I've been riding Speedplay pedals for 7 years now -- many, many, many thousands of miles and many,
many, many town limit, county line and stop ahead sign sprints. I've never pulled out of my
Speedplays, nor have I ever known of anyone else who has (and I know plenty of folks who ride them).
Of course I'm not challenging you that it happened, but I suspect, as others have said, that you've
overlooked something significant in the maintenance or setup of the cleats. As they've suggested,
check that the cleats are clean and the springs are operating freely. Here's something VERY
important. The instructions tell you that when you're putting in those screws that have the blue
Loctite on them you should put them in to the point where you feel resistance and then turn them an
additional 1/4 turn. They warn you not to overtighten. DON'T OVERTIGHTEN! If you do, you'll restrict
movement of the springs -- and those springs are what lock into the grooves on the lollipops. The
typical symptom of having the screws too tight is that you get clipped in and you can't get clipped
back out. But I can see how the springs could open with the twist of your foot and not shut back
down properly if the outer plate is too tight. Check those screws!
Bob C.
"Stan Lipnowski" <
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> On today's ride I must have pulled out 10 times out of my Speedplays (X). None of these were
> during sprints, but rather just when spinning. Only
have
> about 2300 km on the pedals. Ideas/suggesations? Stan