The Pake Space Straps are a woven nylon toe strap covered in rubbery layer of colored urethane. This past weekend, everyone who touched the strap and bought them at the bike store said the same thing, "What does this toe strap remind me of? Oh, now I know, a flea collar!" The Pake toe straps feel like they have that same kind of coating, flexibility, and strength.
The Space Straps come in three color groups: High-lighter (fluorescent green, yellow, pink, and orange); Opaque (black, duct tape silver, maroon, and white), Translucent (green, yellow, mango, bright blue, navy blue, and red). The texture on all of the various colored straps is definitely unique. A fixed riders who used them over the weekend came in today an reported that they feel pretty good, and other riders have said they feel much better than the inexpensive leather toe strap that wear and tear over time or the nylon ones that stretch out too much and then shred. Time will tell if the coating wears off or becomes gummy and/or grimy. Put up a post if you are riding with these toe straps, and let us know what you think.
If you are on a budget, and you need to do a bit of a makeover to your fixed gear, a new set of clips and straps is usually a good investment, and an upgrade can go a long way in making your fixie pedaling and skidding feel more dialed. You can check out the colors we have in the following photos, and we just ordered some more different colors today. (I think the High-lighter colors might best appeal to those who were not yet born the first time that neon colors were in fashion.)
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Photos by Wheelgirl. First photo is Opaque black, white, duct tape silver, then Translucent mango, yellow, and green. The close-up photo is of the Translucent green Pake Space Strap.
