Cleat Beat Manifesto

Just changed my cleats - they were starting to feel a bit 'squishy'. The picture shows R cleat, before and after. In the second picture, the front lips of each cleat are facing each other.

I didn't post pictures of the L cleat (my foot-down side), cos there was a lot less metal intact - best left to the imagination.

Another reason why I vote for ATACS. Some of you might know that I don't piss about when it comes to out-of-the-saddle efforts, and even though the cleats are wafer thin, I've yet to escape their floaty foot embrace.

Obviously I'm not advocating replacing cleats as tardily as I do :0

Blimey, I'm amazed that they still even clipped in, there's hardly anything left!

Still clipped in loud enough enough this morning to make pedestrians wonder what the fuck that noise was :-)

I'm still using original SPD cleats from around '99.

hippy I'm still using original SPD cleats from around '99.

That's cos they're made from steel, and you generate less power than an energy-saving lightbulb ;-)

(and probably don't walk around in them 350 days of the year)

What are they made of? Are they brass?

15W is a bloody respectable power output I'll have you know! (Got a power meter? Time for a power output challenge methinks - winston: hook one up to the rollers can ya?)

I wear them most weekdays and do a bit of walking between buildings. But yeah if those are brass, that makes sense then!

same as the egg beater cleats, they are brass too, and wear out pretty quick, especially if you soles are pretty worn down.

31trum(murtle) same as the egg beater cleats, they are brass too, and wear out pretty quick, especially if you soles are pretty worn down.

'Steel is real', but 'brass is class'; or sumfink.