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April 2, 2012 at 16:01 #107955
First off, I thought I lost one of my cleats while I was riding on Sunday. I went to the bike shop and bought new ones today. I get them all in and what do I see? The cleat’s still in the pedal! But it doesn’t end there. I click in to the other side after a lot of force (stupid, stupid, stupid…) and now I have my cleat and my shoe stuck on opposite sides of the pedal. I’ve tried loosening the tension with no luck. Can you guys give me advice on getting these out, and also in what order?
Thanks so much!
Sparknotes: a cleat and my entire shoe are stuck in my SPD pedals on opposite sides. How and in what order can I get them out?
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April 2, 2012 at 16:47 #107956
Depends on the type of pedal…
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April 2, 2012 at 17:06 #107957"mtbgreg1" wrote
Depends on the type of pedal…
It’s an SPD pedal, It’s called the Forte Carve (some kind of off brand)
it looks like this
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April 2, 2012 at 18:52 #107958"singletrack09" wrote
[quote="mtbgreg1":2e6szner]Depends on the type of pedal…
It’s an SPD pedal, It’s called the Forte Carve (some kind of off brand)
it looks like this
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Looking at that design, you might be SOL. You could probably try removing the screws that hold the silver metal pieces in place, but I bet it’ll be difficult or they’ll get bent while you try to remove them. -
April 2, 2012 at 18:56 #107959
I’m of the mindset that if you were able to click it in, you can click it out. Have you tried to place something into the shoe to try to get some additional leverage?
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April 2, 2012 at 18:59 #107960"schwim" wrote
I’m of the mindset that if you were able to click it in, you can click it out. Have you tried to place something into the shoe to try to get some additional leverage?
Hm good thought. Only issue I see is that the click in force is downward, and the clickout force is more of a sideways motion.
That, and this pedal definitely isn’t designed to have 2 cleats clicked into it.
Singletrack09, let us know what you try!
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April 2, 2012 at 19:47 #107961
I haven’t put anything into the shoe to try to get more leverage. I tried to take some Robogrip pliers and twist the cleat out with no luck. I hope my pedals can be saved, but they were only 40 bucks so it’s not the end of the world. I’m hoping my bike shoes don’t get damaged since I’ve used my new pair only 3 times.
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April 2, 2012 at 19:48 #107962
I’m going into the bike shop tomorrow, hopefully they can somehow save my pedals and get my shoe off.
and thanks for the replies!
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April 3, 2012 at 04:39 #107963
Take a dremel with a small cut off wheel and cut up the cleat. Once it is in pieces it should come out. Just be careful not to cut up the pedal.
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April 3, 2012 at 06:44 #107964"dgaddis" wrote
Take a dremel with a small cut off wheel and cut up the cleat. Once it is in pieces it should come out. Just be careful not to cut up the pedal.
+1 for this idea, you need to get the abandoned cleat out in order to relieve tension on the one attached to your shoe.
When you’re all done, get some Crank Bros pedals and you won’t have this issue ever again. 😃
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April 3, 2012 at 16:11 #107965"dgaddis" wrote
Take a dremel with a small cut off wheel and cut up the cleat. Once it is in pieces it should come out. Just be careful not to cut up the pedal.
That sounds like a really good idea actually. But I was messing with my pedal last night and unscrewed the tension changing screw to the point where it fell out. Today, I just twisted on the shoe super hard and the shoe came out, and the cleat fell out. I think the fact that the piece the front of the cleat goes into could move more helped. The front of my pedal was a little bent, But I fixed it with pliers.
Thank you everyone for the help!
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