rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (04/26/84)
<> >Someone has suggested that I remove the leather straps and just >use the metal portion of the clip. This makes it much easier to >get your foot in and out, and is almost as useful. Aaack! Don't do that. Under heavy load, without the straps, you'll flex the clips a lot more than they're designed for. They're not all that strong, and you can break them. Finishing a long ride with only one clip is distinctly unpleasant. -- ...Cerebus for dictator! Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303) 444-5710 x3086
robertk@tekig.UUCP (Robert Kaires) (04/27/84)
>Someone has suggested that I remove the leather straps and just >use the metal portion of the clip. This makes it much easier to >get your foot in and out, and is almost as useful. >>Aaack! Don't do that. Under heavy load, without the straps, you'll flex >>the clips a lot more than they're designed for. They're not all that >>strong, and you can break them. Finishing a long ride with only one clip >>is distinctly unpleasant. There is however a "mini-toe clip" which is designed to be used without leather straps. It keeps your foot positioned correctly on the pedal but does not provide the same downward force necessary to keep a cleat engaged. It is a destinct advantage over no clip however and it is very easy to remove your foot. I think of it as "training wheels" for real toe clips. The mini clip came with my "Sekai 2400". I do not know if it is sold separately. Interested? Call your local Sekai dealer. Bob Kaires
dsn@umcp-cs.UUCP (05/01/84)
When I first got my ten-speed seven years ago, it came with mini-clips.
To my mind, they were nearly useless--they held my foot in the correct
position, but could almost no upward force.
I exchanged them for real toe clips a few days later.
--
Dana S. Nau
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UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!dsntimw@umcp-cs.UUCP (05/01/84)
I lived in New Hampshire two summers ago, and I was
looking around for a bike. I saw a few people using mini-clips,
they said it was good in city driving. I tried them out and
they did absolutely nothing for me. I could not get up the hills
with them, and in New Hampshire that's all the roads are.
I found them totally useless and would stick be the regular toe-traps.
I use them in city driving with little difficulty.
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Tim Wicinski
University of Maryland
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