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When I pedaled an Outback I never had a problem of accidentally releasing the mirage drive with the heel of my foot because my feet were always on the pedals. Now that I have an AI, my feet are constantly on and off the pedals and I find that I accidentally, and unknowingly, release the mirage drive with the heel of my foot. Or at lease that's what I suspect is happening. I haven't actually caught myself doing it, but I can't think of any other way it would release itself. Has anyone devised a lock for the quick release to prevent this. I would prefer to leave the drive in when sailing for tacking and slack winds.

If it's not the drum shaft rotating or uncentred drums then check out Roadrunners clever solution within this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=41354

I think the original post has nothing to do with the shaft. On my TI I never tripped the Click and Go because the latches sit lower in the hull. When I first got the AI I had a lot of problems tripping the latches with my big feet. The worst part is when one side would release, I would not notice and keep pedaling, the latch would lock with the shaft out jamming the drive on a angle. I had a lot of problems releasing the drive.

I modified the latch covers so they do not jam against the drive hex bolt head. That prevents the jamming problem.

I have not come up with a good way to keep the big feet from tripping the latch. I changed my behavior and do not put my feet next to the drive. That has helped.

One idea that I will try is to glue some foam pads around the latches to protect them from accidental tripping...

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