Typical mileage lifespan of SPD-SL cleats ?

Im making the transition from spd pedals and shoes to spd-sl pedals and shoes. The new road shoes use the 3 bolt SH11 cleats and Im curious as to how durable those cleats typically are. You could run a marathon using spd shoes with the cleats fitted andIm aware this certainly aint the case with spd-sl`s as the wear rate is considerably faster.
2012 Cannondale CAAD 8 105
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From experience SPD-SL is much better than the similar LOOK cleats which I found myself lucky to get 500 miles use from. Another good thing with SPD-SL is that the pedals last for ages, the bearings seem invincible!
I would say though that if you're thinking that you'll be doing a lot of walking in your cycling shoes keep using SPD, as regardless of wear SPD-SL are not easy to walk in.
If you're a fat bloke that walks up hills you will wear them out alot quicker than a proper cyclist
I only do minimal (cake stop) walking and I have done 5000 miles and still going strong.
TBH, I do do quite a bit of walking in them.
There are cleat protectors available...but I really can't be bothered to faff around with all that.
Really ?
Where do you get road cleat protectors ? When i asked lbs guy he said road cleat protectors werent made :shock:
This
10 seconds on google :roll:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXUSTAR-LOOK- ... 0853338683
They might even be cheap enough for you
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEDAL-PART-CLEA ... 1024276935
http://www.madison.co.uk/productinfo.as ... ref=SMSH45
http://www.petracycles.co.uk/shimano-cl ... anguage=en
Also if you put site:bikeradar.com into google followed by the topic you want information on you won't have to create a new thread every 10 minutes.
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