wtf Keo cleats..
 

1) If you ride fixed forget Keo road pedals
2) Could someone make Keo cleats out of metal please? So when I find out the plastic wore out it's not because my foot popped out and made me eat **** into a curb front of the fuzz?
Fail :mad:

haha dude, I have keo cleats and they squeak incessently...so annoying. I feel like my whole bike is made out of plastic sometimes haha

Yeah... Keo pedals weren't really made for fixed, or any city riding for that matter. CB is the way to go.

Keo Sprints are the only clipless setup I've tried that I *haven't* accidentally came out of.

Really? I had to crank the tension as high as it could go and the suckers still would come out if I put too much force on em in an "oh f*ck" moment..
Then again ... the plastic :)

But in all honesty, the only time I've ever come out of a clipless setup while riding fixed (of which I've used both Shimano SPD's and Look Keo's extensively), it's almost certainly because I fishtailed the rear end and didn't keep the foot exercising the upward force in line with the frame. And it's only exacerbated by worn cleats.

In spite of their easy engagement, the lack of adjustable tension is a huge downside to Eggbeaters. I've heard mostly good things about Time ATACs, but have never had the time or money to justify trying them out. In fact, trying out any clipless setup is an expensive proposition.

Which Keo setup are you using?

The Sprint's have a slightly higher tension, but not by much. I ride some Sprint Laneo's at the default tension, which is fairly low (and maybe even at the lowest setting), and I've *never* come out. In fact, I find them just as difficult to get in to with the modern cleats with the rubber grip.

To put this in perspective, I've come out of SPDs at the most inopportune moments when I was riding brakeless. Ultimately, I wish someone would manufacture a clipless setup that required a ridiculously high angle of rotation for release.

spd's ftw.
Plus, its a lot easier to walk around in mtb shoes than it is road shoes.

Amazing.

Let's just say the Keos suck because you were too lazy to change out cleats when they were worn. They have a wear indicator on them for ****s sake. This thread for the fail. Let's also complain about cleat wear, so instead let's have them made out of metal so that you replace both the pedal and the cleat when it wears out. And also add another pound of weight to your foot.

Just because you don't know how to ride clipless pedals doesn't mean they "weren't made for fixed".

get the crank brothers eggbeater SL's and MTB shoes. Thats the setup I use on my road bike actually. It may seem that with pedals with no platform it would create hotspots, but with decent MTB shoes its no different than using wide platformed Keo pedals. Also, the eggbeaters are made of metal, and completely quiet :thumb:.

I have ridden Look style pedals/cleats and SPD pedals/cleats extensively, and I think that Looks are not really ideal for fixed riding. They suck for walking around in, they can squeak b/c of the plastic cleat, and they can be easy to come out of. I usually use Looks on my road bike, but I put them on the fixed gear for funsies and found out that they are much better suited for road bikes or any other type of riding that does not induce extreme upward motion.

Don't get me wrong, I do pull up on my feet while riding the road bike (every good rider should) but not with the amount of force that I pull up with while executing a skid.

Is this post moot b/c i said "funsies"?

no, it's moot because you do skidz. lawl

i have heard that keo cleats are more prone to wear than others, so whatever that's worth:thumb:

The information in this thread shouldn't determine anything negative about KEO pedals/cleats simply because the user is not aware that everything on a bike wears out, god forbid your cleats should too!

KEOs are as good a pedal as anything else out there if you use them properly, if you want a clipless setup to ride brakeless then SPDs or Time is your choice but even then you're likely to have an issue because these pedals were not meant to be used for riding brakeless.

Lame thread.

I love my Look pedals more than the SPDs

so were keo pedals made for fixed?

find an aluminum casting company and have them make a mold and pour you some new cleats.

hell, have them pour 100 and make a killing on the world wide web.

there is probably a reason the cleats are made of plastic.. most likely so that the cleats wear out and can be replaced easily, instead of having to replace the pedal itself. Thats why the different models of crank brothers pedals come with different material cleats, the material of the cleat has to be softer than the pedal itself.

to the OP: just buy some new cleats.

they were made for bikes