Straps and toe clips are far more difficult to get out of (at lights and such) if they are properly tightened, and if they aren't properly tightened, they don't provide sufficient retention, in my experience.

Just got my Bikeage straps and Twisted pc pedals. They work perfectly with my bulky running shoes.

Look at that hipster!

How do you like them TT? Did you get to go for a ride and try them out?

Don't outrun your headlight, TT.

Yeah, I rode them a few miles with the straps set a bit loose and they are really nice. Certainly, they are far better than anything else with running shoes, vastly better than toe clips with single straps. I was surprised that they are really easy to get into, because they hold their shape like a horse riding stirup, but still do a good job retaining the foot when pulling up. You did a good job with the design and the quality is evident.

TT, you're so rad!

its nice to se someone older than me trick out their bike

That's the short description I've been trying to come up with.

I think they're super comfortable. The first version of our straps were good but a lot of testing went into the V1.5s to get them to a point where everyone involved was totally stoked about them. We haven't gotten any gripes yet after selling a ton of them so I guess it was worth it.

Thanks again TT.

TT, you are without a doubt, a ******

Scrod, you should have a section on your site for customer testimonies about the straps. Moar coding, yay!

inorite

I heard he's going to drop a sweet edit collabo soon.

Which is exactly what I'm looking for. My toe clips were destroying my beautiful, size 13 Sambas, and that can't happen!!=) Besides, my toes hurt like hell too on longer rides, though that seems inferior to the vanity of the mighty Sambas. I don't want to go clipless since I like being able to hop on and ride regardless of which shoes I'm wearing.

Thanks for the DIY info, m0h3k4n. Saw that link too and was contemplating it. But the Bikeage seem like the ideal solution and I figured I've been parasitic enough in using much of Scrod's advice in putting together my ride, so I don't mind dropping the money there. Too bad I didn't order two days ago, before the Retrogression transformation (and the new price...). Still a brilliant deal.

Thanks for all the advice.

lol i have both white and black original sambas....and a coveted pair of black/white/red 84 sambas ;p although the classic samba is by far my numero uno go-to shoe. lol sorry had to geek out about sambas.

oh and numero dos is adidas shelltoes. they are actually nice for street riding in, on the somewhat bulky side yes, but the shell does provide toe protection from the pain of metal clips. also velo orange has leather wraps for your clips that help a bit as well.

that being said i have had holdfasts on my current FG and enjoyed them, definitely easier to get into, and felt solid when pulling up. however the vain part of me cant help but like the look of doublestraps (maybe its the brown leather)

any leather bikeage straps in the works to match my other brooks crap?
oh the vanity

ps TT looks straight gangster in that pic.

Taiwan heard about you hipsters and your new school toe straps and started making these for ~25 bucks retail... https://www.prymegear.com/parts/footstraps.php

+1

Only thing missing is a pair of wayfarer style glasses.

On another note; I found a orange seatpost for naranja:



It's by origin 8; the color matches up very well.

their retina will be scorched already anyway!

Exactry. Why not shave off a couple milliseconds in the process?

your straps are a valiant effort - they might not look all that sexy but as i sit here next to my sewing machine and a pile of neon yellow tubular webbing - i can appreciate the thught and effort that you must have put into them. im leaning toward some d-rings if I can find some.

well done.

TejanoTrackie - what sort of tires are you rolling with?

TejanoTrackie - what sort of tires are you rolling with there?

His rolling fyxation sessions in orange. They're tarck tires!
Great tires in my opinion although I have them on a freestyle volume cutter set up back home.

thank you! - they look better on a bike than on fyxation's website! nice and hardy looking.

Why not skid with them?

happypills - i dont see how you fit that like, 49 leader with that 56 or so motobecane - which, btw, looks awfully familiar. have you posted it before?

Lol that's not my bike, I was just using it as reference toward tejano's naranja, how he should get an orange seatpost aswell; and the leader I just built up at the moment is a 51cm, a tad bit small if you look at the seatpost height (although I mentioned the fact in my post where I posted pics of it). Yes it is actually 51 despite it looking like a 49cm; I was shocked when I opened the box from coghouse and pulled it out; but it's stamped 51 on the BB shell with the serial and model number.

Because the little metal brackets that hold the straps to the pedals aren't very strong and will break.