Originally Posted by
NomarsGirl
Thanks for the hints. I made some progress. Rode around my back yard on the grass with my left foot clipped in. I have still not successfully clipped in on the right side even once. I don't have the right size allen wrench to adjust the tension, so I guess I'll have to get one. Of course, my husband just assumed I'm an idiot and didn't believe that we don't have the right size. He nearly stripped the bolt trying to force in one that was too large.
You will need a metric sized allen wrench for the adjustments. Get good ones as more allen head bolt are ruined by cheap allen keys than any other thing, except maybe trying to use SAE sized keys.
One thing I did was put a small piece of masking tape on my shoe exactly where the cleat is on the shoe sole. That will help you position your foot better and then you can pull the tape off..