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Old 11-02-20 | 11:44 AM
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Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

Do your pedals have black anodized aluminum or chrome steel rattraps? If steel, the Exustar aluminum track cleats work very well LOOK 3-bolt pattern so any modern racing shoe works and the cleats are as will made and thought out as any back in the day. I've been running those cleats on Lake shoes and the Dura Ace or 600 pedals on all my fix gears the past 20 years. Aluminum cleats will mess up nice aluminum rattraps quickly but barely touch the hard chrome. In 20,000 miles, chromed steel rattraps look used but ready for the next 20,000.

Aluminum cleats on chrome steel rattraps rule if you like to pull up, sometime hard and want to keep toestrap tensions reasonable. The aluminum cleat binds with the metal pedal with pressure and tends not to slip. Plastic cleats are the opposite. (There is a two pedal stroke steep grade in Portland which is the ultimate cleat/toestrap/system test on my fix gears. Less than very good and I pull out and have to walk. With plastic cleats I have to tighten the straps until they hurt the bones in my feet.
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