delay

There is absolutely nothing fixed gear specific about this post. I am only putting it up here because I know a fair number of you use eggbeater type pedals.

I got my Candies the other day, and am a bit confused by the cleats. One has several dots and I was told by the instructions that "most people mount it on the right shoe". There was no reason why given. Is it an issue of float? Does anyone know how these work? The crank brothers website didn't seem to have any information about it.

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Wait my mistake, it is about release angle:
Why are the two cleats different?
One cleat has two small dots in the center between the bolt holes, and the other cleat does not. If you put the cleat with two dots on it on your right shoe, then both feet release outwards at a 15 degree angle and if you put the one with the two little dots on your left shoe, then both feet release outwards at about 20 degrees. First-time users should start with the 15 degree release angle.

Feel free to delete this post.

darkmother

It has to do with the release angle. According to the instructions that came with my pedals, putting the dotted cleat on the left shoe yeilds a 20 degree release angle, on the right makes it 15. I've got mine on the left, and it takes a little more heel twist than I am used to to get out. Not sure if I will change it or not. Haven't tried it on the right yet.

darkmother

You beat me to it

delay

Yeah, it just took a little more searching on the crank brothers site. I have no idea why my instructions didn't make that clear.

outdoorboy

Yeah, but how do you like them so far? I just put some mallet c's on and am falling in love all over again!

darkmother

I'm pretty impressed with mine. I like the way the grab the cleat harder when you pull up on them. Solid feel. A little harder to get into than my SPD's, but I probably just need to get used to them. I'll be curious to see how they hold up over time, I'm not a big fan of the inboard bushing. At least you can rebuild them if you need to.

delay

I think they are incredibly comfortable. The platform feels as large as my SPD SLs, I am honestly thinking about getting another set for the road bike.

I actually have the exact opposite opinion about getting into them. I find them to clip in very easily. I notice that when I am leaving a light or something and happen to miss the pedal the first time I can get into them just by wiggling my foot around the top of the pedal. I honestly believe them to be the easiest engaging and disengaging pedals I have owned.

(to qualify, I have never used ATACs to I have no opinion about that system)

outdoorboy

I agree delay. I use them on my mountain bike and find them way easier than my spd's on my road bike. The added plus is that I can actually pedal comfortably without cliping in with the mallets.

Shiznaz

I can bust out skids on my stainless eggbeaters while I'm not clipped in. It would be pretty painful if I didn't have really stiff soles on my shoes though. Anyways, eggbeaters of all kinds are great, but I really prefer the ones without any housing just because it makes it that much easier to clip in, and they look way better, and the whole made up in our heads theft prevention thing.

Turnip

I find the eggbeaters super easy to clip into, but the candies are a bit more difficult if you don't have road shoes. I considered cutting the tread on my shoes and decided to put shims on instead. It helped, but they're still not as smooth as the egg beaters.

Jaminsky

I have the quatros, but basically the same thing. Darkmother, they say that there is a break-in period for the cleats, so that might be where your trouble comes from, but they should eventually be super easy to get into (thats kinda the whole point).

Jaminsky

By the way, they're on sale for cheaps a performance right now.

junioroverlord

As far as hard to clip into with mountain shoes I haven't had an issue at all. I love my candies.