General Cycling Discussion - Why are they called clipless?

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jthj
08-27-04, 03:47 PM
Does anybody know why they call them clipless pedals when you clip into them. And the strap kind are called toe clips but they don't have clips. Is this one of those drive on the parkway, park on the driveway things?

karlfitt
08-27-04, 03:54 PM
The older style the part that went over the front of the shoe was (is) called the toe clip. And then of course those type also have a strap, which you tighten to hold your shoe in once you foot is in place.

You no longer have the "clip" over your toe, so clipless.
roadfix
08-27-04, 04:17 PM
Like the horseless carriage, they'll eventually come up with a proper name.

jthj
08-27-04, 04:25 PM
Like the horseless carriage, they'll eventually come up with a proper name.

Or they'll come up with a new system called cleatless pedals. :roflmao:
roadfix
08-27-04, 05:16 PM
When will they get rid of 'tubeless' tire..?
madpogue
08-28-04, 02:41 AM
Because they don't have clips. They have cleats. You click or snap into them.
Prosody
08-28-04, 09:52 AM
Leonard Zinn, in Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Repair, calls them clip-in pedals.
WorldIRC
08-28-04, 04:49 PM
I've always calledem clips -- people know what I'm talking about.
AndrewP
08-28-04, 07:39 PM
I like to call them latch-in pedals
allgoo19
08-28-04, 09:02 PM
I would suggest Locking-pedals.
roadfix
08-28-04, 09:52 PM
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