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jcs0001:
Andrew:

Great idea and work.  Are you planning a moderately loose strap across the centre?  The reason I ask is that my wife and I cycle quite a bit and I'm using one of the "snap in place" pedal/shoe systems however my wife was never comfortable with it.  Instead I picked up (bought) a commercial strap that goes diagonally across the pedal - they are called powergrips and are made up of a fairly stiff kevlar.  They allow the foot to go in at a bit of an angle and once the foot is turned to go across the pedal it tightens the grip on the shoe.  They will work with pretty much any kind of shoe.  My wife has used them for years and is quite comfortable with them.

Here is a short review:

http://www.tiredofit.ca/2012/07/11/powergrips/

You may be able to fabricate something similar for your son's pedal(s).

John.

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