Re: [CR]Look pedals Was: Mavic Derailleur

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From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Subject: Re: [CR]Look pedals Was: Mavic Derailleur
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:39:27 +0200
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Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> schrieb:
>Neither of those quotes would prove Julian wrong. The fact that these
>were the world's first clipless pedals (and knowing how much
>innovation was made in France in the 20's and 30's and virtually
>unknown today, I wouldn't even bet they were the first) and that the
>first shipment arrived in CA in 1985, doesn't prove these weren't on
>sale in Europe or even the US East Coast in 1984. I didn't use
>clipless until some years later, so I have no personal recollection of
>the date.

Pardon my ignorance, but didn't Cinelli have Clipless pedals in the 70ies? the infamous M71 suicide-things you had to flip a lever to release?

Martin Appel having just returned from a nice spring ride on an OT (ouch!) bike in Munich, Germany - Sorry, weather forecast was too uncertain to risk getting dirt on my KOF Mike Appel; maiden ride postponed...