Re: [CR]truth-telling: the Cinelli M71 pedal

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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 06:26:25 -0400
From: "Jamie Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]truth-telling: the Cinelli M71 pedal
In-reply-to: <40B6762C.6010005@erols.com>
To: HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, themaaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>


on 5/27/04 7:13 PM, HM & SS Sachs at sachs@erols.com wrote:
> Steve Maasland wrote:
>
> I would like to confirm that I exclusively use the M71 pedals on two of my
> mounts. I find them to be the absolute best pedals for the given application
> and have never had even the most minor problem with either locking or
> unlocking the fixing lever. It probably helps that on trikes with freewheels
> you do not need to worry about falling over or locking the lever as the pedal
> goes by... I don't think I would ever use them on a road bike anymore.
> ++++++++++++++
> Steve may be not only knowledgable, but wise.
>
> As indicated earlier, I use the M71 only rarely. Indeed, last time I rode them
> (on a Baltimore vintage ride), I managed to discover that I had engineered a
> semi-automatic secondary release mechanism. While falling, I yanked hard, and
> pulled the cleat out of the shoe...
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________

I have a customer who has been using Cinelli M74's exclusively since they first came out. He has them on 4 different bikes. He says that on the occasions that he has fallen, that the cleats have somehow realized from the pedals with no apparent damage to either the cleat or pedal. Anybody else have this experience?

Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y.