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Old 06-04-08 | 06:12 PM
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Is it dumb to try to ghetto out a pair of platforms with some cheap straps? I just wanna see if it can be done because pedals seem to be very spendy, at least the ones I can find.
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Old 06-04-08 | 06:52 PM
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Get some MKS GR-9s with some MKS toe clips and straps and it shouldn't set you back more than about $50 and they'll last you long enough.
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Old 06-04-08 | 06:56 PM
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Is it dumb to try to ghetto out a pair of platforms with some cheap straps? I just wanna see if it can be done because pedals seem to be very spendy, at least the ones I can find.
Toe clips, just the plastic clips, road or atb run about $10. As long as you have box-shaped platform pedals (some now are parallelograms) you'll be fine to outfit them. Personally, I'd do that and then put what I would spend on track toe-clips toward a clipless system.
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Toe clips, just the plastic clips, road or atb run about $10. As long as you have box-shaped platform pedals (some now are parallelograms) you'll be fine to outfit them. Personally, I'd do that and then put what I would spend on track toe-clips toward a clipless system.
I'm going to find a way to give you a dollar for saying "parallelograms"
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Old 06-05-08 | 12:21 PM
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Cool, thanks, I'll post results.
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