Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
This. Titanium is not as hard as steel, and will wear out faster. Whatever that means. I've lost track of how old my current steel cleats are. I'd see Ti cleats more as a status thing rather than as a weight savings.
I wouldn't buy them, but I have had to replace spd's. When you run in them a lot because you're not good enough to hop barriers. You may have to run concrete stairs in practice or a race........it will wear down a cleat however recessed or not it is. If it's too recessed, it will make it too tough to constantly re-engage the cleat/pedal.
But that's maybe once every like 3 years or so? Given that, I wouldn't buy it unless I was making like 3x what I make in a year then it would become irrelevant as a cost.