Purchased new Shimano PD-R8000 pedals on Amazon and these clips came with them. I can’t believe how quickly they’ve deteriorated; although maybe this is normal?
by Perpetual_Exit
Purchased new Shimano PD-R8000 pedals on Amazon and these clips came with them. I can’t believe how quickly they’ve deteriorated; although maybe this is normal?
by Perpetual_Exit
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Have you been kicking the ground for a few hours too?
have you walked a lot in these?
it looks like you’ve been running around a gravel pit
What have you been doing to those poor shoes?
This looks more like 150 miles of walking. What the heck are you doing on that bike???
I replace my cleats like every 5,000+ miles, but I’m honestly not keeping track. I think in the last 5 years I’ve replaced cleats once or twice.
Did you scoot yourself along for all of them 150 miles?
Perhaps mountain bike pedals and cleats like Shimano SPD might be a better option for you.
I have a sense you may not have bought authentic cleats which makes me worry you didn’t get authentic pedals. Cleats should not wear out like that, even if you were playing soccer on concrete
I don’t think that kind of wear occurs from just pedaling. Looking at the heels of those shoes it looks like you have been walking around in them on some pretty rough surfaces. Rather excessive wear for just pedaling.
You’re doing more walking than cycling lol
Have you tried running shoes for that portion of the triathlon?
Buy from LBS or REI, lots of fake stuff on Amazon.
Pro Tip: Next time you do a triathlon, change into your running shoes for the run portion.
this guy is trolling us
road cleats are sensitive to being walked on, but given the pace of deterioration that you’re describing, a fake seems likely. road Cleats are obnoxious, but they’re not that delicate. you can get little caps to put over them for walking around too. That said, as a noncompetitive rider, I just use SPD two-bolt cleats for everything, which is a lot better for walking and if you have a nice stiff sole, the power transfer is still decent.
I’m not a roadie so this is just a guess but could those be indoor only cleats? I had some cheap plastic looking ones that came with my peloton but I quickly traded them out for spd pedals and cleats so it would be similar to mtb setup.
Have you been walking alot? How heavy are you? If you walk a lot during a ride and want cleats. I think SPD’s would be a better option.
You have definitely been walking on gravel.
Did you also walk 150 miles?
JFC are you sure you didn’t mean running?
Running flinstone’s brakes I see
It is if you did not also install the pedals
Ooh. they got one of those Fred flintstone scoot bikes. Me wanty
I’m guessing you are dragging your feet on the ground after unclipping??
Put the brakes back on your bike and stop using shoes to skid stop.
I can’t believe even fake cleats from Temu would wear that much after 150 miles. Sure you are actually riding that bike?
This is absolutely normal wear, if you are pushing off with your feet to get started after a stop. Which means, it is expected but excessive wear, because you are probably unknowingly doing something you should not be doing.
The hint is the displacement of the yellow rubber bits towards the front of the shoe, showing that the force causing the damage is your foot moving backwards.
To keep this from happening, obviously, try not to push off with a foot from a stop. I know, that’s the jerk way of saying things. The best way I find to do this is that when you know you are about to go again, yellow light on cross traffic for example, clip in one foot. Use that foot to spin the crank on that side to the high side. When you get the green light, instead of pushing off on the unclipped foot, just push down with the clipped in foot while picking the unclipped foot off the pavement. It takes a bit to break the habit of pushing off, but you will actually get better starts once you do since pushing off on cleats tends to slip.
Do you own a bike?
Forget the cleats, look at the shoes! I just replaced my shoes after TEN YEARS of riding. They didn’t look this bad.
150 miles of riding, or 150 miles of walking?
I had an issue with fake Shimano cleats that I bought from Amazon. I have ridden previous iterations for 5-6000 miles with no issues. But from Amazon I got 400 miles and the front part cracked and almost caused an accident. I should’ve known when I stripped a few bolts (with a torque wrench) that something was wrong with them. I promptly went to my bike shop and bought proper ones afterwards!
https://preview.redd.it/7f2ts6qval8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8da8308a1144ba77210cdd5d9301494e5b1ef5f7