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Re: clippy pedals
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Re: clippy pedals
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Re: clippy pedals
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby trailgumby » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:39 pm
So I dumped my single-sided pedals and went with double-sided M520s.
SPD-SLs are a nightmare in traffic, especially if you happen to ride SPD MTBs on the weekend. Foot placement and clipping-in action is completely different (more of a scoop your foot forward and upward), and a number of times on the SPD-SLs I got on the wrong side of the pedal, only to have my foot slip off and forward into the pavement with a taxi up my backside. Fortunately I had stiff soles or I might have broken a toe. Seeing other more experienced road riders in club kit suffer the same bout of fluff-around-itis when starting off from lights sealed the deal with my disaffection for these pedals.
So I've gone with Speedplay Zero. The clipping in action is much more like my SPD mtb pedals, and they're dpuble-sided. The adjustable float and low-friction float action is much more knee friendly than SPD-SL, which seemed to suffer a lot of resistance making my knees quite sore. No problems with Speedplay. My first set of cleats finally neds replacement after 18 months'commuting use, oncluding the daily scramble up and down the Harbour BRidge stairs.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:17 pm
I just rode back from the train station and I was wearing casual shoes, it was sooooo much harder riding up the hill, give me clips anyday
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:00 pm
the shoes (shimano m089) came last week
the pedals came with smh56 cleats (i emailed to ask if they came with 51 or 56 and was told 51 so i had to buy the 56's separately)
when icame to assemble them in a mass of excitement i realised that the shoes had no cleat nuts
hence i cannot assemble and ride to work tomorrow
very sad.
can cleat nuts be found someplace cheap or do i need to do a return to wiggle?
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby biker jk » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:08 pm
I've only ever bought Shimano shoes and they have always come with cleat nuts. You'll find that you can buy cleats either with or without cleat nuts. From memory, the cleats I have bought from Wiggle have come without cleat nuts. Check the description.hangfire wrote:ok so my wiggle order:
the shoes (shimano m089) came last week
the pedals came with smh56 cleats (i emailed to ask if they came with 51 or 56 and was told 51 so i had to buy the 56's separately)
when icame to assemble them in a mass of excitement i realised that the shoes had no cleat nuts
hence i cannot assemble and ride to work tomorrow
very sad.
can cleat nuts be found someplace cheap or do i need to do a return to wiggle?
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:10 pm
not in the box, possibly been sent someone elses return that had them missing????
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby RonK » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:38 pm
It's a long time since I've seen shoes where they are separate.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby biker jk » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:41 pm
Same thing. Cleat nuts (they are a plate). Should be in shoes, as RonK mentioned.hangfire wrote:i mean the cleat nut plates to screw into.
not in the box, possibly been sent someone elses return that had them missing????
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:01 pm
I emailed wiggle to ask if they can express me some or if i need to do a return which would be a pain.
Otherwise is it something an lbs would sell cheap?
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby outnabike » Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:50 am
Smh 51 only comes out with the heel away from the bike. Smh 56 comes out left, right, or up. Shimano clip ins are not designed to come out in a fall but most report it does happen that they come free.hangfire wrote:Is there much diff between the smh 51 or 56 cleats?
The pedals can use either apparently
Any way that is the statement made by Shimano on the manual with my pedals. Just saying.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:27 pm
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clippy pedals
Postby RonK » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:48 pm
I wouldn't expect shops to stock them as separate parts but it's probably worth asking.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby Trevtassie » Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:33 pm
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:02 am
i have the stickers though
my lbs said they stock them so i will try to get in there tonight
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:23 pm
i said i needed to pay for them and that the online shop would reimburse me anyway
they charged me $5 for a set.
very very helpful gang out at yarra valley cycles in lilydale.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby outnabike » Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:31 pm
It must have been humbling to get them for free of the local LBS....It would make me feel like I was sitting on a fifty cent piece and my feet were not touching the ground.
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:02 pm
but the shoes were $60 cheaper online and the pedals were $45 cheaper
that is a substantial difference....
i do want to support them though
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby outnabike » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:11 pm
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:18 pm
If I've viewed a product in the shop I've decided to buy I'll buy it from the shop rather than online as I feel that's the right thing to do by the shop. If I haven't viewed the product in the shop then I'll buy online
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:44 pm
but the m324's are now on the bike and my shoes have smh56 cleats on them.
went for a mini ride up and down the street and they were surprisingly easy to get in and out of.
then when i stopped to get off i took my right foot out thinking 'better not stack it' then lent the bike onto my left which was still clipped in.....
queue panic
very glad i got the beginner style cleats as they let loose for my panic pull out and prevented me from having a moment in front of my wife and kids were i slowly fell sideways while tied to the bike.....
very happy with things so far, hoping to do the commute tomorrow and see the effect it has.
anybody got and tips for riding technique?
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby eeksll » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:31 pm
before we all get carried away with these "beginner" cleats, I thought I might chime in and say I have done the same on the m520 with the 51 cleat, crank brothers pedals and also speedplay zeros.hangfire wrote:...
then when i stopped to get off i took my right foot out thinking 'better not stack it' then lent the bike onto my left which was still clipped in.....
queue panic
very glad i got the beginner style cleats as they let loose for my panic pull out and prevented me from having a moment in front ...
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby Duck! » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:35 pm
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Re: clippy pedals
Postby hangfire » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:54 pm
I was very worried about that but it seems easier thN i thought
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