Originally posted about the rapid wear of my Shimano cleats, to the point of failure, approx. 3 months after purchasing them (along with new everything, inc. bike, on switching from running to cycling).

(https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cycling-discussion/1243808-cleat-s-sake.html)

Whilst I didn’t feel I walked excessively in them, I cut out 99% of time on my feet in my cycling shoes (essentially the walk from the bike shed at work to the changing rooms, 50m or so) and the new pair lasted…four months.

It’s the left one that failed again (and I do tend to unclip that one more often) but, as you can see in the pictures, both are pretty shot.

I bought four pairs of SPD-SL when I first wore them out and when I’ve used them all up I’ll change system to SPD.

But still baffling! They’re meant to last a couple of years, I’m going through around four pairs per year at this point! Haha