Retention mechanism, pedal body and shoe cleat for a clipless bicycle pedal
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May 22, 2001
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Apr 23, 1999
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Apr 23, 1999
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A retention mechanism for retaining a cycling shoe to a bicycle pedal, having a solid tongue and groove mechanism for engaging the shoe cleat to the pedal body. The shoe cleat having a forward ramp, and side walls, for guiding the cleat into engagement with the pedal body. Engagement being accomplished by, first, sliding the foot forward across the pedal body, bringing the rear tongue of the cleat into engagement with a mating groove the pedal body, then rotating the foot, out and back, about an axis perpendicular to the top surface of the pedal body, bringing the front tongue of the cleat fully into engagement with the pedal body.
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