Maglock bike pedals lock in a new way to cycle

[TexasTowelie]

Anyone who has ever “clipped in” to their bike pedals knows those few seconds of panic when it’s time to stop — or you are about to crash — and you’re still trying to perfect that specific twist and pull release.

David Williams, 30, knows that pain literally. He is an avid mountain biker, and has had too many bumps — where his feet came off the pedals, which meant his body came down hard on the crossbar. When he decided to swap that pain for clipping in, though, he came back with more scrapes and bruises than usual.

“Oh, yeah, those first few times I crashed. I even ended up sliding through a cactus once,” he said.

After his experience, he decided there had to be a better option. So he went to work tinkering.

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