taking care of speedplays

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  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    The Cyclist of Catan wrote:
    I'm going to recommend Keep On Kovers over Speedplay's own covers; they stay on the cleat permanently, so as well as not needing to remember to take them off at the end of a cafe stop (I can' tell you how long it took me to get that routine fixed in my brain), you also have added grip on your feet when you unclipping during a ride - so no skidding along on the metal plates (which should last a lot longer as a result).

    I just use Shoe Goo. Works just as well and it's cheaper. You can buy a big tube for less than half the price of a pair of covers and it will last longer.
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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    The Cyclist of Catan wrote:
    I'm going to recommend Keep On Kovers over Speedplay's own covers; they stay on the cleat permanently, so as well as not needing to remember to take them off at the end of a cafe stop (I can' tell you how long it took me to get that routine fixed in my brain), you also have added grip on your feet when you unclipping during a ride - so no skidding along on the metal plates (which should last a lot longer as a result).
    I've looked at these but can't see how they would keep grit and mud out of the cleat mechanism. Great if you never walk or put a foot down off tarmac i suppose.
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    I'd like to add to this something that might effects all cleat/shoes. When you bolt the base plate to the shoe, put some grease on the threads of the bolts.

    Otherwise if you ever need to take them off you will find that the bolts are rusted into the receiving nut in the shoe and you cannot get the base plate off. The only thing you can do is drill the bolt out and ruin the nut in the process. Then you have the arduous task of finding what is called a T-nut and fitting them into your shoe otherwise your shoe is toast.
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    neeb wrote:
    While we're on the subject of greasing speedplays, is there any way of doing it that is efficient and non-messy?

    What is supposed to happen is that you squirt the grease in the grease port (after removing the screw) until it comes out the other side of the pedal.

    What always happens instead is that the pressure of the grease pushes the little cover at the front off, and grease preferentially squirts out the front... You push the cover back in (which causes more grease to squirt all over the place) and repeat several times, until eventually if you are lucky you get a decent amount of grease out the back... :x
    Turning the pedal whilst inserting the grease helps
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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    on-yer-bike wrote:
    Turning the pedal whilst inserting the grease helps
    Will try that next time, thanks.

    It definitely doesn't help if you have previously dismantled the pedals (all of mine have titanium spindles made by another company). Once the cap has been removed and replaced it never fits as tightly as it did to begin with.

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