That was lucky you had cleats! I had a spare set too that I found when I found all the stuff when I was searching for my shock pump. Found a brand new set of cleats, a brand new pair of gel gloves, and a brand new set of XT skewers (that I can really use on my spare MTB, since one of its skewer's springs got killed, and it has crap skewers, anyway).

It _is_ hard to get the rubber off the sandals, I was sure I was going to stab myself. Usually it's not that bad.

I'm wearing mine on a sunny/85F 200k tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get to take my socks off! It's supposed to be 60 when I start!