Originally Posted by
DieselDan
Just for S&G, I did break a Look ARC cleat once. I unclipped my left foot, and leaned to my right. In the panic, my right foot wrenched and snapped the cleat in half, sending a part flying across a parking lot full of cyclists, but harmlessly landing on the sidewalk.
i think they were probably designed to fail in this way so that you don't end up destroying your ankle in an accident. when you have a cheap piece of plastic between metal, carbon fiber and your foot it is actually good design that will make the cheap plastic fail protecting the other 3 components of the system from overload.
but in case of SPD it isn't clear what exactly will fail first. that bothers me.