Les cale-pieds T.A. — L’Officiel du cycle, 2 May 1953, a 15-Gram Light-Alloy Toe Clip Drawn Full Size

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 2 May 1953, N° 18, the spring number, page 31: ‘Les cale-pieds T.A.’: light alloy toe clips of 15 grams that fit the cyclist’s shoe; shown at full size; suited to young amateur racers. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les cale-pieds T.A.

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. Made of light alloy, the T.A. cale-pieds weigh only 15 grams. The drawing below is said to make their design easy to grasp: the piece, shown at full size, fits under the cyclist’s shoe and, thanks to its shape and its groove, gives the foot an incomparable grip.]

[Ebykr summary, after the drawing. One great advantage of the system is the ease, even the instantaneousness, of unhooking the foot, whether needed at the moment or in a fall. This small item can be sold in particular to all young amateur racers, who will gain from using it an effective and sure pedal stroke (« coup de pied »).]

[A short text column with one line engraving, set in italic type with a few words in bold roman. The heading “Les cale-pieds T.A.” is centered above the text in bold roman. The engraving sits in a thin ruled frame with no caption: a flat rectangular plate seen from above, drawn in fine horizontal hatching with shadow along the right edge, pierced by round screw or rivet holes in rows at the top and bottom and at the sides, and crossed at its middle by a narrow transverse groove with finely ribbed edges. The plate is waisted, narrower at its upper end. No firm address, price or signature appears; the firm is named only by its initials in the heading and the first paragraph.]