| |
Main
Date: 19 Jun 2007 12:20:53
From: bw2117@yahoo.com
Subject: SH51 cleats - yes they do
|
I recently had to buy new pedals, I got the M520 which come with the
SH51 single release cleats. The directions state:
"These cleats only release when the heel is twisted outward. They
will not release if the heel is twisted in any other direction".
Bad news for me, since I cannot move my heel outward, I have always
moved my heel inward to release using the SH55 cleats on my old
pedals. But I put the new cleats on and tried it, and low and behold,
they release heel in! Must be the lawyers don't want to mention that
fact, since one does have to be careful not to put the shoe into the
spokes.
Just thought I would share this, since everything I have read on the
web says just what the instructions say - heel out only.
Makes me wonder which other cleat systems release heel in, but the
official line is heel out only.
Bill
|
|
| |
Date: 20 Jun 2007 06:53:18
From: russellseaton1@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: SH51 cleats - yes they do
|
On Jun 19, 2:30 pm, "Clive George" <c...@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk > wrote:
> <bw2...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1182280853.426195.78680@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I recently had to buy new pedals, I got the M520 which come with the
> > SH51 single release cleats. The directions state:
>
> > "These cleats only release when the heel is twisted outward. They
> > will not release if the heel is twisted in any other direction".
>
> Eh? They're symmetrical left/right, as are the relevant bits on the pedals.
>
> The SH55 will release in other directions than heel left/right as well
> though - perhaps that's what they're talking about.
>
> cheers,
> clive
I agree. The SH55 multi release cleat can be pulled out of the SPD
pedal with enough force in about any direction. I did it once to
avoid toppling over at a stop sign. Panic pull up, and slightly
outwards I would guess. Useful for crashes but under normal
situations, you unclip by just twisting your foot left or right in a
more or less horizontal plane.
|
| | |
Date: 21 Jun 2007 01:01:51
From: Friday
Subject: Re: SH51 cleats - yes they do
|
russellseaton1@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2:30 pm, "Clive George" <c...@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> <bw2...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1182280853.426195.78680@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> I recently had to buy new pedals, I got the M520 which come with the
>>> SH51 single release cleats. The directions state:
>>> "These cleats only release when the heel is twisted outward. They
>>> will not release if the heel is twisted in any other direction".
>> Eh? They're symmetrical left/right, as are the relevant bits on the pedals.
>>
>> The SH55 will release in other directions than heel left/right as well
>> though - perhaps that's what they're talking about.
>>
>> cheers,
>> clive
>
> I agree. The SH55 multi release cleat can be pulled out of the SPD
> pedal with enough force in about any direction. I did it once to
> avoid toppling over at a stop sign. Panic pull up, and slightly
> outwards I would guess. Useful for crashes but under normal
> situations, you unclip by just twisting your foot left or right in a
> more or less horizontal plane.
>
Good pedals have adjustable settings for tension. It also depends on how
much wear are on the pedals or the cleats.
|
| |
Date: 19 Jun 2007 20:30:36
From: Clive George
Subject: Re: SH51 cleats - yes they do
|
<bw2117@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1182280853.426195.78680@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>I recently had to buy new pedals, I got the M520 which come with the
> SH51 single release cleats. The directions state:
>
> "These cleats only release when the heel is twisted outward. They
> will not release if the heel is twisted in any other direction".
Eh? They're symmetrical left/right, as are the relevant bits on the pedals.
The SH55 will release in other directions than heel left/right as well
though - perhaps that's what they're talking about.
cheers,
clive
|
| | |
Date: 20 Jun 2007 04:50:57
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: SH51 cleats - yes they do
|
In article <46782f3a$0$8720$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net >,
"Clive George" <clive@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk > wrote:
> <bw2117@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1182280853.426195.78680@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> >I recently had to buy new pedals, I got the M520 which come with the
> > SH51 single release cleats. The directions state:
> >
> > "These cleats only release when the heel is twisted outward. They
> > will not release if the heel is twisted in any other direction".
>
> Eh? They're symmetrical left/right, as are the relevant bits on the pedals.
>
> The SH55 will release in other directions than heel left/right as well
> though - perhaps that's what they're talking about.
>
> cheers,
> clive
Indeedly doodly. The SH55 "multi-release" cleat has the ability to roll
out of retention to the side, which I think is pretty much a crash-only
release mode, but probably much loved by MTBers.
Because they are sprung only at the back clip-point on the pedal, I
think it is possible to pull more or less straight up out of an SPD
(slightly back and up, to release the nose of the cleat) but this
requires unusual forces. I don't think most people could force this
release mode unless the tension setting was very low.
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
|
|
