Pedal Identification Help Required Please!

[benbonty]

Hi guys, I recently picked up a pair of campagnolo pedals, and as usual, I am unable to determine what on earth they are! Can anyone help?! Thanks in advance.

 

[milosbn]

Campagnolo Athena....1988
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/1 ... atalog.pdf

 

[OldFrank]

and what kind of cleat / shoe does that take?

 

[lewisfoto]

You need shoes that look like this (although the wood soles are not required)

 

[benbonty]

Thanks very much guys, mystery solved!

 

[Simplex]

Why is one pedal plate bent in that catalogue ? Did somebody drop something ?

 

[ORS]

Ah, good old wooden soles!! Always great to see 'em!! Now that I think about it, where did all my 'old' gear go?

 

[OldFrank]

and where might i get shoes like that? What are those cleats called?

 

[bugloss]

I know just the man to get them from. I'll be back in a mo with an address.

dtm0121 on lfgss.com
You will have to register and post a couple of posts etc. then you can pm.

I bought a pair off him last year or

This ebay.it seller 4517yuri Nice guy but only speaks Italian.

Detto are sized in Italian sizes and come up small compared to UK sizes. You can google a size comparison chart. I think 44 Italian is about 42 in UK.

 

[Old Ned]

and where might i get shoes like that? What are those cleats called?

They are called 'shoe plates'. 'Cleats' is another Americanism which has infiltrated the European cycling vocabulary in league with 'clinchers' and 'Campy'.

In the (really) good old days you had to nail them on the bottom of your shoes, hoping to get them in the correct location in order not to ruin your knees by pedalling incorrectly. In the 80's, factory fitted versions were introduced attached generally by nutserts in the soles and allen key bolts for easier adjustment. Every shoe manufacturer had their own unique design of shoeplate and fitting and it was very difficult to get any compatability between brands. That is why you should always buy shoes from this era complete with the correct plates as finding seperate pairs of suitable ones is very difficult.

Have a look on Velobase website, there are some examples of older designs there. Here are some that I still have including a pair of 'Anquetil Long' in their original packaging. These are the 'nail-on' type - which were awkward to fit on shoes that had spring steel reinforcements through the sole.