rjhammett

A file cabinet drawer full of them.

iab

Ucco Torino

juvela

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thanks for sharing some Way-Assauto!

had seemed to me a lacuna in the postings

firm ceased fabrication of cycle fittings about MCMLXXII but yet in operation today following other pursuits

https://www.wayassauto.com/en/


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merziac

You're welcome, I have 2 pair of these, one set is on the 58 Paramount and the other set may go on a 59 when I get there.

They seemed reasonable for these but what do I know.

iab

Could be Sheffield, but other companies made pedals with the felt inserts.

merziac

smontanaro 

I've never seen pedals like that before. What was the felt insert supposed to do?

iab

Provide "grip". Just another in a long line of bicycle marketing claims.

bulgie 

My understanding, dunno how I arrived at it, was the felt stuck up further when new, it is worn down here. I think it was to prevent worn spots on your expensive leather-soled shoes. Don't quote me on that, it's a guess.

mpetry912 

This was a fun thread. Did anybody mention the Cinelli M-71 so-called "death" pedal ?

/markp

Writenride 

Ok, I’ve never heard of a “Death” pedal before. Death to exposed shins?

iab

I have never used them, but I believe the act of clipping out is akin to an easter miracle. I'll let those in the know chime in.

RCMoeur 

I think they were intended for track use only. But like any other warning, someone had to say "hold my bidon and watch this..."

The shins were at the least risk. Imagine a pedal you couldn't pull out of.

As I recall, to release the cleat the rider (or an assistant) needed to slide over the black mechanism visible to the front (it also slides the other way to secure the cleat). Until this was done, the pedal and cleat were most securely fastened together. Wherever the pedal went, the rider's foot was doomed to follow, until the pedal or crank broke or the foot came out of the shoe (or something else came apart). A true commitment to efficient force transfer.

steelbikeguy

to help spread the knowledge of the Cinelli M-71 pedal, let me share a couple of photos....
These are of a Cinelli bike that Harvey Sachs displayed at one of the last Classic Rendezvous gatherings. The bike was equipped with the M-71 pedal, and Harvey displayed it with a shoes attached to the pedals. Pretty cool!





The sliding latch is on the front half of the pedal, and it looks like you'd have to reach under the shoe and slide the latch inboard to release the shoe.
Definitely not as easy as just loosening a toe strap.

Steve in Peoria

JohnDThompson 

I know more than a few people who tore the cleats out of their shoes in a panic stop with those pedals.

milesfromhome

There are little hearts on the pedals of the Peugeot Jubilee in my albums, that I cannot share yet as a newbie! Open to thoughts on the best way to polish them up.

merziac

Post the pics in the album on your homepage and they may get moved here.

Are they chrome or alloy.

milesfromhome

I *believe* that the album I made on here is public but I could be wrong in any number of ways. Apologies.

merziac

No worries and this is what we lovingly refer to as a BSO, bicycle shaped object.

And while maybe a perfectly good bike that is somewhat bottom of the line, all steel for the most part, heavy and can be very tedious to work on with minimal value.

The pedals are mainly stamped steel and will not really polish up, again minimal return for the end result.

This bike appears to be in pretty good shape and may be a fine rider but the effort would be much better expended on a more worthy example.

Again, no worries, IMO and just my 2c.

milesfromhome

Well not to derail a perfectly good thread much but a) I love it b) I am five feet tall and have been keeping an out out for a cheaper old steel road bike that will fit me, and it's kids bikes or nothing, it seems, so I have accepted that highest quality is not what mostly goes into those, and c) I'm just riding around, I don't need to win races or maximize value. I'm gonna wind flowers through the bars and take it to Bike Party. :-)

clubman 

Nothing wrong with any of this. You're a good candidate for a quality mtn bike frame from the early 90's. Lot's of smaller frames that can be modded to suit your needs.

Chombi1 

Fanciest pedals I have are my Ti axled Superleggeri Campagnolo quill pedals. One of the quirks that these pedals have is the smaller than usual bearing size that makes it a real pain to service, as the bearings do not want to stay put when reassembling the pedals when servicing them.

My entry for the esoteric category for pedals are these Stronglight PR300 pedals which were not issued in any significant numbers. It's the lightest C&V pedal set I have, so far. I think getting close to the weight of Assos pedals made of similar materials.....
I think these could actually be prototypes, as the box it came in was totally unmarked and the Stronglight logo does not exist the bodies unlike the few that I have seen so far. It also has aluminum screws used to mount the aluminum cages to the resin bodies, again, unlike the few others I have seen of these pedals that use steel screws.....

iab

Sheffield 960

iab

Way Assauto

merziac

Yessir, I get it, please trust me on this.

I'm on the opposite end of this at 6ft tall with a 38in inseam I need a bike that fits someone much taller without the reach to go with it.

Just finding tall enough ones is hard enough, I have a few but I also have several that are almost tall enough but not quite right.

Its all good, no one knows better than I that we gotta do what we gotta do.