How are they clip-less?
09-05-18, 07:48 AM
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How are they clip-less?
I know this might sound like a stupid question but it's been in my head ever since I got "clip-less" pedals and shoes. What's with the name clip-less when in proper grammar it means without clips and the pedals are designed so you can clip-in.
I just don't get it!
I just don't get it!
09-05-18, 07:51 AM
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And why do we drive on parkways and park in a driveways?
They are clipless because they don't have toe clips.
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They are clipless because they don't have toe clips.
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09-05-18, 07:58 AM
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But that actually makes sense about the toe clips. But still think it's weird for it's still a clip. But whatever; just something that was buggin me.
09-05-18, 08:21 AM
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Why do some people call a television remote a "clicker"? TV remotes haven't "clicked" for 30 years and even when they did very few people used one.
More bicycle centric: Why do cranks have "chainwheels" and cassettes have "cogs" and derailer "pulleys" aren't (pulleys)? For that matter why do we insist on calling them "derailleurs" when that isn't even the French word for what they do?
"Clipless" pedals are just like those examples where something that was once used fell out of fashion and was replaced by something else. Yes, we could have called them "clip-in pedals" or "pedal bindings" (like ski bindings which is another name left over from long ago) but the former would have been confusing and the latter would have been too scary...see Cinelli M71 pedals, aka "death pedals".
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09-05-18, 08:23 AM
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09-05-18, 08:32 AM
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To continue the odd English usages: Why do we "dial" a phone? Phones haven't had "dials" for 25+ years. For that matter why do we call it a "dial tone"? For that matter, why do we call cell phones "phones"? They are, in fact, radios that send a signal to a repeater. A telephone sends a signal down a wire or some other physical object instead of sending signals by radio waves.
Why do some people call a television remote a "clicker"? TV remotes haven't "clicked" for 30 years and even when they did very few people used one.
More bicycle centric: Why do cranks have "chainwheels" and cassettes have "cogs" and derailer "pulleys" aren't (pulleys)? For that matter why do we insist on calling them "derailleurs" when that isn't even the French word for what they do?
"Clipless" pedals are just like those examples where something that was once used fell out of fashion and was replaced by something else. Yes, we could have called them "clip-in pedals" or "pedal bindings" (like ski bindings which is another name left over from long ago) but the former would have been confusing and the latter would have been too scary...see Cinelli M71 pedals, aka "death pedals".
Why do some people call a television remote a "clicker"? TV remotes haven't "clicked" for 30 years and even when they did very few people used one.
More bicycle centric: Why do cranks have "chainwheels" and cassettes have "cogs" and derailer "pulleys" aren't (pulleys)? For that matter why do we insist on calling them "derailleurs" when that isn't even the French word for what they do?
"Clipless" pedals are just like those examples where something that was once used fell out of fashion and was replaced by something else. Yes, we could have called them "clip-in pedals" or "pedal bindings" (like ski bindings which is another name left over from long ago) but the former would have been confusing and the latter would have been too scary...see Cinelli M71 pedals, aka "death pedals".
I was SO happy when they finally got a push-button phone with redial and the option to save numbers.
09-05-18, 08:43 AM
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09-05-18, 08:47 AM
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09-05-18, 08:52 AM
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Yeah, I understand the reason for the terminology, but it is funny how they are called "clip-less" yet we "clip-in" with them.
09-05-18, 08:55 AM
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I used to ride flat pedals. My friends would always ask me..."When are your going to ride clipped in?"
09-05-18, 09:03 AM
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Because "clipful" sounds dumb.
There really isn't a clip on either the shoes or the pedals. My theory is that the natural name should have been "click-in", but that the clicking sound was so associated with a malfunctioning pedal that marketing people wanted to avoid it.
There really isn't a clip on either the shoes or the pedals. My theory is that the natural name should have been "click-in", but that the clicking sound was so associated with a malfunctioning pedal that marketing people wanted to avoid it.
09-05-18, 09:04 AM
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Well, yeah, but we clip into them without the need for toe clips on the pedals, i.e. "clipless." They make a toe clip unnecessary, hence "clipless." There's no toe clip on the pedal but you can still clip into it, so "clipless." And so on.
09-05-18, 09:09 AM
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P.T. Barnum was correct.
09-05-18, 09:09 AM
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This was a blinding revelation to me. I had never heard anyone other than my wife (who is British, and therefore lives in a time warp) call it that.
This was a blinding revelation to me. I had never heard anyone other than my wife (who is British, and therefore lives in a time warp) call it that.
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09-05-18, 09:25 AM
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Because "clipful" sounds dumb.
There really isn't a clip on either the shoes or the pedals. My theory is that the natural name should have been "click-in", but that the clicking sound was so associated with a malfunctioning pedal that marketing people wanted to avoid it.
There really isn't a clip on either the shoes or the pedals. My theory is that the natural name should have been "click-in", but that the clicking sound was so associated with a malfunctioning pedal that marketing people wanted to avoid it.
09-05-18, 09:37 AM
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This was a blinding revelation to me. I had never heard anyone other than my wife (who is British, and therefore lives in a time warp) call it that.
This was a blinding revelation to me. I had never heard anyone other than my wife (who is British, and therefore lives in a time warp) call it that.
My grandma had one of those "space command" clickers, and since the frequencies were too high to hear, all you heard was the clicking sound of the hammer engaging. They definitely worked, but the functions were very basic, channel up and down, volume up and down.
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