Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
I learned to ride with straps back in '74 and still use them. I have them on all vintage bikes. It is a preference thing for sure.
Same here -- in 1968 I put toeclips and straps (my girlfriend -- now wife -- called them "toe traps") on my first Bianchi and on my hybrid 12-speed (Sturmey-Archer hub with 4-speed cogset) commuter. I have used them on all of my bicycles ever since.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069