Campagnolo/Look pedal "canting"

[Claus Assmann]

There seems to be some problem with my Campagnolo (Look style)
pedals or the cleats: I noticed that I can "wiggle" ("cant") my
shoe around the longitudinal axis. This happens with the black
cleats. I'm wondering whether this is normal (I never noticed this
in the many years before) or whether the cleats and the pedal don't
"match" properly (anymore?). The pedals are now about 9 years old,
but I ride only about 5000km per year. I tried different black
cleats which I got with some new "Wellgo" pedals but observered the
same behaviour. Any suggestion(s) what I should check next? TIA!

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[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Claus Assmann (no-copies-please) wrote:
> There seems to be some problem with my Campagnolo (Look style)
> pedals or the cleats: I noticed that I can "wiggle" ("cant") my
> shoe around the longitudinal axis. This happens with the black
> cleats. I'm wondering whether this is normal (I never noticed this
> in the many years before) or whether the cleats and the pedal don't
> "match" properly (anymore?). The pedals are now about 9 years old,
> but I ride only about 5000km per year. I tried different black
> cleats which I got with some new "Wellgo" pedals but observered the
> same behaviour. Any suggestion(s) what I should check next? TIA!
>

These aluminum body-ed pedals wear divots where the cleats contact them
so they will have this canting you are seeing. Why pedals now have a
steel pate there instead.

 

[spincircles]

I've filled in the worn, low spots on the aluminum footbed of look
pedals with epoxy putty. This material can be found at Wal Mart in the
sporting goods / boating section and is marketed for boat hull repairs.
It's like JB Weld but mroe clay-like in it's pre-cured form.

It's comes in a bar of putty about 4 inches long. Pinch off a bit and
knead it to activate the hardener. Quickly press it onto the well
cleaned low spots of the pedal foot bed. Allow to harden. File
hardened putty so it's just barely higher than the pedal body.

Won't last forever, but is a cheap repair to keep a pair of pedals
going for a while.

I use black cleats on my Look pedals 'cuz my knees don't mind 'em and I
believe the lack of rotation slows such wear on the pedals.

Pat Smith

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
> Claus Assmann (no-copies-please) wrote:
> > There seems to be some problem with my Campagnolo (Look style)
> > pedals or the cleats: I noticed that I can "wiggle" ("cant") my
> > shoe around the longitudinal axis.
.........
what I should check next? TIA!
> >
>
> These aluminum body-ed pedals wear divots where the cleats contact them
> so they will have this canting you are seeing. Why pedals now have a
> steel pate there instead.

 

[Chris Z The Wheelman]

<deciding not to quote>

It's normal. Most pedal/cleats are nowadays designed to "float". That
is, there is some play in the twist of the cleat/pedal interface. This
is to accommodate the twist that some riders have in the motion of their
foot as they pedal.

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