Delta Cycle Bike Strapless Toe Clips

Full marks to the retailer. I got the toe clips the day after I ordered them. They were well packaged and exactly as described. I would use this retailer again.I bought these strapless toe clips to replace my strapped toe clips when I had to replace my road bike pedals after one of them sheared off. They are a good replacement for the strapped toe clips and perform more or less identically. I have always ridden with toe clips, as opposed to using clipless pedals, which require the rider to have specialised bike shoes with cleats to clip into them. There are comments in other reviews about these toe clips not being robust enough for hard racing. They are not designed for that and if you want to race you need to go down the clipless pedal route. Toe clips are a half way house between clipless pedals, which give much more power to the rider and riding on a flat pedal with no toe clips or anything. The benefit of a toe clip is that it holds the foot in the right place on the pedal i.e. the ball of the foot sits on the pedal. They also pull the pedal up on the upstroke, which gives more power , especially if you need to ride out of the saddle.I have deducted one star from this rating because the bolts that came with them were too short to attach them to my new pedals (Shimano grippy flat pedals). In my opinion that will be the case for most pedals. It isn’t a huge problem, as I replaced the ones in the packet with M5 25mm bolts and then it was easy to fit the toe clips by putting the longer bolts through the screw holes on the side of the pedal and tightening them with the nuts that came in the packet. I have been riding with the toe clips for a month or so now and I have had no problems with them.In summary, if you want toe clips these are a good product.

Start of rant:Why can't manufacturers actually give useful details about their products, that waywe are more likely to have the confidence to buy their product knowing that it meets our requirements,leading to more sales, more happy customers, less returns and everybody wins. Why?End of rant.DimensionsHere are the dimensions you actually need to know before buying this item:-Each clip comes with 2 fitting bolts, length of threaded section of bolt: 10mmand 2 nuts with serrated washers. Depth of nut:4mm, depth of hole through clip finishes up at ~2mm(it will compress as you tighten the bolt), leaving you ~4mm to pass through the front plate of your pedal.Gap between fitting holes: 2.5mm but will handle gaps between 2.0 and 3.5mmHeight from the centre of the fitting holes to the footplate of the clip: 10mmWhen fitted the clips extend beyond the front edge of the pedal by 7.2mmMaximmum width of front edge of clip: 78mmWhen fitted on my bike (Gents 19" frame Hybrid) the minimum clearance from the frontof the clip to the the rear of front wheel (mudguard actually) is now 15mm -without the clip the clearance from the front edge of the pedal was originally 80mm.The clips allow me to extend the front edge of my shoe no more than 70mm beyondthe front edge of the pedal.FittingEach clip attaches by means of bolts through two holes in the front plate of your pedal.Not all pedals have these holes - so check yours before you buy. In my case the holes were already used tohouse a reflector which could be easily prised off with a screwdriver to leave them free for fitting the clips.Fitting is simple - you will need a spanner and a screwdriver - just make sure not to fit them upside down.In useThe toe clips are comfortable and suitable for my shoe size (UK:9 EU:43) and I had no problemextracting my feet from them when required. Perhaps those with significantly larger shoe sizemight find them too short??These clips are designed more to prevent your foot accidentally skidding off the pedal rather thanto increase your pedal power significantly: you can use them to pull up on the pedals but they flexnoticeably if you pull hard. Overall however, the increase they provide in pedalling confidence hasmade them a worthwhile buy.I can't comment on durability as they are a new purchase.

This is my third attempt at getting clips on my bike ! I've either been unable to get my feet out (and you can imagine how that went!), or they've broken on me.So far, these are spot on. I've got size 10 feet (UK), and I'm able to push the front of the shoe in, and get a reasonable amount of "grip" when bringing the pedal back up.Time will tell if they actually last. But so far, so good !

These do not fit all types of pedal - certainly not the pedals fitted to my Dawes Sonoran, that are cast aluminium with reflective inserts on the front/back faces. There were no fitting instructions, so it wasn't clear what the steel plates (see attached) were for but one could take a guess that they were to provide additional grip. The plates were not shown or referred to in the product description. Assuming my guess about the purpose of the steel plates to be correct, the screws supplied were not long enough.Being a retired engineer adapting the pedals to take the toe clips wasn't too difficult as the necessary tools to measure and drill the pedals were to hand. Because of the form of the pedal casting, it was a bit of a fiddle to get one of the two nuts/pedal started on the screws. As already noted, without the steel plates the screws were only JUST long enough.So, the clips are fitted and we're of to test them. The product description states that the size is generous enough to accept "chunky MTB-style shoes". I don't know much about MTB shoes but I can say that, when wearing trainers, I have to force my toes to the front of the clips. (Note to self - keep toenails well trimmed for cycling in future.)Having said all of the above, I'm sure that these will be a useful addition to my bike set-up.