Originally Posted by
Tpcorr
My right cleat no longer has that positive "click" sound when clipping in, and it sometimes will let go of the pedal under usual pedaling loads. The cleats are about a year old and have about 5,000 miles on them. My pedals are shimano 105 5700. I've tried adjusting the tension on the right pedal but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Time to replace the cleats?
Tom
Your pedals should both be adjusted to the same tension. If you normally release the right cleat when you come to a stop without disengaging the left side, the right cleat will wear faster without a doubt. However, this also means that that pedal suffers more wear. Normally this is not a huge problem, the bail on the pedal should be made of more wear resistant materials than the cleat and should outlast the cleat many times over. The sound made when the cleat is engaged with the pedal shouldn't matter. What matters is if you have no problems with the cleat disengaging unexpectedly of if you have problems getting out. How it sounds isn't really important