3v1lD4v3

These are my shoes. I'm trying to install some new cleats and I'm paying a little bit more attention and I'm stuck. Neither the 1R/1F or the 4R/4F allow the adapter to lay flat. The flatest I got it had a twist with the centerline being from front/inner to rear/outer.

I'm going to take everything to the shop tomorrow, but does anybody have any hints in the mean time?

Bioandbikes

I have Speedplays - if you haven't used them before, they are awesome!! You should have an extra shim with your Zeros: it's not a 1- or 4- shim, it's marked "extra". You need to insert it between the shoe sole and the base plate, under whichever rear mounting screw needs to be raised to make it lie flat. Of course, you probably only have one extra shim... Good luck!

3v1lD4v3

My bag actually had two "extra" shims, one per foot I guess. I had tried the shim on all three bolts but none made it any better. The shop was a little confused to. At least one other customer had the same combo with the same trouble, so I think it's something specific to the shoe's carbon insert. They managed to get the cleats mounted and they look good, but they want me to call and report who they work out. I'm going to hop on the trainer now. No point in risking tipovers if I don't know how the cleats will be.

Campag4life

I ride that combo along with a relocation plate that allows installing my cleats about 10mm aft or so.
What I did was use small thin washers under the cleat for the small corner screws to provide a flat surface for the cleat to bed against. The three chamfered larger bolts that secure the plate to the shoe have their bolt head protrude slightly proud to the plate because the countersink in the plate is not deep enough to accomodate the shoe bolt heads. Poor engineering really...and simple oversight. Great shoes and outstanding pedals. I have said before if Speedplay ever designed a cleat that would be less sensitive to attachment screw torque, they would have created the best pedals in the world. Even with their suspect mounting system which does allow aft cleat mounting and really why I went to them...to me they are the best pedals out there. Love the Specialized carbon shoes as well.
Hope that helps.