Cleat stuck in peddle

[gratts]

Ruh uh
Went cycling with my nice new clipless few days back, but silly me had forgotten to fully tighten one of the cleats onto the shoe
So a couple of miles into my maiden voyage, in glorious weather, I found my left foot slipping off the peddle, and the cleat firmly attached in the peddle

It seems pretty well locked in. How exactly should I go about getting it out? Is it possible?
Have loosened tension as much as it will go, and given it a bit of a whack with a hammer but to no avail..thats it so far!

 

[Dave5N]

Assuming the screws are still in place, just put something like a big long spanner between them and twist. Failing that, a big mole wrench will do it. Faiing that, get a piece of wood, metal, drill two holes the same spacing as the cleat bolts, but over bolts and attach with two M5 ( I think) nuts. Twist cleat off.

If bolts aren't there, just thread two new ones in, put wrench on and twist.

 

[mickle]

Are we to assume that the shoe is still attached to the cleat?

 

[Steve Austin]

Get two allen keys. put them in the cleat holes and twist them(as if they were the shoe) You can grip with you molgrips if you have a grip like john Inmans.
and Put the Hammer away, they have no place near bikes

 

[gratts]

Cheers both, I'll have a raid of my Dad's tool cupboard and see if any work

No mickle, cleat unscrewed from the shoe but remained in the peddle, so it's there on it's own!

Which way should I be twisting it? Downwards, across or a combination?

 

[gratts]

Tried wrenches and spanners, no luck. The shape was too awkward and not enough to grip onto. Asked my dad to have a go.."what you using those for?"
Goes to the garage, gets a big hammer and chizel, one large bang and it all flew off
Now reattached and ready for a nice ride

 

[Joe24]

What i would of suggested is someone to hold the spring bit back, then you can get an allen key under the cleat and lever it up. I had to do that at a cafe because my cleat had come undone.
That was with SPD-SL's though.

 

[Paulus]

Tried wrenches and spanners, no luck. The shape was too awkward and not enough to grip onto. Asked my dad to have a go.."what you using those for?"
Goes to the garage, gets a big hammer and chizel, one large bang and it all flew off
Now reattached and ready for a nice ride

Hope you adjusted the spring tension to your prefered setting and put the cleats on securely before you attach your self to the pedals again.

 

[PrettyboyTim]

Where's Goo? I'm waiting for his post about the correct spelling of 'pedal'...

 

[gratts]

Still need to experiment with spring tension, but cleats are securely attached!

Didn't even realise I'd spelt it wrong

 

[zacklaws]

I had same problem due to my own stupidity by attaching the cleat to the pedal before attaching to the shoe just to see how the mechanism worked.

My solution to remove the cleat was brute force. Ensure the tension setting on the pedal is at its lowest setting without it falling apart, then with your thumb pull back on the part that locks the cleat into the pedal and then with your other hand twist the cleat sideways. Once you get a bit of movement on the pedal part and some leverage on the cleat also it will open up easier. Just practise moving the pedal part first till you find the best way of moving it the most with one hand to open it up. Twisting the cleat will assist once you get to that stage and provide extra leverage

It is actually quite easy once you see how the parts move in relationship with each other but I would not repeat it for anybody to demonstrate.

 

[Danny]

My cleat once came off and got stuck in the peddle on a long ride. I'd spent the previous hour wondering why I was getting more and more movement on that foot and thinking I really must stop to investigate, and when I eventually did the whole cleat came away as I tried to unclip

The way I eventually got it out was approx as follows:
- Get heavy duty screwdriver
- Put screwdriver blade against one of the short edges of clear
- Hit screwdriver handle hard with hammer
- Repeat until the cleat springs out

I had to use quite a lot of force to knock it out, so be careful.

 

[goo_mason]

Where's Goo? I'm waiting for his post about the correct spelling of 'pedal'...

Damn !! Missed this thread until now - thanks for standing in for me though, PBT

And just as a reminder (from Merriam-Webster):


peddle

Main Entry:
ped·dle
Pronunciation:
ˈpe-dəl
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
ped·dled; ped·dling ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ
Etymology:
back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date:
1532

intransitive verb1: to travel about with wares for sale ; broadly : sell2: to be busy with trifles : piddletransitive verb1: to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk ; broadly : sell2: to deal out or seek to disseminate3: to offer or promote as valuable



which is NOT interchangeable with PEDAL, which refers to that part of the bike, or as a verb, to ride a bicycle or to use or work a pedal.

 

[gratts]

Well done gratts. Although you didn't choose the normally 'accepted' form of the word, yours was just as good, maybe better, and I love you all the more for it.

Oh. Thanks.

 

[Dave5N]

Damn !! Missed this thread until now - thanks for standing in for me though, PBT

And just as a reminder (from Merriam-Webster):


peddle

Main Entry:
ped·dle
Pronunciation:
ˈpe-dəl
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
ped·dled; ped·dling ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ
Etymology:
back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date:
1532

intransitive verb1: to travel about with wares for sale ; broadly : sell2: to be busy with trifles : piddletransitive verb1: to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk ; broadly : sell2: to deal out or seek to disseminate3: to offer or promote as valuable



which is NOT interchangeable with PEDAL, which refers to that part of the bike, or as a verb, to ride a bicycle or to use or work a pedal.

Well done . Do try to pay more attention now. Tim has better things to do with his time than cover up for you.

(Incidentally, surely we could stretch to getting an English person to look after the English here. I mean, standards and all that.


Nothing against the Scots of course but they seem to want to have their cake and eat it.)