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02-16-17, 07:10 PM

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TimothyH

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Originally Posted by reggieray

I got nasty hot spots in the balls of my feet from Speedplays. Roughly eight hours into my first double century I had to step off the bike for a while and stand there while the pressure hot spots receded.

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Originally Posted by reggieray

Also that was after the Speedplay cleats sheared off my shoe 45 miles into that ride and I had to wait for a very nice volunteer to drive to a nearby bike shop and bring back a new pair of cleats.

No issues with any SPDs at all so far.

If cleats sheared off the shoes then there was something wrong the shoes or the cleats were not installed correctly. Whatever it was probably caused the hot spots as well.

-Tim-

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