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From: john@mddc.UUCP (John Pletikapich)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Need Toe-trap Data
Message-ID: <318@mddc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 09:49:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 09:49:33 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Apr-84 00:33:43 EST
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Right now I'm just a weekend leisure cyclist, but I plan to increase my riding 
habits significantly.  Currently, my bike does not have toe-traps.  I've
been on bikes with them, however, and have had some difficulty dismounting
in emergency situations.  I believe I know the idea behind toe-traps (the foot
does not slip off the pedal and the (normally) passive leg is put to work
pulling the pedal up).  My question - is effieciency increased markedly enough
to allow for decreased safety (especially in rush hour traffic on 2 lane
roads) ? Or do they just take some getting used to ?

If anyone has statistics on any of this, I'd also like to see it.
(I like numbers.)

1000 thanks in advance:

john
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