Originally Posted by
carleton
I really like the adjustable tension of the Ultegra SPD-SLs, but when I lock them down hard, I wind up twisting the cleat in the shoe when I clip-out. Which means, I have to tighten down the cleat so hard that I risk stripping the threads in the shoe.
Then you might want to look into whether or not your shoe interface is wearing out. You shouldn't need to gorilla tight the bolts even with max tension on SPD-SL's.
I'd refute that one post point by point but i'm too busy getting drunk so **** that. Instead i'll simply say this - SPD-SL'S FTW