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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 |
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"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. |
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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. |
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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?). |
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"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 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 |
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there is a pedal that has no toe clip, looks like this:
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photo...-NCL-ANGLE.jpg Don't know where you can just get the strap material, but I think this is what your trying to put together, no? "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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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What are those under the chain ring, looks like a chain idler pully or
tensioner of some sort. Is that(those) a 5 speed, I don't see a lower chain ring. Nice pic. look he http://users.rcn.com/neptunium/img/BIKE.jpg wrote in message ... 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 |
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