Originally Posted by
sstorkel
If you pull straight up on the cleat, there's no way that a Crank Brothers pedal will release... unless the cleat or the pedal is damaged. The only way to get Crank Brothers pedals to release is to rotate your heel inward or outward by the required 15 or 20 degrees. If you can rip a cleat away from a clipless pedal, and you're not using a Shimano SH56 cleat with an SPD mountain bike pedal, it's time to replace either your cleats or your pedals or both.
Oh, I imagine that the cleat eventually rotated enough to release, but that wasn't the action, the action was to rip my foot up before the @#$@# bike fell over. I'm highly confident I'm not the first new cleat user (with new pedals and new cleats) to employ this tactic.
KeS