Not Happy!!

[ChrisUK]

went out on my new bike last night had a great time, went to go out on it about half an hour ago, went to clip in and realised my left foot clip was at the wrong angle and missing a screw and my right foot clip which i had clipped in with was now detached from my foot and stuck in the pedal!

called a friend of mine to ask advice who said that evans had sold me what really was road shoes with pedals that are more suited to a mountain bike.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shimano/m520-spd-pedal-ec005948

anyone any ideas as to how i can get it out? deeply depressing after just spending loads of money on everything and now might need to spend again!

 

[upsidedown]

What shoes are they ? The M520s are SPD, should work with the majority of shoes, unless they're the Look type i think.

 

[Joe24]

Gonna be a bitch to get that out. Loosen off the clip to get it loose, then put something in the clippy bit and push that back. Pliers on the cleat and twist it.
I have M520s(same as you) on my fixed, and 105 SPD-SL's on my road bike. You can tell the difference, but i dont think its a huge difference. I know someone who rides with SPD's on a road bike and has no problem.
I did also have the problem with my cleat bolts coming loose. That was on the SPD-SL's, and because i didnt put in those metal spacer thingys because the bolt wasnt long enough. Fixed it by using the Look Keo bolts, no problems since.
Have fun, when my SPD-SL cleat got stuck it took me and someone else to get it out. I opened the clip bit up, he put in an alan key.
But i think you will need to use something to open the clippy bit up, to be able to release the cleat.
On the SPD's i had to tighten them up to make them feel tight like my SPD-SL's do. But, they are good i think, i have yanked up on the pedals alot, when going up hills and doing fixed skids and not had a problem. I wouldnt worry too much about having SPD's on and not 'proper' road pedals.
Have fun getting the cleat out, tighten those bolts up really tight.
I have road shoes with SPD pedals aswell, doesnt make much difference, aslong as you have the bolt holes to fit the cleats.

 

[ChrisUK]

ive got specialised road shoes and they work fine as was out on them last night.

can you elaborate on which part of the pedal i should be looking to losen?

 

[Joe24]

ive got specialised road shoes and they work fine as was out on them last night.

can you elaborate on which part of the pedal i should be looking to losen?

When you look at the pedal, theres an allen key bit, you turn that to the minus. Then the bit that springs back to let the cleat in you need to get something in and lever it back, then turn the clean or put something in under it to pop the cleat out.
Do you know the bit i mean? If not i will get a picture of the pedal and show it, or if someone explain abit clearer(probably not explaining it the best)

 

[ChrisUK]

awesome! got it out no worries, now will just have to buy some new cleats in town tommorow and ill be back on the road Happy days!

Thanks for the advice guys, i think i will upgrade my pedals at some point but ive just laid out 1k for everything which i quite a lump some so had to make some cut backs somewhere but im happy non the less

 

[Steve Austin]

I put a cleat into one of my eggbeaters once, just to see how it worked, then couldn't get it out....

I used two allen keys. inserted them into holes, and twisted them with some molegrips, to twist the cleats out.
I wouldn't try to lever the cleat out, as you could be levering against a part of the pedal that isn't used to leverage. try twisting them out first

 

[4F]

I know someone who rides with SPD's on a road bike and has no problem..

Works for me

 

[TheDoctor]

This sounds like a not-doing-bolt-up-properly problem, not anything wrong with SPDs or the shoes.

 

[dudi]

I use SPDs on my road bikes. they're absolutely fine.

To get these out you're going to need to getsomething in the holes that you can grip and twist.

Allen keys will work, but if you can get a bit of wood, put in 2 bolts at the correct distance apart you can then juts put them into the boltholes, stand on it like it's the sole of you shoe and twist it out as normal.

Best off loosening the clasps on the pedal, use the small allen bolt at the end of the pedal and loosen it off.

Hope you get it out! once you have, make sure you do them up again properly!

 

[John Ponting]

Yesterday, 20:53
awesome! got it out no worries, now will just have to buy some new cleats in town tommorow and ill be back on the road Happy days!
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Today, 20:48
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Hope you get it out! once you have, make sure you do them up again properly!

He's probably already been to lbs, bought new cleats and fitted them - you can do a lot in 24 hours

 

[dudi]

hah.

that'll teach me to read the thread properly rather than just answering the question!

Oh well, maybe it'll help someone in the future if they search the archive...

 

[John Ponting]

I do it myself far too often.

 

[ed_o_brain]

ChrisUK,

This sounds like either, as already suggested, the bolts were not done up tightly enough in the first place OR they aren't quite long enough.

I've had difficulty fitting these kinds of cleats to some shoes before and wished for an extra couple of mm on the cleat bolts, but a bit of perseverance usually means I can get the cleat bolt thread started in the shoe and then I just doe them up tight until the teeth on the back of the cleat are well seated into the shoe and everything is tight.

Glad you are enjoying your new bike.

 

[RedBike]

I don't see why you need new cleats. You just need a few bolts and to make sure they're tightened properly this time.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using the 520 pedals on a road bike. In fact if you're new to clipless pedals they're actually quite a good choice as they're nice and easy to use, well built and good value for money.

Use them for a few months until you get used to the bike / clipless pedals then invest in a light-weight road specific set.