Edited info on Alfredo Binda Toe Straps sent to me off-list by K.D. of Boston. Thanks K.D.
To: <jerry@proactivesports.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: binda
> >
> Your question regarding Binda straps was posed to me, so I thought I'd
share
> with you a bit of info I've gathered.
>
> Binda straps were a first a Cinelli product, developed in '51 (according
to the
> cinelli site). However, leather toestraps, contrary to Cinelli's assertion
as
> being the first leather strap is hogwash. Leather toestraps by numerous
makers
> go hand-in-hand with the evolution of the racing (and per racing) toe clip
of
> the early part of the 20th century, and earlier.
>
> Binda straps of the 50's through 60's had a brass roller. In the early
50's,
> this roller was knurled, but later changed to a ribbed design. The logo
"Alfredo
> Binda" on earlier starps, up to the late 60's (1969, as far as I can tell)
was
> different than later, and sort of Art Nuoveau in shape, with the O, D, and
A
> triangular shaped, all embossed in the leather.
>
> In the early 70's, things changed a bit, with the words "Alfredo Binda"
printed
> in gold or black ink, non embossed, and simple, sans-serif block letters,
teh
> bronze roller being replaced with plastic (white or black). The words
"Bianchi
> Dino" meaning something to the effect of "stretch to fit" or something
like
> that, were embosed on the tab.
>
> I'm not sure when Binda Extras, with the laminated plastic layer, were
intor'd,
> but I think it was sometime in the mid 70's or later.
>
> Hope this helps,