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Nick Rearden
12 years ago

That’s the shoe cleats from a set of Cinelli M71 (I think that was their name) pedals. Basically, the first ‘clipless’ pedals although you couldn’t snap in and out of them like the Look pedals they predated.

Scutt Farcus
Scutt Farcus
12 years ago

Old school track cleats!

LP
LP
12 years ago

Cleats?

OlyOop
OlyOop
12 years ago

Nick is right; these are the M71 “death cleats”. The originated around 1970, and were intended to be nailed to the hard soles of cycling shoes. They were activated not by a spring-loaded gate, as per Look and others, but by a slider that locked on a peg. To exit, the rider had to reach down and push the slider in to release the pin. The cleats had no float, but the leather uppers of shoes in those days (“which we called ‘Watermelon Stompers’ or ‘Pinhole Cameras’; and cigars were a nickle!”) had lots of stretch.

I never knew anyone to ride them on the road, but they were somewhat popular on the track.

Here are some photos:

http://curbdestroyer.blogspot.com/2010/07/cinelli-clipless-pedals.html

h2ofuel
h2ofuel
12 years ago

Must be old cleats.

Champ
Champ
12 years ago

It is called the “Skid Mark”. it is an apparatus that is placed between the ole bung hole and the riders chamois to protect your chamiois from unwanted soiling. It didn’t have too much popularity in the US, but was a big hit some European countries from the late 70’s to early 80’s.

Aj
Aj
12 years ago

Used them for one season on the track. The business of reaching down to release was no more of a pain then reaching down to release a toe strap but you had to pull out just so or they’d get stuck. Still have them in my clippless pedal collection.

Adam
Adam
12 years ago

Olyoop- thanks for the info, this new Monday tidbit has been a lot of fun. I have worked in the bicycle industry, primarily as a mechanic, for all of my working career. It’s fun to challenge the memory and learn something new.
I don’t believe I had ever seen these before.

Last week’s Avocet magnet on the other hand, I would be fine never seeing again.

Thanks BikeRumor!

Rogue
Rogue
12 years ago

These are adapter plates for Time shoes to run spd cleats

Rob
Rob
12 years ago

Yeah, I was also thinking cleats but looks like I got beaten to it.

KiwiMark
12 years ago

Cinelli “clipless” cleats. They were my first clipless pedals and I still have them.

David
David
12 years ago

Are those the pedals Ole Ritter wore in his 1973 (?) attempt at the Hour Record, as recorded in the film “The Impossible Hour”?
I remember the narrator mentioning that he was wearing cleats “nailed to his shoes” but the exact model was not stated.

Nuno
Nuno
12 years ago

Pedro’s milk levers.

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