Fitting cleats, eh!?!

Geiger
Geiger Posts: 30
edited September 2008 in Road beginners
I got these shoes - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Pearl ... 360029374/

and these pedals 'cause they said they were SPD compatible and so are the shoes...

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Wellg ... 360023127/


Can't get them to fit, what the heck am I doing wrong? Do I have to get one of those pad things to attach them to?

Sorry for the completely noob question but I'm really stuck.

Comments

  • Zendog1
    Zendog1 Posts: 816
    It looks to me like its a mistake on the shoe page. Three bolt is for road shoes - SPD SL compatible but not SPD which are two bolt. I'd give Wiggle a ring - it's their mistake they should pay the return postage.
  • Nick6891
    Nick6891 Posts: 274
    you have to attach the clip that came with the shoes then they should fit
  • Geiger
    Geiger Posts: 30
    Zendog1 wrote:
    It looks to me like its a mistake on the shoe page. Three bolt is for road shoes - SPD SL compatible but not SPD which are two bolt. I'd give Wiggle a ring - it's their mistake they should pay the return postage.

    Oh no :(, thankyou though :D

    Nick, it didn't come with any :(
  • Simon Notley
    Simon Notley Posts: 1,263
    Can you post a picture of the sole? Does it just have three holes in a triangle or are there two slots as well? If you've just got three holes, then it's not SPD, if you've got the two slots, then you're just not doing it right!
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Can't tell from the shoe picture but it would appear that you have a 2 bolt cleat setup
    and those shoes are made for a 3 bolt setup. Are there only 3 holes in the bottom, in a
    triangular pattern? If so you have the right shoes, wrong pedals, or vice versa.

    Dennis Noward
  • Geiger
    Geiger Posts: 30
    Simon Notley wrote:
    Can you post a picture of the sole? Does it just have three holes in a triangle or are there two slots as well? If you've just got three holes, then it's not SPD, if you've got the two slots, then you're just not doing it right!

    It's got both, it seems like the screws aren't long enough and the three screws already in there get in the way of the cleat, dunno if I should take them out or not.

    Me=Completely clueless.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Geiger wrote:
    Simon Notley wrote:
    Can you post a picture of the sole? Does it just have three holes in a triangle or are there two slots as well? If you've just got three holes, then it's not SPD, if you've got the two slots, then you're just not doing it right!

    It's got both, it seems like the screws aren't long enough and the three screws already in there get in the way of the cleat, dunno if I should take them out or not.

    Me=Completely clueless.


    3 screws already in there? In the triangular spaced holes? With those pedals it's the center 2 holes(slots) that you want. The triangular ones don't get used.
    Dennis Noward
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Picture here. Should be SPD compatible.
    Rich
  • Geiger
    Geiger Posts: 30
    dennisn wrote:
    Geiger wrote:
    Simon Notley wrote:
    Can you post a picture of the sole? Does it just have three holes in a triangle or are there two slots as well? If you've just got three holes, then it's not SPD, if you've got the two slots, then you're just not doing it right!

    It's got both, it seems like the screws aren't long enough and the three screws already in there get in the way of the cleat, dunno if I should take them out or not.

    Me=Completely clueless.


    3 screws already in there? In the triangular spaced holes? With those pedals it's the center 2 holes(slots) that you want. The triangular ones don't get used.
    Dennis Noward

    Yeh, do I just take them out?
  • Geiger
    Geiger Posts: 30
    Now the screw won't go in the front hole in the longest slot :twisted: someone make it workkkkkkk!
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Geiger wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    Geiger wrote:
    Simon Notley wrote:
    Can you post a picture of the sole? Does it just have three holes in a triangle or are there two slots as well? If you've just got three holes, then it's not SPD, if you've got the two slots, then you're just not doing it right!

    It's got both, it seems like the screws aren't long enough and the three screws already in there get in the way of the cleat, dunno if I should take them out or not.

    Me=Completely clueless.


    3 screws already in there? In the triangular spaced holes? With those pedals it's the center 2 holes(slots) that you want. The triangular ones don't get used.
    Dennis Noward

    Yeh, do I just take them out?

    Take the 3 triangular screws out. The pedals cleats should have come with their own screws.
    Which may or may not be long enough. Those type of shoes can be difficult as far as screw length is concerned. When I refer to those type of shoes I mean ones that are
    made to use both 3 and 2 bolt pedal systems. Like yours. I have had screw length issues
    with a set or two that I owned.

    Dennis Noward
  • Geiger
    Geiger Posts: 30
    Thanks for the advice peeps. Some cyclists stopped just outside my house so I went and asked them ^^ One of them showed me how so problem solved :D
  • MIsterGoof
    MIsterGoof Posts: 128
    Geiger wrote:
    Thanks for the advice peeps. Some cyclists stopped just outside my house so I went and asked them ^^ One of them showed me how so problem solved :D
    them cyclists are friendly

    I can just imagine the story he'll tell

    I stopped for a comfort break against some garden wall, next thing I see someone coming out of the house brandishing a shoe and a screwdriver. "I'm done for" I think. ....

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