[CR]Re: Willing to Mount Clipless Pedals at Cirque...

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:13:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: 6667
Subject: [CR]Re: Willing to Mount Clipless Pedals at Cirque...

Not sure how you would ride the M71s without the cleats, though.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Houston, TX

HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com> wrote: Jerry Moos wrote:

While I'm on the (on-topic) subject, I have a couple of pairs of M71's, and I need to have the cleats mounted on some shoes. I have some retro leather soled shoes for this purpose. Are these simply nailed on like the old steel cleats? Did they use the same nails? Also, I haven't had a pair of cleats nailed to shoes in a couple of decades. Will shoe shops still do this, or will they look at you as if you are crazy? Would they have the proper nails these days? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I can bring my shoemaker's anvil to Cirque if anyone needs to have cleats mounted to pedals. I do not charge, but donations to the Auction Fund are welcome. Heck, you can borrow the anvil and hammer and do it yourself! I'm sure that Proper nails are available, but for the last decade or so I've been reduced to using various brads. If anyone can find a box of a couple of hundred of the proper ones, please let me know - I'll buy them from you. Of course, might need two different lengths. They must be long enough to turn under inside the shoe, preferably after the insole has been removed and will be reglued.

Before mounting cleats, it is really helpful if you ride with the shoes of choice without cleats, to let the pedal show where it wants the cleat. I also suggest putting some duct tape at the inside of the front of the toe clip, to set the shoe back a bit and offset the tendency to jam the foot forward while riding w/o cleats.

Harvey "If I had a hammer" Sachs