How long have your Speedplay Frog cleats lasted?

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig... You
_`\(,_ | soon find out the pig likes it!
(_)/ (_) |

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig... You
_`\(,_ | soon find out the pig likes it!
(_)/ (_) |

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig... You
_`\(,_ | soon find out the pig likes it!
(_)/ (_) |

rosco wrote:
I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today, my
left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I checked the
cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it onto that
roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely worn away. The
symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is almost gone as
well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only accumulated about 160
hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for Frog cleats? I really
like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a year will get kind of
expensive.


I have my Frog cleats(old version) attached to Shimano sandals. These
Frog cleats have about 22,000km on them. They're looking a little worn
but I've never had any problems with them.

rosco wrote:
I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today, my
left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I checked the
cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it onto that
roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely worn away. The
symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is almost gone as
well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only accumulated about 160
hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for Frog cleats? I really
like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a year will get kind of
expensive.


I have my Frog cleats(old version) attached to Shimano sandals. These
Frog cleats have about 22,000km on them. They're looking a little worn
but I've never had any problems with them.

rosco wrote:
I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today, my
left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I checked the
cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it onto that
roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely worn away. The
symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is almost gone as
well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only accumulated about 160
hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for Frog cleats? I really
like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a year will get kind of
expensive.


I have my Frog cleats(old version) attached to Shimano sandals. These
Frog cleats have about 22,000km on them. They're looking a little worn
but I've never had any problems with them.

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:03:32 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

I was thinking the same thing about the shoe lugs. You might want to
see if you can find some Shoe Goo and build up the lugs a bit.

I don't have good records that far back, but I think my cleats are 2-3
years old, with 3-4,000 miles on them.

Pat

Email address works as is.

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:03:32 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

I was thinking the same thing about the shoe lugs. You might want to
see if you can find some Shoe Goo and build up the lugs a bit.

I don't have good records that far back, but I think my cleats are 2-3
years old, with 3-4,000 miles on them.

Pat

Email address works as is.

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:03:32 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

I was thinking the same thing about the shoe lugs. You might want to
see if you can find some Shoe Goo and build up the lugs a bit.

I don't have good records that far back, but I think my cleats are 2-3
years old, with 3-4,000 miles on them.

Pat

Email address works as is.

"Patrick Lamb" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:03:32 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:14:02 +0000, rosco wrote:

I switched to Frogs on my road bike earlier this year. On my ride
today,
my left foot kept pulling out of the pedal. After arriving home, I
checked the cleat and found one of the nubs on the cleat that retains
it
onto that roundish part sticking up from the pedal base had completely
worn away. The symmetrically equivalent nub on the right footed cleat
is
almost gone as well. Checking back through my ride log, I've only
accumulated about 160 hours of riding on these cleats. Is this normal
for
Frog cleats? I really like the pedals, but replacing cleats about
twice a
year will get kind of expensive.

I broke my first Frog cleat this year. It was at least 3 years old. But
what you describe does not depend on the miles you ride, but the miles
you
walk. Sounds like your shoes have lugs that are shorter than the cleats,
so they are grinding away the mushrooms on the cleats.

I was thinking the same thing about the shoe lugs. You might want to
see if you can find some Shoe Goo and build up the lugs a bit.

I don't have good records that far back, but I think my cleats are 2-3
years old, with 3-4,000 miles on them.

Pat

Email address works as is.


Mine were on Sidi Dominator shoes. I don't think the cleat was all that
exposed. Nevertheless, I did very little walking on these shoes - generally
only to get on and off the bike at the beginning and end of a ride.