Originally Posted by
devilshaircut
Carleton, thanks for your advice ... you always know what people are riding at the track. I love it.
I am leaning toward the Speedplays just because of what people close to me have said. Which do you prefer to ride at the track?
I switched form Ultregra to Speedplay because:
- Speedplays are waaaay more adjustable. Zero to 15 degrees float. Ultegra are zero OR 6 degree with nothing in between.
- You can set the heel-in and heel-out of the float. Heel-in is set to keep you from hitting your chainstay or crank arms with your heel. Heel-out sets when the pedal disengages.
- You can add stacks of spacers to adjust for leg length discrepencies (no one's legs are exactly even).
- Those with wider hips can get pedals with longs spindles.
- Sprinters can get an adjustment plate to put the pedal almost under their to effectively take the ankle joint out of the system somehow sending more power to the pedals (a pro that's sponsored by speedplay explained this to me).
- Speedplays are double sided (not that that matters much).
- The cleat doesn't wear out as fast as SPD-SLs. The SPD-SL system is exactly like the LOOK system.
- You can add a toe clip adaptor for added security:
http://www.fixedgearfever.com/module...rder=0&thold=0 Pics:
http://www.fixedgearfever.com/module...ails&album=135