The story I always heard was that most race drivers back in the 50s used to
wear moccasins made out of fine kid glove leather so they could really get a
feel of that pedal.
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From: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Those bare metal Triumph accelerators
> hmmmm thought about that too but dropped that idea speedly after a short
> test.
> The troublesome thing is "going on throttle". With much grip on the pedal
> surface the pedal don't slip smoothly along the shoe anymore which makes
> the
> ride very rough and dangerous when accelerating out of a corner.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
> At 12:01 PM 8/11/2007, jim hearn wrote:
> >Has anybody successfully addressed those bare metal Triumph
> accelerators?
> I
> >was thinking of gluing on to the face of the accelerator some rubber
> or
> >maybe some abrasive cloth. I thought I would see if anyone had come
> up
> with
> >a good match here. Jim in Sacramento
>
>
> Not a Triumph accelerator, but my Formula Ford has a small piece
> of the stuff they put on skateboard decks. Works well to give you
> some grip. One piece costs about $25, as I recall, but will last you
> a lifetime.
>
>
>
> R. John Lye
>
>
> rjl6n@cstone.net
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