Adjusting SPD's

Iain Jones [email hidden] opined the following...

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Here's my beginner question of the week. On my ultra-hilly ride a week or
so ago I found on one particular swine of a hill, pushing and pulling hard,
my left foot popped out of the pedal twice. Normal un-clicking at traffic
lights doesn't take much effort - the release tension is too slack. I've
lost the booklet which came with the pedals (plain SPD's), there's three
bolts at each end (double sided pedals), and I've got a reputation for
adjusting things without the knowledge and making them unusable. Help!

If they are Shimano SPDs (ie. not a clone like the FPDs) then you can
find the instructions on the Shimano website.

Generally (From my experience of them) there should be a small allen key
bolt which has a double headed arrow over it with a minus symbol and a
plus symbol to indicate which way to turn it.

Jon

On 24/8/04 10:48 pm, in article [email hidden],

Jon Senior' jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk said:

Iain Jones [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Here's my beginner question of the week. On my ultra-hilly ride a week or
so ago I found on one particular swine of a hill, pushing and pulling hard,
my left foot popped out of the pedal twice. Normal un-clicking at traffic
lights doesn't take much effort - the release tension is too slack. I've
lost the booklet which came with the pedals (plain SPD's), there's three
bolts at each end (double sided pedals), and I've got a reputation for
adjusting things without the knowledge and making them unusable. Help!

If they are Shimano SPDs (ie. not a clone like the FPDs) then you can
find the instructions on the Shimano website.

Generally (From my experience of them) there should be a small allen key
bolt which has a double headed arrow over it with a minus symbol and a
plus symbol to indicate which way to turn it.

How long have you been using those cleats? I found that mine eventually wore
down and would be a bit problematic. Changing them worked fine.

It did take a few years to get them to that state.

...d

in message <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk ('') said:

Iain Jones [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Here's my beginner question of the week. On my ultra-hilly ride a
week or so ago I found on one particular swine of a hill, pushing and
pulling hard, my left foot popped out of the pedal twice. Normal
un-clicking at traffic lights doesn't take much effort - the release
tension is too slack. I've lost the booklet which came with the
pedals (plain SPD's), there's three bolts at each end (double sided
pedals), and I've got a reputation for adjusting things without the
knowledge and making them unusable. Help!

If they are Shimano SPDs (ie. not a clone like the FPDs) then you can
find the instructions on the Shimano website.

Generally (From my experience of them) there should be a small allen
key bolt which has a double headed arrow over it with a minus symbol
and a plus symbol to indicate which way to turn it.

Furthermore, if there are 'three bolts at each end' you're looking in
the wrong place. The adjuster screw on an SPD (assuming it is an SPD or
clone) is at the back of the pedal. Obviously on a double sided you
have one at the front and one at the back, but each adjusts the clip
which is uppermost when it is at the back.

Word of warning: with a double sided cleat you can surprise yourself
nastily if you set one side tight and the other side slack - try to
keep both sides at the same adjustment.

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Furthermore, if there are 'three bolts at each end' you're looking in
the wrong place. The adjuster screw on an SPD (assuming it is an SPD or
clone) is at the back of the pedal. Obviously on a double sided you
have one at the front and one at the back, but each adjusts the clip
which is uppermost when it is at the back.

Word of warning: with a double sided cleat you can surprise yourself
nastily if you set one side tight and the other side slack - try to
keep both sides at the same adjustment.

I've been using them since November, surely they shouldn't wear out that
quickly? It makes sense that it's just the left one, since it's my left
foot that I unclick whenever I stop.

Yes, they are genuine SPD's, and they're double-sided, and looking closer
at each end there's two small screws and a larger allen bolt in the middle,
I guess this is the one? Though if there were "+" and "-" signs they've
been scraped off.

Thanks for the advice all.