AURORA FRS review.

Coming up with new ideas for this blog is a lot harder then I thought. I hope it will get easier. Well while thinking of what to post about I remembered I purchased something a little bit ago that I have not seen a review for. That item was a Foot Retention System (FRS) by a German company called Aurora. I really wanted to try this new FRS thing that was "sweeping" the fixed gear world. At the time I only knew a few companies like Hold Fast that made them. The only problem was that I would need to buy BMX pedals. That is when I found these Aurora straps. They were designed to work road pedals, and would fit perfectly with my MKS street/track pedals.


Now I know many may say "Are you tricking on that Pista Concept?" or something like that. The answer is no. However I really didn't like the toe overlap and I didn't like only being able to wear my Vans when I ride.

Well now onto the actual review. They took a few weeks to get here, and Aurora lets you know that since they are being shipped from Germany. Once they did arrive I was impressed with the quality. I threw them on the bike and went for a ride. The first problem I encountered was adjusting them. You need to adjust them at a stop since there buckle to simply pull and adjust. You need to adjust the four straps separately before you ride. This was kind of a hassle, however I saw on their site that they may develop ones with a buckle for ease of adjustment. (CAN I HAVE MINE REPLACED?) I may tryand add a buckle in mine, it doesn't seem like to much work.



Once I adjusted them everything was fine from there on out. I was a tad hesitant to skid with these cause I wasn't sure how they would respond. I went for it and didn't notice any difference from normal clips. I tested out the strength of the velcro by trying a few bunny hops here and there and they held up extremely well. I got one of the first batches and it looks like they haven't changed much. I highly recommend these if you want to go the FRS without having to buy platform pedals or solve your toe overlap problems since you can set the straps yourself.

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Sorry for the shit pictures. I am just using my phone. I've never owned a digital camera. Maybe it's time I invest in a SLR