Shoe plates

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Yep, I had those tacked to my shoes back in the day. Some things have improved since then

 

[Smokin Joe]

Yep, I had those tacked to my shoes back in the day. Some things have improved since then

Am I mis-remembering or did the tacks sold by the cycle shops have a special name? I'm sure they did, but I can't remember what.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Am I mis-remembering or did the tacks sold by the cycle shops have a special name? I'm sure they did, but I can't remember what.

Shoe Plate tacks? Never knew a "proper" name.

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Anyone remember these:

They were branded as Jacques Anquetil plates with extended bases to spread the load. I knew a number of people who used them but never adopted them myself — the extensions always seemed to be coming adrift and just looked like dead weight to me.

For a considerable time I used shoe-plates made of hard black rubber. They were remarkably firm and effective and avoided all the scraping and scuffing that went with metal plates. Also, being rubber, they wore out really slowly and retained a good firm grip.

In the matter of toe-straps, Alfredo Binda toe-straps were absolutely essential. Tough as mammoth skin. I never broke a Binda strap, although I once broke a Binda buckle. Alongside Binda straps any other straps just felt like bacon rind ready for the compost heap.

 

[midlife]

Yep, I used the Anquetil ones then moved over to Atalasport shoes that had really stiff soles.

Then used shoe plates that were short but very deep ! No chance of pulling a foot out in a sprint at the end of a crit …. Well, sprint for 10th place usually lol.