Originally Posted by
martslc
I’m sure this has been brought up but would someone be willing to give me an answer to the following. I’m looking at getting speeplay’s and it’s between the following 3. Zero’s, Light Action’s and X-Series.
Here’s the explanation of the differences between the 3.
(-Zeros have adjustable float within a 15 degree range)
(-Light action have a non-adjustable, non-centering 15 degrees of float)
(-X series has Non-centering free float)
Questions:
Does the “cannot be adjusted" refer to the clip in and out force.
No. While the engagement/disengagement force is not adjustable, what they mean in that context is that you cannot adjust the amount of float. It's 15 degrees always. Zeros, on the other hand, have an adjustable amount of float.
Does the "non-centering 15 degrees of float" mean they do swivel 15 degrees but there’s no adjustment to the 15 degree?
No. While it's true there's no adjustment to the 15 degrees of float on light actions, in this context "non-centering" means that the pedal floats "freely" and has no tension to return you to a neutral center. All Speedplay pedals are non-centering.
To be clear, no Speedplays have an adjustment for engagement/disengagement tension. They do wear in, somewhat, but the Light Action are for easy engagement, Zeros are for stiffer engagement and X is for dinosaurs.