Lemond did that because he was using lace-up shoes with clip-less pedals. Cycling shoes need a strap over the in-step that is connected to the sole if you are not going to use a toe strap. IIRC Lemond was sponsored at that time by Look and Brancale. Brancale didn't make a shoe for clip-less.
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On Jun 30, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Craig Ryan wrote:
> Yes, I think you are right in that it is for support and a more
> positive
> pedal connection. I think it is similar to seeing track riders, and
> some
> road riders using two straps. Probably a sprinter! Greg Lemond used
> a strap
> along with his early step in pedals.
> Craig Ryan
> Central Indiana
>
>
> On 6/30/06 1:04 PM, "Cheung, Doland" <CheungD@bv.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If you flip through a few more pictures, there is one of just riders
>> legs from a tour in the '80s and one of the riders has his shoes
>> taped.
>> Anybody know why they did this? Extra support?
>>
>> Doland Cheung
>> SoCal
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Silver,
>> Mordecai
>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:14 AM
>> To: Classic Rendezvous
>> Subject: [CR]Tour de France photos
>>
>> Some good photos here:
>>
>> http://todayspictures.slate.com/
>>
>> Click on "next" in the upper right hand corner of the photo to see
>> more.
>> The difference between the first two is amusing.
>>
>> Mordecai Silver
>> NYC