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From: grt@hocda.UUCP (G.TOMASEVICH)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Joe Bike V2#1 railing about toe clips & straps
Message-ID: <421@hocda.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-May-84 18:22:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: hocda.421
Posted: Wed May  2 18:22:18 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 4-May-84 01:06:47 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Concerning toe traps, I have stepped in mine under the edge of the sink,
but they caught a lot of 4-legged toes lately, so they stay there.
Anyway, as I pointed out to someone by mail, the legs are a large part
of the weight of the human body, and it is bad for the feet to come
off the pedals and cause all that weight to flail around while you are
going fast.  That alone is reason to keep strapped in.  I did an Artie
Johnson dismount the first time I used cleats, but I would not give them
up now.  I used clips and straps without cleats years before getting
cleats.  Some people think that one should do some riding without cleats
first, in order to find the right place to position the cleats on the shoe.
The pedals make a mark on the shoes where the cleats are to be mounted.
I have a flame about the shoes some people ride in:  They should not have
soft soles, but should be good and stiff so that the feet do not flex
them during hard pedaling.  In the winter I have used sneakers on platform
pedals with clips and straps, but that is for warmth.
	George Tomasevich, AT&T Bell Laboratories