Anyone have any feedback…i really like my speedplays, but they suck to run in!
I like my speedplays enough while I am on my bike, that I just learned to take my feet out of the shoes for the transitions.
Ditto - w/ Gokartin. Speedplays are so good on the bike that I tolerate the cleats in T1. But I pop out of the shoes as I approach T2, so there’s no issue running to rack my bike.
i take my feet out at T2 and dont have an issue, except when the float allows the shoe to twist out…more concerned with running out of T1.
keo’s work fine for running in, seem to have plenty of float also depeding on which color cleats you have
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Well, there’s a lot of justifiable love for speedplays here…
But to answer your original question, I think the **best **cleats for running through transition are eggbeaters from Crank Bros.
(And, I switched from lolipops to eggbeaters for just that reason.)
Agreed…Eggbeaters.
SMp … The interface is on the side, and the cleat is made out of titanium.
Steve
www.sidemountpedal.com
SMPs. no problem. Since the engagement isn’t on the undersurface of the cleat/shoe, one can run easily on the bottom of the cleat, which has a rubberized surface.
I would guess that Eggbeater Quattros would be a close second.
Don’t, seriously. Unless it’s a transition area with tons of crap (the only one I’ve been in that had debris was an F1 duathlon and I used cages for that anyway), do not run in cleats! I don’t know how many races are messed from broken cleats (probably very few), but it is a risk. Learning how to slip into the shoes on the bike is really not very hard, just takes a short practice session. Hint: If you lack tri shoes (like me) lengthen the tongue and combine two straps into one with duct tape. Works a charm and you’ll be blowing transitions out of the water.
Leave the shoes on the bike for both T1 and T2. With a little practice it’s much faster.
I use the Zeros on my tri bike. Don’t have to worry about shoes popping off. I use X’s on my road bike.
I do use a shoe-one-bike mount, but running in SMPs is NO problem.
They are unlike any other cleat. I have demonstrated it to friends. The textured rubber undersurface allows for running (albeit gently).
Maybe Steve will post a pic of the underside of the cleat/pedal.
No way would I run in Looks. Quattros have a rubber thingy lateral to the cleat that protects the cleat and appears to allow running.
The biggest advantage that I see for shoe-on-bike mount is that I don’t have to worry about the crud that gets on my feet from the water’s edge to the bike. It just comes off before I slip into the shoe. If I had to I could just get up to speed and wipe my foot before inserting it into the shoe. I don’t do the flying mount. I just step on the left pedal and swing my right foot over the bike to the right pedal.
Also, I slipped badly trying to dismount with shoes on feet, when I swung the foot over onto the Look cleat. Ouch. Doing the same with the shoe still on the pedal, one comes down onto the bare foot, which works much better.
BTW, dismount with shoe-on-foot using SMPs is not a problem, but by the time I started using them, I was already doing a shoe-on-bike mount.
Leave the shoes on the bike for both T1 and T2. With a little practice it’s much faster.
Calling h2ofun! Calling h2ofun!
The crank bros quattro comes with a plastic shim thing… You run on the plastic and the cleat stays pristine. You will never have a problem with crap getting in the cleat… They were designed for cyclo/mtb.
New LOOK KEO Grip cleats should start shipping to dealers shortly after InterBike. This cleat has rubber on the walking surface to keep you from slipping.
Hello Wookie and All,
Here is a way you can run on your bike shoes in the transition and be a bit more aero too.
http://biketechreview.com/...4&highlight=neal
Cheers,
Neal
Scroll down to the couple in the red, white and blue on a tandem.
Tell me if the grin on the guys face and the grimace on the woman’s face don’t tell you what HE just did.
The best would be soft-ish MTB shoes with Shimano SPD cleats… but I doubt you really want to try that.