Cleat fixing help

"RJH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I bought some Sixsixone Launch MTB shoes and Wellgo pedals
and cleats.

I don't know these shoes, and the only photo I've found
isn't great.

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Now, the instructions that came with the pedals say to
attach a plate to

the

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inside of the shoe. But the shoe, once the insole is
removed, does have

'cut

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lines' that correspond the the area where the plate might
go, but it seems well and truly glued.

There will have been a pair of vaguely cross-shaped plates,
which are, of course, the bits that bolt to the (outside of
the) soles of the shoes. There will also have been four
bolts. There might also have been a pair of square-ish
plates, quite thin, with two parallel slots in them. These
are designed to go inside the shoe, below the insole. There
may also have been two sections with female-threaded holes.
These fit into the slotted plates I've just described,
inside the shoe. These parts may have been pre-fitted into
the shoe - in that case, you will have been able to see the
threaded aperture before you fitted the cleats initially.

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So I fixed the cleats direct to the bottom of the shoe. It
seemed secure

but

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one worked loose today leading to a very awkward and
inelegant foot

removal.

Check that the cleat parts are as I've described.

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Should I persevere and hack away at the inside of the
shoe, or just

tighten

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the bolts on the underside of the shoe with vast force?!

They need to be reasonably tight, but no tighter than you
can easily manage by hand with a (normal length!) allen key.
They do sometimes come loose, but shouldn't do this
regularly. It's possible that the fittings in the shoes
"settled" a bit.

If you're still not clear, email me a close-up picture of a
cleat fitted to a sole; remove NOSPAM.

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RJH said:

So I fixed the cleats direct to the bottom of the shoe. It
seemed secure but one worked loose today leading to a very
awkward and inelegant foot removal.

How did you attach them? My shoes have mostly required the
following actions:

- somehow get the tongue out of the way so you can see in
- cut along the lines in the insole to allow lifting of the
bit that covers the cleat plate
- insert metal cleat plate
- replace the bit of insole
- in some cases, cut round and remove a bit of rubber sole
which covers the slots underneath the shoe (if you don't
do this the cleat will come undone and probably be
difficult to unclip).

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Should I persevere and hack away at the inside of the
shoe, or just tighten the bolts on the underside of the
shoe with vast force?!

Take a careful look at what's going on. When fitted
properly, there should be no squidgy bits clamped in
the assembly.

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Not to sound rude but ignore Guys post, you already have
plates in your shoes as the others have stated.

David Brown :o) said:

Not to sound rude but ignore Guys post, you already have
plates in your shoes as the others have stated.

Fairy nuff. But is there a rubber bit on the bottom?

Guy

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David Brown :o) said:

Not to sound rude but ignore Guys post, you already have
plates in your shoes as the others have stated.

Fairy nuff. But is there a rubber bit on the bottom?

Guy

Many thanks all - good advice. I'm pretty sure they're
supposed to just bolt onto the sole - it's tapped for it.
I've emailed some pics to Simon D - it's just that I was
concerned after they came loose.

Rob