Originally Posted by noisebeam
How real is the SPD accidental release issue?
I recently started riding fixed with front brake. Shimano SPD cleats and M520 pedals. First day I used very worn (thousands of miles, thousands of unclips) cleats and the left (my unclip foot) did pop out quite easily with hard braking. I put on new cleats and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get them to pop out with a very hard pull. But will I find that even a slight bit of wear will make them prone to accidental pop out.
Al
Update: I have about 400mi on the new Shimano SPD left side cleat and it is now worn enough that it unclips on a hard backpedal/skid. I can unpop it with simply a hard vertical pull. For me 400mi seems way too soon to have to replace cleats. This is very disapointing.
Al