SOLD: SM-PD64 cleats (for PD-7400, PD-6400)

SOLD: a pair of shoe cleats SM-PD64. For Shimano Dura Ace PD-7400 and Ultegra PD-6400 pedals.
New, never used or mounted.
No screws or plates included, but regular Shimano and Look hardware will fit.

EUR $$$$$
Price doesn't include postage.

The Dura Ace pedals are rare, but the matching cleats are even more exclusive. You can conbine the pedals with any kind sloted cleats, but the extra advantage can only be reached with these original cleats. Very popular among track racers, especially spinters. The cleat offers an additional binding function, next to toe clips/straps.

Shimano toeclips for PD-7400

Bargain of the week! After searching and bidding a couple of weeks, I "won" 2 pair of Shimano toeclips, steel, size L.
The best is, that it was for a very low mount and that I could pass the used set (of course) to a good friend and keep the new set for my own collection.
A perfect match with the PD-7400 Dura Ace pedals and the SM-PD64 cleats. The pedals I bought had M size toe clips included, but these are too small for my 42/43 (8/9) shoe size.

Shimano Dura Ace pedals PD-7400

These pedals may be the perfect bicycle pedals, at least as long as we're looking at "conventional" pedals. Fact is that Look introduced clipless pedals around the same time as Shimano produced these Dura Ace pedals and the revolutionary Look "click" system conquered the cycling world, with top rider Bernard Hinault and his La Vie Claire team in the lead. Result: these Dura Ace pedals were deemed to fail commercially, as nearly everyone who needed a new pair of pedals adopted the Look system or another clipless concept.
PD-7400 is a pedal of excellent quality. Never a single quality problem, top quality bearings, aerodynamic design, axle assembly from one side, so no issues with (missing or damaged) end caps, maximum cornering angle. And last, but not least: the nice additional binding feature of the special shoe cleat SM-PD64 in combination with the pedal and the triangle plate that comes on top of the toe clip. The front end of the cleats slips under the triangle plate and is more or less fixed between the pedal body and triangle plate on top of the toe clip. Besides that, the slot of the cleat goes onto the back plate of the pedal and the whole foot is secures with a toe strap. Accidental foot release seems to be impossible.
Because clipless pedals are not absolutely locked, they're not the favourite pedals of track sprinters or 1 km specialists. They opt for clipless pedals (e.g. SPD-R because they can be adjusted to a very hard setting) in combination with single or double toe straps or traditional pedals with toe clips and straps. For such an application, Shimano PD-7400 is the absolute No. 1, still.

Shimano SM-PD64 cleats for Dura Ace pedals PD-7400

I got these cleats from a good friend last week. Thanks Björn!
Acquired a (almost) new pair of pedals PD-7400 from US last week, but the cleats were missing. These things are very rare, thus expensive as hell.
The nice thing about these cleats is, besides being oiginal Shimano and rare, that they more or less "click into" the pedals, but it is not a click pedal system. This is what makes the pedal and cleat system so popular among track racers, especially spinters. The cleat offers an additional binding function, next to toe clips/straps.