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03-30-10 | 12:01 AM

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myclem

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Originally Posted by mollusk

I have become "disengaged" a few times when throwing down.
The first time was with toes clips and shoes with a slotted cleat...That time my foot came out of the shoe and the shoe stayed attached to the pedal.

I did that once when I was about 15 on my old Raleigh Technium with toeclips and sneakers trying to outsprint the neighborhood dog.

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Originally Posted by JourneyLightly

I wrote a dissertation about using Eggbeaters on the road, if you're interested: http://amplewritings.blogspot.com/

Nice write-up. Thanks for sharing that.

Since I'm a "just see for yourself" kinda guy and already have the shimano pedals in my parts bin, I'll try them out.

Thanks for all the replies.

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