SPD

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(thing) by Crash Override (8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Jul 15 2000 at 3:05:23

A kind of pedal for high quality bicycles to which special shoes clip themselves. Also called, ironically, clipless because of their lack of more typical toe or basket clips. Mine cause me to fall down alot.

(thing) by grizzly (2.7 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Nov 06 2000 at 5:26:55

Stands for "Shimano Pedaling Dynamics", after the company that came up with them, or "Stupid Pedal Device" after all the cyclists who use them.

Mostly on mountain bikes, but becoming more common on road bikes.

Not to be confused with the Look ^tm Pedal.

(thing) by russgarrett (2.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Feb 03 2001 at 20:23:45

SPD is also an abbreviation for Serial Presence Detect. SPD is a chip found in DRAM memory which tells the host computer what type and size the memory is, along with any other info (presumably CAS and RAS strobe timings etc.)

And not many people know that...

(as a matter of fact, I didn't until recently)

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Look Pedal	clipless pedals	RDRAM	Helmut Schmidt
Kurt Georg Kiesinger	Johannes Rau	Shimano	SDP
TM	Treaty of Versailles	bike messenger	Eggbeater pedals
Green Party	Anaglyphical	Athlon	national alliance
Socialist International	SPL meter	CDU	Otto Grotewohl
bhp	mountain bike	Helmut Kohl	Willy Brandt

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