Originally Posted by Ray Dockrey
Make sure you have the cleats installed where it only takes 15 degrees of rotation to unclip. If you install them the other way it takes 20 degrees of rotation to unclip. One cleat is going to have two dots on it and the other cleat will have one. I don't remember which goes on which side for the fifteen degrees. Also, as they break in they get much easier to unclip.
You can cheat on the release angle by pointing the cleat towards your big toe.
I don't know about that guy who says that egg beaters are lousy in mud. They work just fine for me and every report I've read to date indicates that Time and Egg Beaters are the only choice under those circumstances.