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waynesulak
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Originally Posted by rahill
The Speedplay recommendation is something like 2,000 miles. On the new ones, that's trivial with the grease port on the end cap. On my older ones (X/2), you have to pry off the end cap and fit an adapter -- prying that thing off is the hardest part of the whole process.

That being said, I don't think I lubricate mine even close to that frequently. One of my pairs has close to 40,000 miles on them and they're starting to show signs of wear -- the stainless parts that engage the cleats are somewhat worn and there's a tiny bit of play in the bearings. For their age, I'm OK with that!

Cleats are a separate issue, just dribble some wax-based lube on them every now and then and you should be fine.
I have been using White Lightening on Bebops cleats so I will just move that procedure over to my Speedplay test bike.
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