Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
Your shoes could be a factor - if the cleats are recessed sometimes it helps to trim a bit around the recess to allow easier access.
Ahhh...that's something I had kind of forgotten about. I'm going to have to take a look to see if that might help. They look like this:


I also wonder if it might help to remove that removable carbon piece under the arch. It's there to stiffen the shoe, which probably helped when I was using these shoes on my road bike (I actually ended up buying the road version of the shoe when I made the switch to dedicated road pedals), but a bit more flex would be nice for the off-bike parts of CX and mtn. biking. If that were gone I would probably be able to pedal enough to get moving with my pedals under my arch, then clip-in (which always seems easier once I'm moving--I need to learn how to do a moving mount one of these days, as well as unclip without coming to a complete stop).