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Old 08-21-2004, 03:14 PM   #36 (permalink)
Ilan Vardi
 
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Re: Track cycling question

Harold Buck <no_one_knows@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<no_one_knows-437276.12285221082004@comcast.dca.giganews.com>...
> I noticed that in the Olympic track cycling events they have toe clips
> instead of clip-in pedals. Why don't they use clipless pedals? Or do
> they use both?


This exact question was posed in L'Equipe which gave the supplementary
reason that with a clipless pedal, you could lose mechanical efficiency
through deformation of the top of the shoe while pulling up.

-ilan
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