Loose cleats, hit the streets

"Tighten your pedal tension, you silly cunt"

Haven't really got the hang of this, have I?

"If you fail to tighten that clip, your foot will from them surely slip."

"Tighten your pedal tension, you silly cunt"

Haven't really got the hang of this, have I?

No, it's fine, I like that one.

"Build a tree, don't cut it down for goodness sake!"

/Partridge

there was a young rider from sarf east

who tightened his pedals the least

whilst sprinting he detatched

and pavement he smacked

and now his icebreaker's deceased.

There was a young cyclist from London,
Who had a terrible conundrum.
Every time he pulled up,
His feet came unstuck,
So now he puts Super Glue under'um.

Sorry to break the flow of limericks for a moment.

wind them right in, your legs will always be strong enough to un-clip.

Are you talking road peds or MTBs?

I'm a newbie to cleats and clippy peds, so all (good) advice gratefully received, and it's been one of the things that worries me - getting my feet out in an emergency. I'm using SPDs with single-release cleats, because up hills, I do so much pulling up with the rear foot, I don't want them pulling out. Cos whenever I've tried to uclip hurredly, the pedal has won over panicked-leg-flailing and only a positive sideways kick seems to do the trick.

Should I think about switching to multi-release cleats? Do they cause unwanted unclipping on hills?

I had a shit moment when moutain biking in Wales recently - cleat loosened from plate on the bottom of shoe without me noticing and I lost one of the bolts... so when I came to unclip on a technical descent my foot just spun round in the pedal and I slid off the bike onto the rocky floor. ouch.
Had to take my shoe off in the end and prize it out of the pedal, before tightening the shit out the one bolt that was left and riding home without unclipping that foot again. No fun at all and really dangerous.

Loose cleats, Armageddon on the streets!

Loose cleats, Armageddon on the streets!

the Australian for end of the world, as in "armageddon outta here"

Are you talking road peds or MTBs?

Should I think about switching to multi-release cleats? Do they cause unwanted unclipping on hills?

mtb

and don't get the shimano mutli-release cleats, you will accidently pull out.