Multi Release Cleats

leaflite
leaflite Posts: 1,651
edited January 2011 in MTB buying advice
Ive noticed with shimano pedals that you can get multi release cleats. What are the benifits of these over standard cleats?

Thanks
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  • owenlars
    owenlars Posts: 719
    You pull out of them going up hills. In my view don't get them.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    to me the multi are the standard and the single are the option.

    one offers more was to release toy foot than the other.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • Zard36
    Zard36 Posts: 28
    Good question, I would also like to know the answer :wink:
    I've brought some new spd shoes & I was going to transfer the cleats from my old shoes onto the new ones, these are the single release style & have been fine for the past 3yrs.

    I didn't know that multi-release were available until yeasterday, should I get some multi-release cleats to give them a try or is this a backward move?
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Been using multi-release cleats since the mid 90s. As above & IMO they are the 'proppa' cleats and the single-release cleats are the option.

    No probs with them unintentionally disengaging.
  • leaflite
    leaflite Posts: 1,651
    Does this mean that if I buy some shimano spd pedals they will come with multi release cleats?

    Thanks
    GT Hardtail
    The Apollo Project
    Titus FTM Carbon
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    No you just get the single release cleats.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    all mine have.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    What are these pedals you speak of that come with multi release cleats?
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    my experience of buying new shimano spd's is you get single release cleats in the box. i've had to buy the multi release separately.

    I've not bought shimano spd's for many years now though, so this may have changed.

    zard36, if you are happy with the single, then no need to change. i advise multi release to people wanting to try spd's for the first time, they are easier to get out on in a hurry. Though you can, depending on factors, accidentally disengage when pulling up hard.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    .blitz wrote:
    What are these pedals you speak of that come with multi release cleats?

    you got me thinking.

    it seems that now they come with single release. mine (bought some time ago) came with multi release cleats. all three sets.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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