DIY cleats?
07-09-05, 04:51 PM
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DIY cleats?
I have these sampson clipless pedals
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
and in the 'waste not, want not' spirit I was wondering what kind of design I would need to fabricate in order to make a suitable cleat?
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
and in the 'waste not, want not' spirit I was wondering what kind of design I would need to fabricate in order to make a suitable cleat?
07-09-05, 05:14 PM
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Erm, good machining skills?
Wouldn't it be much cheaper just to get a new set? You could probably find one for <$10.
Wouldn't it be much cheaper just to get a new set? You could probably find one for <$10.
07-09-05, 05:37 PM
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That'd be nice, but I have no clue where I could find these cleats. I suppose I could start calling local (and not so local) bike shops. Otoh, it's kinda hard to beat the coolness of DIY cleats...
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The solution is to not buy it. Or this is your auction disguised inside a question.
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and in the 'waste not, want not' spirit
There's no reason to buy new clipless pedals and cleats when I can make/find cleats for pedals I already have. They came with a trek 610 I bought a couple months ago.
There's no reason to buy new clipless pedals and cleats when I can make/find cleats for pedals I already have. They came with a trek 610 I bought a couple months ago.
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Aren't they just generic SPD/Look type cleats? (I don't run clipless but I know a little about 'em. Correct me if I'm wrong.) If they are, I'm sure someone'll have 'em used. I have a feeling that to make some would be tres expensive and difficult to do it right, therefore wasting a lot of material.
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Originally Posted by el twe
Aren't they just generic SPD/Look type cleats? (I don't run clipless but I know a little about 'em. Correct me if I'm wrong.) If they are, I'm sure someone'll have 'em used. I have a feeling that to make some would be tres expensive and difficult to do it right, therefore wasting a lot of material.
For one thing, SPD and LOOK are two totally different standards. It looks more like a LOOK pedal than an SPD for sure, but I have a feeling LOOK cleats aren't going to work in this application. Even if a LOOK cleat fits in the pedal, the spindle of this Sampson pedal is very far towards the rear of the pedal relative to a standard LOOK pedal. Looks to me like the limited fore/aft adjustment of the LOOK cleats won't be able to compensate for it either.
To the OP: Not to discourage you or anything, but this seems like WAY too much work when you could definitely buy either a cheap new or a used pedal/cleat combo that would suit your needs. Buying a used combo from someone who doesn't want theirs anymore should take care of your "waste not, want not" mentality, I would think. If you're still really that into it though (are you incarcerated, perhaps?) that's cool. What do you plan on making these cleats out of (say "soap" and I'll know for sure
)? Another consideration you might not have thought of is that cleats do wear no matter what material they're made of, so even if you were able to make one that worked satisfactorily it won't last forever.
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Originally Posted by lyeinyoureye
I have these sampson clipless pedals
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
and in the 'waste not, want not' spirit I was wondering what kind of design I would need to fabricate in order to make a suitable cleat?
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
and in the 'waste not, want not' spirit I was wondering what kind of design I would need to fabricate in order to make a suitable cleat?
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To the OP: I would only try it if YOU are going to do the machining. Otherwise you could buy a new set of pedals + cleats for what a machinist would likely charge you.
To everyone else: If the OP is a machinist, he might just be doing it for fun. I've done a little machine work and it's a blast... I custom-made a latch for my mom's pool gate, yeah I could have bought one for like a buck, but hey, I had the machine, I had the time, and I had some scrap metal laying around... And now she's the proud owner of probably the only billet aluminum pool gate latch ever made
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To everyone else: If the OP is a machinist, he might just be doing it for fun. I've done a little machine work and it's a blast... I custom-made a latch for my mom's pool gate, yeah I could have bought one for like a buck, but hey, I had the machine, I had the time, and I had some scrap metal laying around... And now she's the proud owner of probably the only billet aluminum pool gate latch ever made
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Originally Posted by Eggplant Jeff
To the OP: I would only try it if YOU are going to do the machining. Otherwise you could buy a new set of pedals + cleats for what a machinist would likely charge you.
To everyone else: If the OP is a machinist, he might just be doing it for fun. I've done a little machine work and it's a blast... I custom-made a latch for my mom's pool gate, yeah I could have bought one for like a buck, but hey, I had the machine, I had the time, and I had some scrap metal laying around... And now she's the proud owner of probably the only billet aluminum pool gate latch ever made.
To everyone else: If the OP is a machinist, he might just be doing it for fun. I've done a little machine work and it's a blast... I custom-made a latch for my mom's pool gate, yeah I could have bought one for like a buck, but hey, I had the machine, I had the time, and I had some scrap metal laying around... And now she's the proud owner of probably the only billet aluminum pool gate latch ever made
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The problem with trying to machine cleats is they have a lot of subtle curved shapes which would be hard to make. Also, if you don't have a model to copy, making one could be very frustrating...
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I had a pair of those pedals way back when. The back of the cleat wraps around the back of the pedal. The cleats stick WAY out from the bottom of the shoe, and the cleats always break at that back piece, because you have to stand on it when you are stopped or off the bike. They belong in the museum of bad bike ideas.
