where to find 3-bolt internal plate for Shimano road shoes?
01-09-17, 02:18 AM
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where to find 3-bolt internal plate for Shimano road shoes?
My brother-in-law has a pair of Shimano SH-R072Y road shoes. The shoe's sole is designed to work with multiple bolt patterns. However, the internal plate only has threadings for 2-bolt or 3 in-line bolts. There is no internal plate to use with 3-bolt style cleats.
See attached photos. The first photo shows the sole design and the included plate (note: the plate is designed to be on the inside of the sole, but is shown outside for visual clarity). The second photo shows the 3-bolt cleat that my brother-in-law wants to attach to the shoe.
My question is: where can I buy an internal metal plate to use a 3-bolt style cleat with these shoes? The shoe is clearly designed to accept this, so I assume the plates are out there somewhere. But I haven't been able to find them through online searching.
See attached photos. The first photo shows the sole design and the included plate (note: the plate is designed to be on the inside of the sole, but is shown outside for visual clarity). The second photo shows the 3-bolt cleat that my brother-in-law wants to attach to the shoe.
My question is: where can I buy an internal metal plate to use a 3-bolt style cleat with these shoes? The shoe is clearly designed to accept this, so I assume the plates are out there somewhere. But I haven't been able to find them through online searching.
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01-09-17, 07:03 AM
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If you can't find the exact original part, I have made similar repairs on old cycling shoes using a T-nut like that in the picture. They come in various sizes/lengths and are easily available at hardware stores. You may need to cut the spurs down, or completely off. And possibly shorten the barrel.
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01-09-17, 08:20 AM
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I'm not sure about this but your right had picture shows what appears to be an adapter to allow SPD-type two-bolt cleats to be mounted on a three-bolt Look-pattern shoe sole. Can the cleat be removed from this adapter and mounted directly on the shoe sole with the standard two bolts?
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Don't use the Quattro plate- the piece around the cleat, which attaches to those pegs always falls apart. Since the shoes are drilled for a 2-bolt cleat anyway, just use the eggbeater cleats without that external adapter plate.
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Specialized replacement T nuts
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sh...ent-kit/117561
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sh...ent-kit/117561
