Take one of the straps and fold it up and across the clasp, sealing it down with the velcro.ĭo the same with the other strap, so you have a nice “x” of straps for holding onto the clasp. Either way, this’ll help the strap hold its shape and make sliding your foot in and out easier on the fly. You can either land the clasp right on the end of the pedal itself, or just “passed” the pedal, on the straps. Now, to make an opening for your foot, bend the “bottom” of the clasp so that it hits the straps/pedal at a 90-degree angle, right at the end of the pedal. Once the straps are pulled through, slide the clasp piece, logo side up, through the metal bracket and leave it open. If they get twisted, just untwist them inside the pedal – you want to make sure they’re still pointing the right way to latch on correctly when we close everything up. Just make sure when they come out the other side they’re still soft-side up. It can be a tight squeeze and your best bet is usually to pinch and fold the strap while you push it through. Now, feed the straps through the pedal from the frame out, “soft” side up. To begin, open up the strap and separate the strappy piece from the clasping/logo piece. Once you've got them ID'd, go ahead and put the left strap on your left pedal (or far enough away that you won’t get confused), and we’ll begin by installing the right side (drive side). So, just lay them down with the soft side of the velcro up, the bracket pointing at your bike, and identify the long strap to tell if it’s the left or right side strap! Here's an example/breakdown: Those’ll mount with the metal bracket closest to the frame, the “soft” side of the velcro pointing up, and the longer strap closer to the rear wheel.
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If it’s rightside up and the logo “goes” to the left, boom – left side!Īs for the velcro strappy pieces, you’ll notice a long side and a short side. That means if your logo is rightside up and “goes” to the right, that’s the right side strap. You can also figure it out by looking at the logo on top, knowing that it’ll face you in the saddle while you ride, and that it “closes” away from the bike. The best way to do that is probably to just tear the cardboard so you can pull the straps out in one piece and not confuse which “strappy bit” connects to which “claspy bit”.īut, if you did opt to disassemble them to save packaging and already mixed everything up, no problem! The pieces with the logos on them will be labeled with an “L” and an “R” to indicate which is left and which is right. Anything that looks like this is perfect:įirst, remove the straps from their packaging. Just be sure your pedals have slots you can feed the straps through.
#ORIGIN 8 TOE STRAPS INSTALL#
The good news is, this one’s a pretty simple tool-less install – perfect for people just getting familiar with working on their bikes.
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In today’s post, let’s install some footstraps, so you can get spinny without losing your footing! It makes your pedaling more efficient, gives you more secure contact with the bike, and it just feels right. If you’ve decided to ride fixed, foot retention is a must! Hell, if you’ve decided to ride fast, foot retention is a must.