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re:Look Cleat Squeak
In category Racing
Written by GannasGerl

I've seen some discussion on "cures" for Look cleat squeak, but I've tried them all and the noise is still driving me nuts. I've tried candle wax, Vaseline, WD-40, grease, filing the nose of the cleat, rubber strips glued to pedal rubbing point, pieces of plastic bag between cleat and pedal, green leaves (roadside emergency method) and all of these work for about 10 miles max, then *creak, creak*.

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re:Pedals: Look versus SPD on racing bike
In category Tech issues
Written by WalrusOnYourFace

For several years, I've been using Look pedals on my racing bike and
SPD's on my MTB. Now, I'm getting tired of replacing my Look cleats every time they wear out. I'm planning to replace the Look pedals with
SPD pedals (not SPD-R or SPD-SL) because of the built-in cleats in the shoes. Did anyone ever do the same thing and is now happy or unhappy? Is the smaller contact surface of the SPD cleats an

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re:Shimano pedal hair-splitting tech question
In category Tech issues
Written by bodhidharma

Hello rec.techies... I am one of your unruly cousins from the AMB group. I maintain a FAQ over there about clipless mountain pedals:
http://members.cox.net/jhnmorgan/mtb/CliplessFAQ.txt

Allow me to paste a paragraph about Shimano pedals that has come into contention at my shop for your review and opinions:

"Your standard clipless pedal design. Two spring loaded metal binding jaws clamp onto th

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