Grrr...2nd bloodied knee courtesy of SPD-SL pedals!

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Hubby picked up a set of Look Keo Plus pedals...I have high hopes that they will work well for me.

[RubyTuesday]

I am also riding with Shimano 105's that I purchased from Performance (aka Nashbar). They were pretty easy to use when I first got them and I left them on factory settings. I have since moved my right foot back to the easiest setting and still find them hard to upclip now and then. Getting my right foot clipped back in after a stop is really getting annoying. I need to find something else, I think.

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Are yours the black ones? I'm really starting to wonder if there was a wonky batch. Either of the pedals or the included cleats. Our LBS buddy was perplexed, too.

[RubyTuesday]

Yes Kristen, they are the black ones. Purchased about a month ago.

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Yes Kristen, they are the black ones. Purchased about a month ago.

I am very suspicious, indeed. All 3 of us who have had issues with this pedal have the exact same model purchased within about a week of one-another.

Got my Look cleats on my shoes. I will get in a ride tomorrow. Going to have to get different cleats, though--the ones that came with the pedals have none of the rubber grip things on them (why would Look even make cleats without them--they are slippery!?), which will be a no go for running through duathlon transition area.

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(why would Look even make cleats without them--they are slippery!?)

There are the purists and weight weenies... I hope you have better luck with the Look pedals. I'd suggest you buy two sets of cleats. I wore off the rubber in my left cleat (I unclip my left foot at stops) in less than a month when I started using the Look pedals. I replaced only that cleat and it has held since then.

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Now I am 100% certain that there was something very wrong with those black Shimano 105 pedals and I am contemplating contacting Shimano so that they can dope-slap their quality control peeps...since there are at least 3 of us with the same issues on the same pedals.

Today I did a ride with Look Keo Plus pedals and I think it actually ticked my hubby off how easily I popped-in to take off. Clicking out was a piece of cake, as well. If I had to unclip for an emergency stop I actually could, with these pedals. I actually think I may tighten the resistance, since on the lowest setting I'm a bit suspicious that I could come unclipped if I pulled up hard in a sprint and rotated my ankle a bit.