Re: [CR]Look pedals Was: Mavic Derailleur

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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:22:16 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Look pedals Was: Mavic Derailleur
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Julian Shapiro wrote:
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> Didn't Dale choose 1983 because that was the year of the Look pedal?
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> I was riding Looks in 1984, so the timeline below has to be off by a couiple
> of years.

With all due respect Julian, I think your recollections are fuzzy.

Look web site: http://www.lookcyclesusa.com/about.htm "1985: Bernard Hinault takes his fifth, record-tying Tour de France victory on the world’s first clipless pedal. Courtesy of Look."

Jim Langley (Bicycling! magazine tech guy back in the day): http://www.roadbikerider.com/producttests.htm "I've been riding Look pedals since 1985 when Bernard Hinault hand delivered the premier shipment to Bay Area bike shops while he was racing in the Coors Classic."

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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