Bicycle pedal and shoe connection system and method

摘要

A pedal connection arrangement and method are used to hold a bicycle rider's foot attached to a bicycle pedal that is in turn used to drive a bicycle crank arm having a crank arm longitudinal axis. The bicycle connection arrangement includes a pedal having a pedal longitudinal axis. The pedal is connected to the crank arm with the pedal longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the crank arm longitudinal axis. The pedal connection arrangement and method also include a bicycle shoe having a gripping arrangement. The gripping arrangement has a longitudinal axis that runs generally along the ball of the shoe in a plane parallel to the sole of the shoe and generally perpendicular to a line extending from the toe of the shoe through the heel of the shoe. The gripping arrangement is configured such that the gripping arrangement grips the pedal when the gripping arrangement is positioned such that the longitudinal axis of the gripping arrangement is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the pedal.