cleat wear

tonecoles

i am brand new to road cycling. i went out today clipped in for the first time (with no scary moments) when i took my shoes off i noticed the cleats looked really worn and damaged. they are look keo pedals with red colour cleats if that makes any difference.

thanks guys and apologies if my question seems stupid.

tone

smidsy

As long as they clip in cleanly and stay clipped in when you want them too they are fine.

The look of them is not necessarily an indicator of worthiness. The corners etc. do scuff up from walking.

ThatBikeGuy

Mine look pretty beat up after 1k miles, but the wear indicator on em still says they have plenty of life left in em and still clip in/out just fine!

MattC59

He'll be along soon.......

kentphil

my look red cleats are really worn and battered (well past the wear indicators). As long as they don't pull out i'll keep using them.

ShutUpLegs

Always reason to buy a 2nd pair of shoes and cleats

Philinmerthyr

My cleats lasted about 50 rides covering almost 1000 miles.

My left foot unclipped a purple if times this morning so I got a new set this afternoon. I didn't realise how worn they were until I compared them to a new set.

danlikesbikes

tonecoles wrote:

i am brand new to road cycling. i went out today clipped in for the first time (with no scary moments) when i took my shoes off i noticed the cleats looked really worn and damaged. they are look keo pedals with red colour cleats if that makes any difference.

thanks guys and apologies if my question seems stupid.

tone

I have a set of red look cleats that looked bashed from walking to the bike & I hadn't even ridden them. They are quite soft & the grey rubberised parts tend to take a bit of a bashing too but they should work fine.