Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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My cleats tend to get a bit loose in the pedal after 12,000 miles. So replace them at that point with a hew set so they are nice and tightly engaged again.
At what point should you replace SPD pedals?
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rogerzilla
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I get through cleats because there's a walk over granite setts from the bike shed into work. The pedals last for ever with a very occasional rebuild. I have only seen one ever die due to water ingress and rust, and that was a Dura-Ace PD-9000 with a totally different axle arrangement.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
My xtr spd pedals on the recumbent date from 2004 and still going strong.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
At least once per MTB trip, I'm pretty much magnetically attracted to rock strikes
I've had to replace one set of pedals after 20k km - I had smashed the endcap repeatedly on the left side and could no longer get the pedal off the spindle to service it and the bearings were very rough after a hard winters commuting.
As mentioned repeatedly above if the bearings are running smoothly you should expect to replace the pedals around the heat death of the universe. I tend to replace cleats at the same time as pedals as I like a nice new cleat on a new shoe. I have a jar full of old cleats and bolts, they are all perfectly serviceable.
As mentioned repeatedly above if the bearings are running smoothly you should expect to replace the pedals around the heat death of the universe. I tend to replace cleats at the same time as pedals as I like a nice new cleat on a new shoe. I have a jar full of old cleats and bolts, they are all perfectly serviceable.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Replaced my a600 s as they were squeaking as I pedaled ,there was a groove in the pedal where the cleat twisted out that was causing it
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
On my touring bike 45,437 miles todate spds still going strong
Landsurfer
Veteran
I've just replaced a pair at about 6000 miles. Shimano M520, Creaking from the BB so sprayed some WD40 on the pedals and shoe plates ... still creaking .... so BB or pedals .... changed pedals and creaking disappeared. I've got the tools to strip, clean and rebuild them so i'll give that a go before binning them.
