SPD Setup tips...?

Start by having your cleats centered on the shoe, since spd has a reletively narrow float you are
going to have to experiment on what works best for your foot. Hard bottom and not rubber bottom
shoes work best since its easier to slide into spds that thread the needle and clip right in. I
recommend starting with spring tension as loose as possible to get use to releasing. I went with the
time petals after not getting enough float with the spds but with more float you have to move the
heal more to get out. Times way easier to clip in than spds but sometimes the click sound is
missing. Good luck!

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"Clive Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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No doubt this has been discussed over and over but as a newcomer to SPDs

I'd

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appreciate some input.

I seem to remember reading yonks ago that setting-up SPDs incorrectly can

be

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uncomfortable at best, and do knee damage at worst. It just seems

incredible

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to me how hit-and-miss the fitting is for the plate in the shoe (I'm

talking

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recessed here) and with no guidance provided for the plates position, i.e. front/back, left/right,
toe in/out.

I'd appreciate any help or even somewher else I can look on the web for

more

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info.

Thanks.

PS. Appreciate you replying also to [email hidden].

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"Clive Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

No doubt this has been discussed over and over but as a newcomer to SPDs

I'd

Quoted message said:

appreciate some input.

I seem to remember reading yonks ago that setting-up SPDs incorrectly can

be

Quoted message said:

uncomfortable at best, and do knee damage at worst. It just seems

incredible

Quoted message said:

to me how hit-and-miss the fitting is for the plate in the shoe (I'm

talking

Quoted message said:

recessed here) and with no guidance provided for the plates position, i.e. front/back, left/right,
toe in/out.

I'd appreciate any help or even somewher else I can look on the web for

more

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info.

Thanks.

PS. Appreciate you replying also to [email hidden].

Standing with your feet shoulder width apart, gave a friend with a marker find the center of the big
bump on the inside of your foot and mark it. That gives you a rough center of the ball of your foot
measurement. Put the centerline of the SPD cleat on that line.

Then I used to use a ruler to angle the cleats to just on the outside of the heel of the shoe, while
lining up with the center of the toe of the shoe. That'll give you a rough angle to start with. The
ruler needs to go straight down the centerline of the cleat (fore/aft). Line up the point on the
front of the cleat with the middle of the point underneath the place where the pedal locks on.

That what you're looking for? Works fairly well for a lot of different setups, just adjust for where
the centers of the cleats are.

Mike

"Clive Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

No doubt this has been discussed over and over but as a newcomer to SPDs I'd appreciate
some input.

I seem to remember reading yonks ago that setting-up SPDs incorrectly can be uncomfortable at
best, and do knee damage at worst. It just seems incredible to me how hit-and-miss the fitting is
for the plate in the shoe (I'm talking recessed here) and with no guidance provided for the plates
position, i.e. front/back, left/right, toe in/out.

I'd appreciate any help or even somewher else I can look on the web for more info.

Thanks.

PS. Appreciate you replying also to [email hidden].

Just stick them on there and see where your foot is when it's on the pedal. you won't get it where
you want it the first time. I set mine so it's largely over the ball of my foot and so my feet point
out a bit as they do when I walk. I changed them incrementally several time. Worry less about what
the doomsayers say. Your common sense will prevail.

Quoted message said:

I seem to remember reading yonks ago that setting-up SPDs incorrectly can

be

Quoted message said:

uncomfortable at best, and do knee damage at worst. It just seems

incredible

Quoted message said:

to me how hit-and-miss the fitting is for the plate in the shoe (I'm

talking

Quoted message said:

recessed here) and with no guidance provided for the plates position, i.e. front/back, left/right,
toe in/out.

We've got some info regarding setup of cleats on our website at-

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Scroll down the page a bit to the part that talks about proper cleat position being important (about
2/3rds down the page).

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