"Penny S." <
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> wd-40 silicon spray chain lube (pro-link) ????
Which kind of SPDs do you have? It does actually matter, since
(IMO) the older ones need lube on the actual pedal and 959s need almost none.
Now, to answer the actual question:
Don't lube them much at all. Touch the pivots with a tiny bit of persistent lube (WD40? That isn't
lube. That's Water Dispersent) and wipe away the excess. If you gob a bunch of lube on the pedal,
the mechanism just gets gunked up with the dirt that is attracted to the lube.
They key thing that needs lube is the cleat/pedal interface. Best way to lube this is to dab some
lube on the cleat itself.
When I was still running 747s, I used to bring a tiny bit of lube on rides where I expected
wet/muddy conditions. When release started to get sticky, I would lube the cleat (only the cleat)
and be back in business. During rides where it got bad enough, and I didn't have any lube with me, I
was able to get by wiping face-grease from my nose onto my finger then smearing that on the cleats
(really!).
With the 959s this has never been enough of a problem to bother bringing lube with me. They get a
little sticky, but not the welded- together feeling I got from 747s after getting the cleats wet
many times.
--
Tom "all SPuDs are OK, but 959s are great!" Purvis Salida, CO -
http://www.arkansasvalley.net/tpurvis/