Fifty Plus (50+) - Cautionary tale # 539

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Mojo Slim
08-01-08, 02:22 PM
OK everyone. Now go check the screws that hold your cleats on. I lost one today. Fortunately, I found it (my shoes take a longer screw) I was near home.

BikeArkansas
08-01-08, 02:33 PM
Did that a couple weeks ago. Barely avoided a crash because I could not get unclipped with the loose cleat. I learned to check my cleat screws every couple rides.
lighthorse
08-01-08, 02:38 PM
Mine are rusted on very tightly.

stapfam
08-01-08, 03:02 PM
Whenever I fit new cleats (NoT often by the way) I really tighten down the clets with the allen Key- I then get the 6" long allen key out and really tighten them up
The Weak Link
08-01-08, 03:03 PM
I fear there are a lot of cautionary tales between 539 and 654 that I'm not at all privy to, and it makes me nervous.
rodrigaj
08-01-08, 03:25 PM
I use blue loctite.
cyclinfool
08-01-08, 04:17 PM
I use blue loctite.
Good plan!
doctor j
08-01-08, 04:52 PM
Would this indicate that people who use clipless pedals are very likely to have a screw loose?:D
BikeArkansas
08-01-08, 06:05 PM
I am not sure which comment is best, the use of the blue loctite or the idea that clipless riders have a loose screw. Both have a lot of merrit.
mandovoodoo
08-01-08, 07:07 PM
Funny thing. My wife lost one. Days later we stopped at a portapotty and she got off her bike. I held it for her, looked down, and there was the screw. Pretty funny!
Louis
08-01-08, 07:13 PM
I am not sure which comment is best, the use of the blue loctite or the idea that clipless riders have a loose screw. Both have a lot of merrit.
...Or that Mojo Slim favors a longer screw - in his shoes.
Mojo Slim
08-01-08, 09:52 PM
...Or that Mojo Slim favors a longer screw - in his shoes.

:eek:
Suzie Green
08-02-08, 05:30 AM
...Or that Mojo Slim favors a longer screw - in his shoes.

Longer isn't always better, sometimes it's how you twist it. :D
The Weak Link
08-02-08, 08:42 AM
huhuh huhuhuhuh

huhuhuhuhhhuhuh

Hey Beavis, he said screw huhuhhhuhhhhuuuuhhuhuh

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Litespeed
08-02-08, 02:11 PM
When one of the screws from my cleats came loose, I immediately put loctite of them -- no problem since.