08-27-2008, 11:13 PM | #21 |
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So which pedals did you get? For some reason I failed to chime in here. I use speedplays on everything. Love them. Lots of float, easy in and out, self-centering, and lots of corner clearance.
SPD (which I say like this: Ess Pee Dee) are fine pedals, but I much prefer my speedplays, and I have used SPD before. My wife uses eggbeaters with a platform on the tandem. At first she insisted on the platform but lately, she complains abotu it, so we are probabyl going to go without it in the near future. Egg beaters are good becaseu dirt doesn't bother the cleats (which is one drawback of speedplays). So what did you get?
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08-28-2008, 12:18 AM | #22 | |
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Just a small irritation with my pedals. My buddy who used to use speedplay before going back to LOOK said the same thing, only it would take him even longer to get them cleaned out. |
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Eggbeaters do not have this problem at all. Look's are better, i suppose, but not as good as eggbeaters. I think speedplays are the worst on this score.
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08-28-2008, 02:05 AM | #24 |
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the biggest problem with Looks are I have gone through 3 sets of cleats since January, this is about 1200 miles, so 400 miles per pair. I mean come on, 75 bucks on cleats in one year?
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That is very bad. I thought speedplays are bad, but I have only changed them about every 2 or 3 thousand miles. but they are about 30 or 35 clams a pair.
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Coach I'm not sure what you are doing but in my 19+ years of riding I've gone through maybe 4 sets of cleats for my Look pedal. Some of been pretty worn down but they still did the trick. I'm going to put my vote in here for my Looks. Other then keeping them clean I've never had to do any maintenance on them and I like the solid feel underneath my feet. I tried speedplays one time and I just didn't care for the feel and my neighbor who has them is constantly working on his because of some leaky bearings.
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08-28-2008, 03:33 PM | #28 |
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I used the same Look cleat for about 3+ years. My main complaint with it was that I had to keep screwing it in and tightening it. Major pain.
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ON some models, but not asll, the bushings can wear out. I have never had thisproblme but have heard abotu it. Most of my wear on my speedplay cleats comes from walking on them. I suspect if I used the cover religiously as I noe do, the cleats would last a long time.
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Use loc-tite (the non permanent type, I think it is the blue one) and that should solve the problem.
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