Square Taper or Octalink ?

Do you mean 'sabot' as in a type of clog. If so, that's very apt, seeing as old wooden soled cycling shoes are only just starting to be matched in stiffness by modern carbon systems.

Anyway, it's BringMeMyMerlot, ce soir, n'est-ce pas.

Oui, as in the origin of the Saboteur, the poor imitation of the followers of Nedd Ludd that the chaps on the other side of the Channel had to deal with.