stronglight

Okay, you've got me spinning my pedal fetish thoughts, too. My tastes are pretty elementary when it comes to older pedals.

Lyotard #23 "Marcel Berthet" - Both a sentimental and practical favorite. These were on the first real racing bike I owned (a 1965 Helyett 'Speciale' Track bike). I still haven't found anything I prefer for comfort with clips 'n straps. And, you can use wider touring shoes, since they have no protruding tabs at the outer edges (those darned things always tend to dig into the bottoms of any shoes on my fat feet when using Campy Road pedals). Full chrome plated steel construction, but still as light as most all-alloy pedals of days past. Sleek cutaway design for track racing and good for pedaling through curves when used on the road.

Lyotard #460(d) - Wide and simple, double sided rat-trap "touring" pedals with alloy cages. Simple yet elegant and perfectly functional. Probably 60 years or more after their first introduction now, they are still among my favorites and well suited for riding any bike without toe clips. These were the basis for the currently manufactured MKS Sylvan Touring pedals. The Lyotards also offer a raised "nib" near the crank arm which positions the inside of the shoe to protect the cranks from shoe-rub.

Campagnolo Record #1038 (Pista) - No faulting the beautiful finished and high quality of classic Campy pedals. I'm repeatedly amazed when I open up even the most battered examples and find the bearing races and axles still have retained their original fine finish and are just in need of fresh grease. So often copied, so seldom equaled. I prefer the early chrome finish cages to the lighter black anodized alloy cages... just because I like shiny objects.

Specialites TA pedals (either Road or Track versions). Removable alloy cages in either silver or black (and now hard-anodized gray), grease injector port on the dust covers, beautifully smooth bearings, In my opinion, they're the ultimate in early quill pedal evolution (and really too pretty to even use ). Originally, these were even offered with different cage heights (to better accommodate irregularities in an individuals right or left lower leg lengths - without changing crank arms) and naturally the cages would also remove with simple small Allen head bolts for replacement if simply worn down (like Campy should have used, and a few others later did). And, the cages are reversible, so they include the seperate Lift tab insert - which you can move to the opposite side of the cage as needed. I believe they were still in production, and were never cheap (currently around $200 retail, $157 at Velo-Orange.com).

Dr.Deltron

Anything 70's/80's that says Campagnolo on it!!!

Rally deraileurs & high flange hubs.

And almost anything with cartridge bearings; Phil Hubs/BB's, Bullseye hubs & colored deraileur pulleys too!

But mainly, it's Go Campy or GO HOME. All my bikes, bents included, are graced with at least one Campy part...and a Campy sticker.

My monitor, keyboard, tablet, scanner & both printers are adorned with the Campagnolo insignia.

(all the things I couldn't afford when I was a road hog teen on an old Gitane)

gnome

I haven't acquired a modern parts fetish yet.

I am gathering different types of Sturmey-Archer hubs though. I have an AM, several AW's, an AG, S5, Dynohub mating in the cupboard. I have a FG on a Humber Sports as well. I do like a nice internal gear hub.

moki

now that I think about it, I fetishize almost everything bike and bike related. Wool jerseys, repellent super-bright jerseys, bar tape, saddles, toe straps, hi-lo hubs, Constructeur anythhing, steel anything, classic mtbs and all their yesteryear technology, polished rims, tubulars. Maybe I need to take up collecting porn.

marqueemoon

steel Salsa stems for me. I own 9 of them. Yikes.

WNG

Hubs and brakes for me.
I especially have a weakness for high flange rear hubs. The Campy C-record 'starred' high flanges are pure cycling sex.

sekaijin

As you can tell from the new avatar ... my new Suntour Cyclone 1st-gen RD is my current fetish object.

Can't wait to get the bike rebuilt up with that.

(Incidentally I'm told the bike's 70s Weyless pedals are pretty sexy too)

stronglight

For me it would be...

jeffieh

C'mon - admit it. Y'all have a thang for Cinelli 65s. Don't you?

McDave

I'm perfectly happy with plain ol' MKS Sylvan platform pedals, but as a hunter, Shimano XT Deerhead components trips my trigger.

(see Mt Whitney in my sig for the rest of the components)

cyclotoine

Yes and 67s... and the steel version of 67s (were they called 67s back then?) steel pista bars anyway.

Dr.Deltron

YES!

And covered in cork tape. Which I almost removed so I could have the bars anodized when I did the rest of the components. But I decided that it was a waste of perfectly good tape, so I left it.

marciexyz

I love thsee pedals, don't know the vintage, maybe 90's. Yes, I get your fetish!

marciexyz

wow, clean, you could eat off of that!

Mos6502

All that black rubber and chrome... I can see why people would have a pedal fetish. xD

Or maybe you're more into leather and buckles....

Road Fan

The C-record platform is a work of art!

robtown

A few pedals, several Campy.

robtown

A few more items I've enjoyed working with.

sekaijin

When I brought this bike from the dumpster into Yellow Jersey for a tune-up, a wrench said "you are NOT allowed to take those pedals off, unless you're selling them to me!"

70s Weyless.

cyclezealot

.. Pedals.. ?.. A small piece of the overall picture.. What pops my eyes wide open is the overall bike geometry.. Especially if it is titanium .
that is wise to take in small doses..plz.

iab

I prefer white rubber and chrome. ;-)

Shinjiboy

bling bling

awesome thread.
(echos the guy who said he has a thing for saddles)

RobbieTunes

I like Looks in colors. I gave away a set of Super Record track pedals. I wasn't sure what they were. He was fairly happy.

I like the engineering in bike components, especially RD's.

Oregon Southpaw

As a developing fetishist, I have become obsessed with the patina of use on older components. I also walk past old bikes and sneakily (or not so sneakily) look at their parts. I also really love the look of old Schwinn paint.

Reading threads like this just makes it worse.

Chris W.

For me it's Lyotard Berthet pedals! I also have a thing for Stronglight/T.A./Nervar cranks, Maxi-Car hubs, most anything with a French feel to it!

Cheers,
Chris