baj32161

....and was wondering what to expect since I am switching over from SPD pedals. I need new shoes and cleats anyway and I now have 2 pairs of brand new Look Keos. I figure I may as well "graduate" to road pedals. Are there any difficulties I may expect to encounter...anything I need to "get used to" with this switch? I have heard good (and some not so good) things about these pedals, but since they were free I figure "what the hey" right? They are not the carbon pedals.

New Bike...new pedals...I am feeling pretty good about this upcoming riding season.

Cheers,

Brian J.

ILUVUK

I switched to a Look knock off from Wellgo SPD pedals during my first year of riding. I was getting a lot of hotspots from the SPDs. I immediately noticed and appreciated the wider platform. I personally thought the Look knock offs were easier to clip into as well. I've since switched to Shimano 105s though and am very happy. In short, I was in no way disappointed by my switch away from SPD pedals.

deepakvrao

Not a double sided entry, but that is really the only difference that I feel when I switch between SPD, SPD-SL and Look.

I find that clipping out of the Look is the easiest of all the three, but that might be due to different speing tension settings.

I like my Look b'cause I got them in red

How did you get free pedals?

baj32161

Well.....I dragged my GF to the Toronto International Bike Show on March 6th and when we were getting out of our car, I looked down and saw a bag with 2 boxes of brand new Look Keo pedals lying there. Apparently whoever bought them drove off without them. So I picked them up and brought them inside with me and attempted to find the shop where they were purhcased from. There was one shop who remembered selling 2 pairs of pedals to a guy that day but they had no information on who it was or what type of pedals and had not been called about them. So I took them home and put ads in the local papers and on CL, asking the owner to claim them. I did not, and still do not want anything for them, just to have the rightful owner claim them. I only asked that they tell me how much they paid for them so I would know they were the rightful owner. Noone has contacted me yet. I am keeping my ads up until my fitting on the 26th. If I do not hear from the purchaser then I guess I will keep one pair and sell the other. I just could not leave them on the ground in the rain without attempting to find the owner. I am sure there are other people who would have tried to find the owner as well but I knew I would so I feel okay about it and am still willing to give them back to their owner, if he/she would only contact me.

Cheers,

Brian J.

nayr497

Woah, you are a good man! I probably wouldn't have put forth such an effort trying to find the original owner. Good on ya.

I have been using Look Keo Sprints since I first went clipless. That's many many miles ago at this point. I like them a lot. Set your tension low at first, until you get used to them. I have Sprints on two bikes and Keo 2 Max on one. I like the 2's a bit better. The metal plate seems to provide a more secure/definitive snap in. Also like the wider platform.

I use spds on my around town bike. They are definitely easier with the double-sided entry.

What to expect - a bit of time getting used to the Looks, but not much. You're already used to clipless. The one sided takes a little time to get used to. You'll also have to see if they rotate. Some of my Look pedals rotate and come up flat when I'm preparing to clip in. Makes it easy. Some don't rotate so I need to turn them with my foot as a step in. I'd rather have them all rotate or all not, for the sake of uniformity.

Good luck.

ChadRat64

Hey I think those are mine.

I just got some Look 2 Max pedals. They work really well. I had a look knock off fall apart on me. I replaced them with the 2 Max. I run Looks on all my road bikes.

CaptJohn

Brian you are awesome! If only there were more people like you. ^^ Like what nayr497 said, I doubt anyone will put forth so much effort in trying to locate the original owner.

baj32161

Thanks. Awesome?....shudder....I sure hate to think that what I did was out of the ordinary, I like to think that cyclists look out for each other. All I know is that if it had been me who had bought those pedals and lost them, I would hope that someone would find them and try to find me. My dad taught me many many years ago that if I have to get something at the expense of someone else then I do not need that thing. I try to live by that to this day. Now, if I can find a decent pair of road shoes for around $100 up here in Canada where cycling gear is outrageously priced. Any suggestions for a road pedal/shoe newbie?

Cheers,

Brian J.

deepakvrao

That's a lot of effort you put in. Good job.

kissTheApex

Brian,

Check jenson for sale prices on some nice Shimano 132L road shoes, currently they have a sale on them for 39.99 USD (limited sizes though). The same shoes pop on bonktown.com for 74.99 USD and you may find one your size. And please do not take this the wrong way but since you have found 2 pairs of pedals and cannot locate the original purchaser (despite all your efforts, which I admit above and beyond most people would do), may I suggest you pass them on in one of the "pay it forward" threads? You may make a starter cyclist very happy.

rat fink

What's your shoe size, Brian? I'd be willing to pay it forward on some shoes, since you sound like a fine specimen of humanity. I have several set of road shoes that don't fit, so it wouldn't be a problem if any of them are your size.