You can buy NOS cleats on e-bay sometimes. Use the shoes for a few rides. There will be an impression left by the rear plate of the pedal. Take the cleats/shoes to any shoe repairman and have him align the cleat slot with the impression.
Frank Knox
Greenville, NC
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> I am not really old enough to have much experience with cleats on shoes.
I used toe clips for a few years (bland neonish plastic shoes with pastic
cleats), but recently have gotten a hold of some nice vintage shoes that I
am using. Here are the questions, thanks in advance for answering these.
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> 1) I have a pair of shoes with leather soles and no cleats. Were the
cleats a standard shape back then? Is there a source for these style cleats
today (and nails)? And finally, what was the technique to attach them? The
shoes I have are Detto Pietro with leather soles, air holes and 4 large
rivets visible in the sole.
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> 2) I have another couple of pairs with plastic cleats that are attached
with screws (one marresi, one diadora). The cleats seem specific to those
shoes. I suspect that the cleats will wear out well before the shoes do.
Was this the case? Were spare cleats easy to get? What does one do today?
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> And any other help is welcome of course.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Dan Kasha
> SLC utah
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