Thread: Rat trap pedals
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Old 07-08-20, 05:25 PM
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These are rat traps: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7b/63/1c/7...17974c25e6.jpg

These are quills: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01...g?v=1571262527

Both take toe clips and straps. IIRC, Quills are road racing pedals. By the 1970s, they became the pedals of choice in the marketplace for bikes sold by LBSes. The problem is that some of us, including me, have feet that don't fit inside the quill. By the mid-'80s, there might have been good rat traps, but I couldn't find them. Foot discomfort is one of the reasons I gave up riding in the early '90s.

I tried SPDs, but never trusted my ability to get out of the clips in an emergency; besides, I had a hot spot with SPDs. I tried pinned flat pedals and never went back to being clipped in or quills. The flat pinned pedals give me a lot more surface area for my feet thatn the other solutions I tried. If that's TMI, I apologize.
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