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A pedaling unit for a bicycle, including a footplate which includes two lateral guides in a V-shaped open toward the rear and which is fastened to a support mounted on the pedal crank of the crankset, as well as a special shoe which includes lateral grooves working with the guides of the footplate,

A pedaling unit for a bicycle, including a footplate which includes two lateral guides in a V-shaped open toward the rear and which is fastened to a support mounted on the pedal crank of the crankset, as well as a special shoe which includes lateral grooves working with the guides of the footplate, this unit further including a system for locking the shoe with respect to the footplate in the longitudinal direction. The pedaling unit is characterized in that its footplate is made in two parts, each of which includes only one of guides of the footplates and which can mutually pivot while staying in the same plane, in opposition to elastic return device and with the opening of the branches of the V formed by the guides. the unit has application in the field of racing bicycles.

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A pedaling unit for a bicycle comprising a pedal crank and a crankset, for use with a shoe having a special sole that comprises a lateral groove on each side of the sole, said unit comprising: a support mounted on said pedal crank; a footplate which comprises two lateral guides extending along the b

A pedaling unit for a bicycle comprising a pedal crank and a crankset, for use with a shoe having a special sole that comprises a lateral groove on each side of the sole, said unit comprising: a support mounted on said pedal crank; a footplate which comprises two lateral guides extending along the branches of a V open toward the rear, each of said lateral guides being adapted to engage with the corresponding lateral groove of said sole; said footplate comprising a first part which is mounted stationary on said support and which bears the one of said lateral guides which is the nearest to said pedal crank, and a second part which is pivotally mounted with respect to said first part around an axis approximately perpendicular to said first part and which bears the other one of said lateral guides; and means for locking the shoe with respect to said footplate in the longitudinal direction; characterized in that it further comprises elastic return means for urging said second part of the footplate to pivot around said axis towards the lateral guide which is borne by said first plate of the footplate.