Silver, Mordecai wrote:
> John Pergolizzi wrote:
> "This equipment was used by World Professional Sprint Champion John
> Nicholson from Australia back in 1977 ( or was it 76?). He also had his
> shoes permanently affixed to his pedals."
>
> In the 1970 issue of International Cycle Sport, covering the World
> Championships at Leicester, accompanying an article by Jock Wadley are a
> couple of photos showing Nicholson "put on" his bike. He slipped on and
> laced his shoes while straddling the bike, while someone was holding it
> for him. The crowd was very amused by this procedure.
>
> Cinelli M71 pedals didn't come out till 1971, so he couldn't have been
> using them. He must have had pedals made specially for him, I suppose a
> solid aluminum block around an axle, to which he bolted his shoes?
Maybe he had a prototype M71?
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA