Bluemels toe straps

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Any idea if these are worth anything,I can't find any for sale

 

[Sharky]

I'm sure I saw some for about £20 a pair, but keep them. They make an ideal way of holding a tool roll under the saddle.

 

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'm sure I saw some for about £20 a pair, but keep them. They make an ideal way of holding a tool roll under the saddle.

And keep your feet in the toe clips
Thanks for the reply

 

[Sharky]

And keep your feet in the toe clips
Thanks for the reply

Ah, yes. Perfect for use with clips. I'd forgotten about that usage. must be over 30 years since I last used clips!

 

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All 4 of my bikes have them, I have been using them since the 60 so, too late to change now.
I found the Bluemel ones when looking in the shed for something else.

 

[raleighnut]

Put em on the Bay with L'eroica in the description.

 

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[Ian H]

Toe-straps may be mostly obsolete, but they have lots of alternative uses.

 

[raleighnut]

Toe-straps may be mostly obsolete, but they have lots of alternative uses.

In that case put em on the Bay with L'erotica in the description then

 

[Ian H]

In that case put em on the Bay with L'erotica in the description then

Er... what DO you use yours for??

...Actually, I don't think I want an answer!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Ah, yes. Perfect for use with clips. I'd forgotten about that usage. must be over 30 years since I last used clips!

I stopped using clips and straps on the road about two years ago, though I've still got them on the bike that's on the turbo. I've still got some odd straps around, they often come in useful.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Great items to have in the workshop. Ideal for wrapping round the down tube and the rim when you want to keep the front wheel straight on the workstand, among many other things.

Think of them as a reusable cable tie.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Plenty of leather toe straps available, but not Bluemels. They might be worth a bit more than the £6 or so you'd pay for new, if you could find the one buyer who's intent on getting his bike perfectly in period.

 

[woodbutcher]

All 4 of my bikes have them, I have been using them since the 60 so, too late to change now.
I found the Bluemel ones when looking in the shed for something else.

I like them too, straps and clips just look right on a bike (at least to me they do) and since l don't own "proper" cycling shoes, any old trainers do for me,
l'll stick with rat-traps and if they were good enough for "King Kelly" l recon they are easily good enough for any mere mortal cyclist like me