Dear Listmembers,
I do apologise for straying into "Off Topic" territory, and must confess, I did not see Dale's admonitions about clipless pedals (probably deleted them because they are OFF TOPIC). I was trying to help establish an actual introduction date, since the accuracy of Chuck Schmidt's 'Timeline' was brought into question, to the extent that the introduction of XXXX XXXXXXXX pedals could be inside the CR cutoff date of 1983.
And by the way...for those of you who are able (I lived in South Carolina at the time) a trip to '2 Wheeler Dealer' would be a very nice experience for any Classically Oriented Bicycle Enthusiast (although the old building was REALLY COOL).
Mea Culpa,
Chuck Brooks
Malta, NY