Look keo easy pedals & DHB1 road shoe

togg

I've got the necessary tools, spanners, grease, and I'm going to attempt to fit these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/look-keo-easy-pedals/

To my boardman road team carbon, but the bit that's got my head done in is the grey cleat attaching to this shoe http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-r1-road-cycling-shoe/

has anyone got any videos they can post a link to on how to fit the cleats to these exact shoes? is it very difficult because the instructions seem very complicated to me

please help with some advice, ideally a step by step guide in pictures or video would be great.

Duffer65

You have three holes in a triangle pattern (ignore the two slots) on the sole of your shoes and your cleats should have three large holes. They should attach in a similar way to these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VfKvoXcAyA

Fenred

^^This.

I run DHB R1's and Keo classics. Aim for the "triangle" and tighten finger tight, then 'fine tune' the cleat position to your natural position, torque up and job done. It really is as simple as that...Ignore the central cleat holes as Duffer says as these are spd specific.

Give it a go and see how you get on.

Wacky Racer

Good choice of pedals, they will suit you fine for first time clip-in's, dead easy to get out of too. The shoes are well reviewed, good value for the money, so all in all a good solid choice.

As the previous two said, just use the three holes in the shoe, aligned to the three holes in the cleat. Make sure you get the flat of the cleat against the flat of the shoe sole, so the clips are on the outside

Then go and practice.

togg

thanks for the advice, the cleats matching up to the shoe just blow my mind, finding it hard to grasp, but i'll give it a go

Wacky Racer

1) Place your new cleat on the bottom of your cycling shoe. Line up the holes on the cleat with the holes on the bottom of your shoe. Center the shoe's holes inside the cleat's holes to start.

2) Locate the oval washers that come with your Look cleats. Place one in each of the three holes on your cleat.

3) Insert the screws through each washer into each of the holes of your cycling shoe. Tighten them using an Allen wrench by turning in a clockwise direction (to the right).

4) After your first few rides, you might need to adjust the placement of your cleats. You can loosen them slightly to move them forward, back or from side to side to allow them to better line up with your pedals for easy engagement.

5) Prior to rides, check to see that your cleats are tightly secured to your cycling shoes. If not, your cleats can fail, which can lead to a crash and potentially serious injury.

togg

Thanks that's really helpful advice for a complete beginner like me, what is the small peice of removable plastic for in the centre of the grey cleat? My road shoes have a sliding thing in the middle which moves up and down, do I need to insert the extra plastic piece or leave it out?

Wacky Racer

what is the small peice of removable plastic for in the centre of the grey cleat?

As far as I am aware, this is so you can remove it and mark your shoe, so when you replace with a new cleat you can line it up precisely.

My road shoes have a sliding thing in the middle which moves up and down, do I need to insert the extra plastic piece or leave it out?

I leave the centres in, but I don't know what you mean by "sliding thing", I would need a picture, unless someone else knows?

Fenred

Great instructions from Wacky Racer!

Leave the center in for now, you wont need it right now.

The slider that the OP is refering to are the SPD cleat hole slider on the bottom of his shoes.
Togg, folllow the above advice and you'll be good to go But do spend some time getting your cleats aligned as best as poss prior to your first ride and then tweak from there....Post up how you get on!

togg

Quick update

Managed to get the old pedals off the bike no problem, used a special bike 15mm spanner, and I noticed the old pedals had a nice flat part to loosen and tighten the pedals on and off the bike.

The first look keo easy pedal went on no problem, but the second would not tighten on because I couldn't get a good grip on the design on these look keo easy pedals, it's totally circular and you just can't get enough force down to tighten. I put plenty of grease on inside and out, could the thread be damaged a little? Or am I just doing it wrong?

Duffer65

This might help...

http://bicycling.about.com/od/allabouty ... pedals.htm

johnmiosh

You need an allen key to tighten. Its quite a large one, an 8mm for the chromoly pedals. If you have a torque wrench its 40nM, if not then quite a bit of force, but don't extend the allen key to get any extra pressure.

togg

finally cracked this, but the thread on the pedals goes right through the crank and wont seem to tighten and pokes out a fair bit, will they just tighten up over time or should I make sure they are very tight before I ride? I put alot of grease also.

Duffer65

If you're in doubt why not post a few CLEAR photos as it would help with a 'diagnosis' of your handiwork.