[sergius]

For whatever reason, I only ever seem to clip out/in with my left foot, I’ll tend to clip in my right once when I start a ride and once when I stop.  Hence they wear at dramtically different rates, with the left needing replacing while the right is pretty much fine.

I’ve started keeping the slightly worn right cleats to re-use in future, just a thought for anyone else who goes through Shimano cleats fairly regularly…

(If I was organised I’d swap them between shoes after 4-5 months, but I never remember)

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[sergius]

It’s an issue for any system

It’s an issue for any system where the cleat is subject to wear and the end-user always clips out on one side 🙂

 

I don’t drag mine on the ground, but the plastic “toes” definately wear much more from clipping/unclipping than anything else (for my usage at least).

[kwi]

Don’t confuse wearing down

Don’t confuse wearing down the coloured bit of a shimano cleat with wearing down the bit that engages the pedal.  Though it is a useful skill being able to unclip with either foot, or even both together as situations dictate.

[thesaladdays]

Is this an problem specific

Is this an problem specific to Shimano?  This was an issue for me when I first switched to road pedals (Look Keo), severely ground down the left side cleat within a month as I’d become used to using my shoe to slow down along the kerb when stopping at junctions.  Once I realised that, and stopped doing it, I haven’t had to replace them since.  They still wear a bit more than the right side cleat, but not so much that it’s an issue.  I don’t think a slightly worn cleat is a problem as long as it still locks in firmly.

[Marauder]

I purposely try rotate

I purposely try rotate removing each foot now and again to try and keep the ware even on each cleat.

[Judge dreadful]

I remove the knackered one,

I remove the knackered one, replace it with the one from the other shoe, then put a new one on the shoe that had the less knackered one on it. It saves a lot of money over the year.

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