I learned an important lesson this weekend

[withm]

I too once had a cleat screw loosen just enough to almost prevent clipping in, and worse, prevent un-clipping. Good idea to check your cleats and screws periodically.

[Jiffer]

A guy friend of mine full on broke a cleat about halfway into a century. Not a pleasant second half of a century for him!

[Megustalaplaya]

I wouldn't have thought to check the cleats (once I get them on my shoes). Thanks for posting this!

[Owlie]

A guy friend of mine full on broke a cleat about halfway into a century. Not a pleasant second half of a century for him!

EEK! [contemplates putting an extra cleat in the bag]

Beca--it's an epoxy that essentially glues the threads of the screw to whatever they're screwed into to keep them from coming loose.

[prinessbeca]

EEK! [contemplates putting an extra cleat in the bag]

Beca--it's an epoxy that essentially glues the threads of the screw to whatever they're screwed into to keep them from coming loose.

ahhhh good to know! Thanks for the tip, that sounds like a great idea.

I can't imagine breaking one halfway through a century...they're so small, maybe I WILL keep spares in my bag....

[chatnoire]

This happened to me at the beginning of a ride, only my cleat didn't loosen up, it ripped apart. There are photos on my blog (in my signature) if you want to see, just use the equipment review tag.

Fortunately it happened at the beginning, in front of an REI, so I went in and bought a new set of pedals and cleats (Look Kéo) and had them installed right then, and we made it on the ride 20 minutes late.

I'll keep an eye on my current ones, though, too, just to be sure! Thanks for the reminder!