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Creaking pedals/cleats
On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote:
Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.Â* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?Â* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.Â* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.Â* So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. |
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Mark J. wrote:
On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.* So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. -- duane |
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On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote:
Mark J. wrote: On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.Â* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?Â* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.Â* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.Â* So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. Or lack of grit and grime -- mine started squeaking after a thorough cleaning of the bike. AFAIK, noise comes from vibration caused by friction between the cleat and pedal body -- unless the pedal has a built in squeaky-toy or sound chip. Did you get a discarded clown-nose stuck to your pedal? When my bike squeaks, I always check for discarded clown noses. Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute |
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On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 6:38:38 PM UTC-4, James wrote:
On 24/7/19 4:06 am, AMuzi wrote: On 7/23/2019 11:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.Â* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?Â* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.Â* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.Â* So under pressure. Dust/grit on the nylon face. Shoot dry silicon spray periodically, just like nylon drawer slides. I cleaned mine after they started to make noise. Then I tried silicon spray and that didn't do much for long. Then I cleaned again and applied a smear of my *magic* chain wax/oil lube to the top surface of the toe end of the cleat and the problem is non existent. YMMV. I was going to make the same suggestion, but I thought there might be too much skepticism from the anti-waxxers. - Frank Krygowski |
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On 24/07/2019 9:11 p.m., jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote: Mark J. wrote: On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.Â* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?Â* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.Â* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.Â* So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. Or lack of grit and grime -- mine started squeaking after a thorough cleaning of the bike. AFAIK, noise comes from vibration caused by friction between the cleat and pedal body -- unless the pedal has a built in squeaky-toy or sound chip. Did you get a discarded clown-nose stuck to your pedal? When my bike squeaks, I always check for discarded clown noses. Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute I thought 42 is always the answer. Just don't remember what the question was. Seems still ok even after getting caught in the rain this morning. I'll find out over the weekend. |
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On 7/25/2019 11:31 AM, Duane wrote:
On 24/07/2019 9:11 p.m., jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote: Mark J. wrote: On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats. What's the trick to stop them from creaking? I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so. But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind. So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. Or lack of grit and grime -- mine started squeaking after a thorough cleaning of the bike. AFAIK, noise comes from vibration caused by friction between the cleat and pedal body -- unless the pedal has a built in squeaky-toy or sound chip. Did you get a discarded clown-nose stuck to your pedal? When my bike squeaks, I always check for discarded clown noses. Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute I thought 42 is always the answer. Just don't remember what the question was. Seems still ok even after getting caught in the rain this morning. I'll find out over the weekend. 42 is an excellent answer. That's the size of sample shoes and coincidentally my feet. woo hoo. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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AMuzi wrote:
On 7/25/2019 11:31 AM, Duane wrote: On 24/07/2019 9:11 p.m., jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote: Mark J. wrote: On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats. What's the trick to stop them from creaking? I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so. But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind. So under pressure. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. Or lack of grit and grime -- mine started squeaking after a thorough cleaning of the bike. AFAIK, noise comes from vibration caused by friction between the cleat and pedal body -- unless the pedal has a built in squeaky-toy or sound chip. Did you get a discarded clown-nose stuck to your pedal? When my bike squeaks, I always check for discarded clown noses. Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute I thought 42 is always the answer. Just don't remember what the question was. Seems still ok even after getting caught in the rain this morning. I'll find out over the weekend. 42 is an excellent answer. That's the size of sample shoes and coincidentally my feet. woo hoo. My shoe size also. Hmmm. How’s your pocket fluff holding out? -- duane |
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On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 6:11:15 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, Duane wrote: Mark J. wrote: On 7/23/2019 9:23 AM, Duane wrote: Look Keo 2 Max with grey cleats.Â* What's the trick to stop them from creaking?Â* I switched from the grip cleats to the plain ones with the white silicon ridges and the creaking stopped for a 1000km or so.Â* But now it's back. Mostly happens climbing or with a head wind.Â* So under pressure.. Others have already posted better answers, but here's mine: Back before I gave up on Look Deltas (switched to two-bolt MTB shoes ~2008), I regularly had awful squeaks. Cleaning the cleats (and maybe waxing the nose) would hold them for a while, but on longer rides, I'd listen to the squeak for the second half of the ride. This got old. I took to carrying a sacrificial tube of chapstick / lip balm. A touch of that on the nose of the cleat would silence the squeak until the next time I walked on the cleats - at which time the chapstick coating would pick up all sorts of grit and the squeaking would resume. I also took to carrying a bit of paper napkin to wipe the cleats at the end of a pit stop, then reapply the chapstick. Clearly a tedious ritual, but it gave temporary relief. That's one of the reasons I switched to MTB-style pedals and shoes on all my bikes. Mark J. The general consensus seems to be grit and grime. Or lack of grit and grime -- mine started squeaking after a thorough cleaning of the bike. AFAIK, noise comes from vibration caused by friction between the cleat and pedal body -- unless the pedal has a built in squeaky-toy or sound chip. Did you get a discarded clown-nose stuck to your pedal? When my bike squeaks, I always check for discarded clown noses. Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute The look Deltas I have seem to make noise all the time. The Look Blade did not. Of course the cleats were new. |
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:56:43 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
snip Anyway, removing friction between the cleat and pedal body will do the trick. That could mean removing grit or adding lubricant to a clean pedal -- or throwing on a new cleat because the old one is fuzzy and acts like a high frequency zither (?). Remember, wax is always the answer. -- Jay Beattie CEO, Paraffin Institute I thought 42 is always the answer. Just don't remember what the question was. Seems still ok even after getting caught in the rain this morning. I'll find out over the weekend. 42 is an excellent answer. That's the size of sample shoes and coincidentally my feet. woo hoo. Dec Hex oct html 42 2A 052 * * Also the ascii code for a * which in most programming languages is a wild card. Which basically means whatever you want it to. Thanks Mr Adams. -- davethedave |
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