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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in message <[email hidden]>, RJH

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I bought some Sixsixone Launch MTB shoes and Wellgo pedals and cleats.

Now, the instructions that came with the pedals say to attach a plate
to the inside of the shoe. But the shoe, once the insole is removed,
does have 'cut lines' that correspond the the area where the plate
might go, but it seems well and truly glued.

Many (most?) cycling shoes have the plates in already. Yours obviously
do or else you would have been unable to attach the cleats (nothing to
screw them to).

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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.

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

No.

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or just
tighten the bolts on the underside of the shoe with vast force?!

Yes.

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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