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Old 08-29-13 | 11:50 PM
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When a kick tab is not a kick tab

I am often baffled by wholesale ignorance. I good example is the so called Campagnolo pedal kick tab (see below); the reason I say so called is it's not a kick tab at all, yet that is how it is always refereed. A kick tab is the triangular tab the extends out of the bottom of the pedal so you can line up the pedal with your foot; there is no reason for Campagnolo to create a bolt on kick plate because most pedals of the day already had them. What these tabs are designed to do is aid the front of the shoe into a toe clip and non-Campy toe clips did not have these tabs. The tab, part# 7283021 is referred to in the English 1985 catalog as a "fix shoe plate", but better described in Italian as a "Invito scarpetta", or "shoe inviter". While this tab or plate may look similar to a kick plate, it is simply a way to to give non-Campy pedals with a toe clips, the same shoe inviter technology as with the Campagnolo square pedal toe clips.

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