Originally posted by Wickerman
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If you take that bike clip, and bend one of the little hooks inward, and then flatten both hooks a bit it would be more like the thing I'm talking about. Or just a piece of wire like an old coat hanger would be made from, but bent into a circle with a hook at each end that would interlock. (To be honest, knowing my dad's side of the family the things we were using in the 1970s probaby either WERE Victorian, or made from coat hangers...)
You would clip one of the hooks under the other and they would hold fast. You put them on at the top of the calf and below the knee over the legging and fold the top over. You wouldn't want to do too much crouching wearing one or you'd probably lose a foot.
But if you got a strong enough bike clip style that would probably work. It may be that the bike clip evolved from the gaiter spring/clip.
Consdering the lack of importance I think it has as a clue, I can't muster the mental energy to research it any further.
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