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You might run into that 1955 Elgin Bluebird hanging from the rafters. Yes, it's true. The boss never throws anything away. It just magically vanishes from the shop and ends up here. If you've given up hope of finding that low gear pawl for a Hercules three speed, drop Davis an email davis@bikeman.com. If we can't find it for you, well, uh, we can't find it for you.
Do you remember slapping a Fat City bandage over some rock rash or how about hearing a Tioga Disc Drive rolling down the trail. Bikeman still has found memories of the years and parts gone by. In the museum you will find collectibles, components, memorabilia and maybe somethings you totally forgot about. So tighten down those toe straps and come on in.
Retro Grouch or just too smart to follow every new trend in your latest cycling magazine. Bikeman knows what that is all about. Bikeman is constantly finding interesting Old School parts and accessroies in the Attic that bring back both good and bad memories. We hope the Attic What IZIT will do the same for you. So browse our index and test your own Old School knowledge. Each Monday we will be posting a new item for you to guess on.
Covering the latest attic news and product updates to satisfy your old school cravings. Check back each week for updates. If you have a cool bike you would like highlited in the Retro Times drop us a line and include a picture.
Bikeman enjoys leafing through old catalogs from time to time and we know most of you do as well. Here is a chance to take a look into the past with manufactures catalogs for days long gone. Some may even be put up for sale. The catatlogs will be complete in PDF format.
Scott Clipless Mountain Pedals Circa: 1989 Warning these pedals are not for the faint of heart. One of the earliest clipless pedal designs for mountain bike use, the Scott pedal system offered a bit of float and a death grip style pedal-cleat interface that may or may not release in times of need. Clipping into these pedals was a commitment and testament to your skill as a rider. (or maybe you where just plain crazy!)
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The pedals used a basic plate like cleat mounted to your cycling shoe. Unfortunately we could not find a cleat here in the shop for a picture op. The cleat, in theory, would slide under another plate attached to the cage of the pedal "clipping" the rider in place. The release point was back and to the outside, unless the outside portion of the plate on the pedal bent down at which point you planed your bailout with bicycle attached. No real tension adjustment here, unless you consider bending the plate on the pedal down a bit an adjustment.
Made for Scott by VP Components, a company out of Taiwan specializing in pedals and now headset and bottom bracket manufacturing. Introduced as a prototype by Scott in 1989 the pedals hit production for a short time in 1990. We are not sure when production finally ceased, but it was probably just in time. If you look closely you can even see the word SCOTT carved out of the front of the pedal. The cages and cleat mechanism where replaceable back in the day.
Another fine product of yesteryear that has long been forgotten.
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