm really glad that I found some cleats for my old Shimano N600 pedals as I really like those pedals. I was really lucky to be able to get four of those cleats. I bought the second pair for a spare set.

These cleats are interesting in that each cleat is composed of two interlocking pieces but comes with three parts per cleat. By changing the front section of the cleat you can assemble them for triangular type Shimano pedals or regular quill type pedals.

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