Actually, some cycling shoe brands supplied their Look compatible shoes als o with cleats meant for traditional quill-pedal-toe-clip use. I have several of those cleats lying around here, two Diadora pairs, one Avia, and one pair unmarked. They had to be fastened to a different set of threads in the sole than the Look pattern though. One of the shoes they cam e with were Diadora Ergo's.
If anyone is interested in these cleats, they're available for the postage!
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
2006/5/4, henox <henox@icycle.net>:
>
> I'm occasionally asked if anyone makes toeclip/strap type shoe cleats
> that will mount to contemporary 3 bolt mount road shoes. I usually say
> no and even if there were they might not work well because of
> interference between the toe clips and straps and the shoe closure
> system (usually velcro straps).
>
> Anyway, a customer recently piped up that years ago some U.S.
> entrepreneural type had made just such an adapter cleat, invested in the
> injection mold tooling, the whole bit..........probably just before the
> cycling world switched to clipless pedals.
>
> Does anyone know who this was and whether this product was ever really
> on the market since I don't remember ever seeing or hearing about it
> (and I've gone to all the west coast bike shows since they started being
> held in the '70's).
>
> What do list members do for shoes to use with standard pedals on their
> period correct restored bikes???
>
> Hugh Enox
> overcast in La Honda but sunny at Skyline and over the hill