for dura ace pedal owners
 

squeak squeak squeak. wtf? i replaced my old cleats and for a week the squeak went away. now it's back. i even replaced the plastic insert on the top of the pedal. it is worse than a squeak. it's like two banshees shrieking at the moon. it's so loud it's embarrassing when i encounter another rider or a pedestrian. if you left a bike in the rain for 15 years and then rode it down the block there would be less squeaking. i put some grease on the cleats and the squeaking went away for one ride. today it came back in the middle of a 50 miler. it was so irritating i wanted to ride my bike off a cliff.

is this a common problem with shimano pedals/cleats?

I've ridden my dura-ace spd-sl for 3000km and I could'nt get them to squeak if I tried, maybe the squeak is from the contact between the retention clip and the pedal, rather than the cleat and the pedal base.
I've got my pedals set to the lowest clip tension and have the cleat tightened as much as possible. Is the alloy body on the pedals worn at all ? Cleat angle on the shoe can also be the culprit.

Got them on two bikes and no squeeks,

have around 5,000 miles on mine since late april and not a squeak to be heard.

you sure you don't have looks? :)

I have Looks....40,000+ miles on a set of carbon CX6's, teflon edged cleats. Never had a single squeak.

I guess that makes you a fortunate exception, or perhaps there's something with the telflon edged cleats.

since i switched to clipless in '91, i've only used looks. finally tried soomething different this year, w/o regrets. while the squeaking wasn't a constant issue, it happened often enough.

ymmv

i also have a pair of DA pedals. smooth ride:>

Try regreasing the bearings I had a slight squeak in my DA pedals and that seemed to do the trick...

wayne