On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:34:18 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote:
jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 11:26:40 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
I was having some pretty bad noise that I finally realized was coming
from the Look Keo cleats. I tightened them all the way up (again) and
all it did was to change where in the pedal stroke it occurred.

This is irritating since the Arc cleats didn't do this but the Keo
cleats have a different shape into which it is easier to step into
(using the Classic pedals - the Blades are absolutely horrible to get
into because they don't rotate to the correct position. In fact, they
don't rotate at all because they are so light that they cannot overcome
the friction of the bearing seals.)

When you are one a hard climb on a quiet road they can drive you batty.

All Look cleats were capable of squeaking. I use a little Armor All or a
little TriFlo which helps. IME, Look Keo grip cleats are more prone to
squeaking because of the rubber pads. Those pads also impeded entry. I
avoid the grip cleats or rip off the pads. It's not like I'm going hiking
in my cleats, and if I anticipate being off my bike and walking, I bring my cleat covers.

-- Jay Beattie.


Following the advice from you and others, I sprayed my pedals with some
light silicon and it solved the problem for quite some time.

I had the grip cleats and switched to the ones without grips. They worked
fine for a while but they eventually started creaking as well. So I did
the silicon spray and that worked.

My feeling is that is actually dirt or dust causing this and the silicon is
just blowing them clean.

This is assuming Tom is referring to creaking and not something else like a
clicking BB.

It must be the cleat. It changed noises after I tightened them up more. But it won't go away.