home made power-grips

Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone give me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable. Any
other ideas?

Keiron

"Keiron (number6)" writes:

Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone give me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable. Any
other ideas?

The genuine article seem to be similar, although perhaps a little
stiffer than the average car seatbelt.

On Nov 11, 8:41*am, "Keiron \(number6\)"
wrote:
Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone give me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable. Any
other ideas?

Keiron

Any decent sporting goods store should sell nylon webbing in various
widths (and colors) by the foot. Try army surplus stores and hardware
stores as well.

They should also have the hardware to attach them to other items. You
want to keep an eye out for something that is triangular shape,
with a slot near one side for the webbing to loop through, and a hole
in the opposite point for a bolt.

Use a flame (well ventilated) to prevent the end from unravelling.
Loop it through the hardware, then sew is in an x-inside-a-square
shape with a strong needle and good thread.

Should be strong.

Haven't made powergrips like this yet, but I've made a harness before
with the same technique, and it was very durable.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:14 -0000
"Keiron \(number6\)" wrote:

Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone
give me insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be
comparable. Any other ideas?

You'll probably want to sandwich something between the two layers to
give it a bit of spring/stiffness - maybe a strip of polythene from a
heavy duty container (motor oil, bleach?).

"Keiron (number6)" wrote in message
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Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone give
me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable.
Any
other ideas?

Keiron


Thanks all for the tips.

I'll doubtless 'stiffarize' it in some manner, or probably just buy new
nylon if it's as readily available as suggested, but i'm increasingly
worried about any holes I have to make in the nylon: should I put those
rivit rings in so the bolts don't shred the nylon or is this unlikely to
happen or will it prevent the bolts locking tight?
Also anyone know of a suitable piece of pre-existing hardware to act as the
front bracket??

thanks

here is another whole package, for 20 bucks you can get pedals with the toe
clip and straps.
https://shop.sunrisecyclery.com/item/11514
is doing it yourself safe?
You want to be able to get your foot out of the pedal occasionally, for
instance when your going uphill and the rear tire spins out and your stuck
there at 0 mph, what will you do if you can't get your foot out- fall
over? - over a cliff- hope not
"Keiron (number6)" wrote in message
...
Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone give
me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable.
Any
other ideas?

Keiron

On 11/11/2008 1:09 PM g wrote:

You want to be able to get your foot out of the pedal occasionally, for
instance when your going uphill and the rear tire spins out and your stuck
there at 0 mph, what will you do if you can't get your foot out- fall
over?

That's not how it's supposed to work?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon

On Nov 11, 2:23*pm, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:
On 11/11/2008 1:09 PM g wrote:

You want to be able to get your foot out of the pedal occasionally, for
instance when your going uphill and the rear tire spins out and your stuck
there at 0 mph, what will you do if you can't get your foot out- fall
over?

That's not how it's supposed to work?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon

Dear Mike,

No, you're supposed to balance like this:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...ute39.jpg.html

Though you may eventually come out of your shoe:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...39pt2.jpg.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:54:19 -0800, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:

On 11/11/2008 2:08 PM wrote:

On Nov 11, 2:23 pm, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:
On 11/11/2008 1:09 PM g wrote:

You want to be able to get your foot out of the pedal occasionally, for
instance when your going uphill and the rear tire spins out and your stuck
there at 0 mph, what will you do if you can't get your foot out- fall
over?
That's not how it's supposed to work?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon

Dear Mike,

No, you're supposed to balance like this:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...ute39.jpg.html

I gotta get me some of them big ol' goggles.

Dear Mike,

Goggles are much more stylish than sunglasses . . .

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...+Bike.JPG.html
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...pd/JB.JPG.html
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...tan29.JPG.html
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...colat.JPG.html
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...d_001.jpg.html

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...ional.jpg.html

Most impressive goggles . . .

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/..._Rose.jpg.html

Robic in too much of a hurry to remove goggles in 1948 . . .
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/..._1948.jpg.html

Robic scouting the road, styling with sunglasses in 1949 . . .
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...c1149.JPG.html

(It's hard to say which Robic photo above looks dorkier, but the short
TDF winner is not as misshapen as he looks in the first photo. That
strange chest bulge as he bends over his flat tire is just his
heavily-laden chest pockets dangling, not the result of a badly
confused doping experiment with female hormones.)

Sunglasses appeared in the TDF around 1950 . . .
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...ttels.JPG.html
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...erton.jpg.html

Goggles are for men, gloves are for sissies . . .
http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...eveau.JPG.html

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...48_02.jpg.html

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/..._GPdN.jpg.html

Why goggles were darned useful back then . . .

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/..._1937.jpg.html

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/...+1950.JPG.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

further insight,
the power grip pedal strap seems to be attached to the pedal via, a steal
plate attached by 2 screws that connect it where the reflector would screw
into the pedal.
On the nashbar website it lists the "more info"
HARDWARE. LENGTH--------11 3/4 IN. WIDTH---------1 1/4 IN.
MATERIALS-----ELASTOMERIC POLYMER LAMINATE HARDWARE------STAINLESS STEEL
USED ON-------TRADITIONAL CLIP AND STRAP PEDALS. ROAD AND ATB. 060898TS
My thought is that being 11 3/4 inches you measure your foot in the pedal
and cut the rest away. I see there is small holes that adjust in what looks
like 1/2 inch increments.
It says elastomeric polymer laminate, you can look that up on the internet.
I think it looks like it has something laminated in the strap to keep it
looped in an arch so that you can get your foot into the strap(crush
proof).
link:
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...%20Accessories
"Keiron (number6)" wrote in message
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"g" wrote in message
...
here is another whole package, for 20 bucks you can get pedals with the
toe
clip and straps.
https://shop.sunrisecyclery.com/item/11514
is doing it yourself safe?
You want to be able to get your foot out of the pedal occasionally, for
instance when your going uphill and the rear tire spins out and your
stuck
there at 0 mph, what will you do if you can't get your foot out- fall
over? - over a cliff- hope not
"Keiron (number6)" wrote in message
...
Hello All,

I'm looking to make some power-grip straps for my pedals. Can anyone
give
me
insight to the composition of the strap material?

I'm thinking that an old car seatbelt (doubled over) may be comparable.
Any
other ideas?

Keiron



G,

I defo don't want toeclips so thats out. I reckon should be fine, although
I'm trying to determine whether the eyelets will make it more so. As far
as
I can see getting your foot free from straps is straight forward.

thanks