MKS Alpha vs Toshi Double straps

my somas suck. so stretched. Keith at Tour de ville showed me his 2 year old MKS alpha double straps and they were stiff as, Toshi seems to have the same rep but at £90 are £20 more than the Alphas.

Anyone using either or have used both or know a chepaer alternative? and mby cheaper I mean price, not perfomance.

nowt to do with the straps Kman but those 'enter the bandwagon' mixes are ace

who does the Bowie/milkshake mashup?

Condor had some MKS for £40-ish a while back... I love mine, been using them for well over a year now...

I use white Toshi's on the Watanabe, pretty shit tbh. An absolute cunt to get on(had to cut and taper the ends), very stiff and only just started to soften up now after 9months of use and the metal clasps are annoyingly rattley

Odge straps FTW.
£30.

To be honest, it's worth getting those if you want it to last for a while, the MKA Alpha is £75 elsewhere, but I can't remember where I saw that price.

I remember 14 bikes co have their own strap, worth asking?

Odge straps FTW.
£30.

+1 My Somas were shit and kept stretching all the time, Odges straps are really decent quality, and have been really good so far, I hardly ever have to re-tighten them.

Odge straps FTW.
£30.

Pretty sure they are the Odge Straps^, don't know of them doing any others under their brand or anything.

I remember 14 bikes co have their own strap, worth asking?

Yep 14's are Odge's straps. Got a pair the other day and they're pretty sweet the buckles arent all that but the leather is tough as. Odge told me he used the same sort of leather as brooks saddles as opposed to the split grain leather in normal straps. They were the biggest bastard to get through the pedals but they're solid..

nowt to do with the straps Kman but those 'enter the bandwagon' mixes are ace

who does the Bowie/milkshake mashup?

funny you should ask, i've uploaded all my 7"s to flickr, cos i couldn't reme,ber for the life of me... yeah it's not bad, i'd play the original bowie track into it...

all sevens here http://www.flickr.com/photos/khywashere/sets/72157611358879452/

edit - oh that's the wrong one isnt it? oh well i'm sure it's on there somewhere!

@teen - cool, near my work , will check em...

from the sounds of it the toshis are overprice and odge's are pretty good but mks might be a bit better....

funny you should ask, i've uploaded all my 7"s to flickr, cos i couldn't reme,ber for the life of me... yeah it's not bad, i'd play the original bowie track into it...

all sevens here http://www.flickr.com/photos/khywashere/sets/72157611358879452/

edit - oh that's the wrong one isnt it? oh well i'm sure it's on there somewhere!

Blimey, how long did it take you to put that lot up?!?!? I'd have a panic attack if I ever contemplated doing that with my 45s... ;]

@bdw - actually it must be on some remix comp, maybe the rub or something else, pretty old, if i can find it at home will let you know, havent played it in years...

@teen - cool, near my work , will check em...

from the sounds of it the toshis are overprice and odge's are pretty good but mks might be a bit better....

£90 is a bit much yeah, used to be about £60-70 which was alright (and then Condor came and sell them for £44 each).

2nd hand still have life in them if you look in ebay.

Blimey, how long did it take you to put that lot up?!?!? I'd have a panic attack if I ever contemplated doing that with my 45s... ;]

not too long actually, maybe 4 nights when i was bored... check it out using cooliris on firefox, looks almost endless! i'm bettign you have more 7"s than me...

so yeah, got em for condor, they told me onthe phoen £40, when i got there they were priced £60, they gave them to me for £50 and are £90 in their catalogue...??? then saw donuts last night and he's got some that look exactly the same but cost £25 on ebay... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toe-straps-Exustar-Double-Sprinter-Type_W0QQitemZ380120597652QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item380120597652&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

I've got a pair of the cheap doubles from on one which were like £20 pair including postage which have been fine so far but you pretty much get what you pay for. The leather's shit quality but at least they haven't slipped yet (touch wood), I guess they're just a bit better than singles. I'd spend the extra and go with the odges. Infact could anyone buy some and post them to me if I paypal them £35? In black if possible. PM me if you can. thanks

Link to the on-one straps:
http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Clips_and_Straps.html (the £17.11 ones)

Are those ones one ebay any good?

Those On-One/Planet X doubles are shite! Crappy leather and really stretchy.

The Exustar ones I got one the bay are great. Really tight and strong, felt like my feet were really clipped in. Highly reccomended

I'll get the exhaustar ones then :). Are they these ones donut!?

aas long it's those strap that have a combination of leather and plastic it should be strong.

aas long it's those strap that have a combination of leather and plastic it should be strong.

...not necessarily. a cheaper strap with a mylar layer can delaminate in a few months..

I think I have some Planet X cheap ones. They'd be fucked by now if I'd not cut a brace for them.

Any shitty straps are alright if they're held tight with a brace thingy.

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so, the exustar ones are decent? that's good to know.