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- From: meinel@aero.org (Edward S. Meinel)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.marketplace
- Subject: Re: Shimano taking over...:-(
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 16:05:54 GMT
- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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- References: <C14B40.1A3@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <43783@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <MLY.93Jan21131034@atalanta.adoc.xerox.com>
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- In article <MLY.93Jan21131034@atalanta.adoc.xerox.com> mly@adoc.xerox.com (Richard Mlynarik) writes:
- >
- >It seems that large numbers of cyclists (both on the net and on the
- >road) are constantly retiring or throwing away perfectly good
- >components.
- >
- >The only non-broken parts I've retired in recent years are clipless
- >pedals (pointless for the riding I do, though I might consider
- >something SPD-like eventually)
-
- Ah, but _which_ spuds? Shi*mano does it again with their new DA SPDs.
- The pedal and cleats are _incompatible_ with the rest of the SPD pedals.
- Hopefully these pedals will go the way of the Campy clipless paperweights.
-
- Ed (meinel@aero.org)
- 1992 Trek 8700 (daily driver)
- 1990 Fisher Gemini
-