Look Keo Cleats Grip vs Non-Grip

andytl755

I am unsure, Keo Grip or Keo Cleat. If I understand correctly, Grip means you can walk in them, or sort of. Since I don't want to walk in them, just ride, I figure to get the Non-Grip ones, but they are really hard to get hold of for me. Which ones do the pros use (at least this would give me an idea)? The non-grip are still listed on Look's website.

Please help

Andy

Matthewfalle

andytl755 wrote:

Which ones do the pros use (at least this would give me an idea)?

PRO cleat

just get whichever dude, they are basically the same apart from two bits of rubber on the bottom.

dannbodge

You're better off getting some cleat covers and putting them in your saddle bag/back pocket.

thegreatdivide

I only use the non-grip ones myself, because I find that you’re far less likely to get the sporadic Look ‘creak’. When I buy new pedals the supplied grip cleats get sold on here. IMO the grip does nothing – apart from become an annoyance.

tgotb

andytl755 wrote:

Since I don't want to walk in them, just ride

If you don't want to walk in them *at all*, get the non-grip ones, they're fractionally more robust because there's no rubber bit to fall off. That said, if you don't walk in them, how did you wear the old ones out?

Having seem my daughter take a massive tumble on a wet floor, I'd recommend the grip ones if you think you're ever going to find yourself walking into a race HQ, cafe, shop, petrol station, home with tiled floor, office bike park etc, especially on a wet day.

Cleat covers are even better, but (again citing my daughter) only if you actually have them with you, and remember to put them on when you get off the bike. Leaving them in your pocket because you're in a hurry is a classic case for a tumble, especially as hurrying may well involve trying to run in the things...

thegreatdivide

I've been using non grip Look cleats for over a decade in all weathers and I've never decked it.

tgotb

thegreatdivide wrote:

I've been using non grip Look cleats for over a decade in all weathers and I've never decked it.

Good for you.

I've been building all my own wheels for over a decade, and I've never had a problem with any of them. However I'm not going to start advising people who post on the Road Beginners forum to build their own wheels; they might not all be as good at it as I am...

g00se

When I had Look pedals, I used both gripped and not gripped. I took a few slides with the non-gripped ones and the gripped ones never creaked on me.

The Pros don't have to stop and walk about that much - other than on and off the bus. If you think you're going to walk a bit, especially on wet loo or wooden floors (cafe stops), I'd go with the gripped ones.

deadlegs

I manage about 2 walks from bike shed to work before the ‘grip’ bits start hanging off.

They don’t last long even with cleat covers on. I just keep forgetting to buy the normal ones!

cruff

deadlegs said:

I manage about 2 walks from bike shed to work before the ‘grip’ bits start hanging off.

They don’t last long even with cleat covers on. I just keep forgetting to buy the normal ones!

This. The grip ones are pointless - in fact, it'll p*** you off as they inevitably wear out and start causing you a ballache when you're clipping in and out. That said, most places only seem to sell the grip version nowadays - presumably because there's a slightly higher markup on them

webboo

I never realised that there was anything other than ones with different amounts of float.

svetty

I don't get the 'rubber comes off' at all. Cleats last months and months until the rubber wears away.........

darkhairedlord

I find the cleat covers wear out almost as fast as the rubbers. But they are easier to change.