SPD Cleats rotating on shoe?

[Mark300zx]

Hi,


I am a cycling newbie and I do spinning classes I have spd cleats but however tight I do them up they rotate on the shoe when coming off the pedals???

TIA

[Harpoon]

Just to check you have SPD (and not SPD-SL), they are two bolt cleats?

What shoes do you have?

[Mark300zx]

SHIMANO RP3 SPD-SL Shoe, I have a two bolt cleat attached, it has the holes for a two bolt cleat and three bolt, shouldn't it work with both?

Edited by Mark300zx on Tuesday 28th February 21:42

[Harpoon]

I'd expect that shoe to need 3 bolt SPD-SL cleats (though I did find a page for what might have been an old version of that shoe which said it could take SPD 2 bolt or SPD-SL 3 bolt).

What cleats are you using at the moment?

[Mark300zx]

Shimano two bolt cleats are fitted.

[Harpoon]

Daft question - I presume two bolt cleats fit the pedals at the gym? It's a long time since I was spinning in a gym but back then, the bikes had 2 bolt SPD pedals.

The SPD-SL cleats are completely different 2-bolt SPD, so unless there's a mix of pedals at the gym, you wouldn't be able to clip in.

[irc]

Looks like the RP3 takes either 2 or 3 bolt cleats.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/cycling-shoe...

Is this always on the same bike? Because the release tension can be adjusted.

I assume the pedals are SPD pedals.

[Mark300zx]

It's on a variety of different bikes, they are spd pedals.

[andyeds1234]

Wrong length bolts, or the shim is missing between the bolts and the cleat.

Edited by andyeds1234 on Wednesday 1st March 18:33

[bigdom]

Mark300zx said:

It's on a variety of different bikes, they are spd pedals.

You might have over tightened and snapped the mounting plate in the shoe, easy to do without a torque wrench.

If you haven't done that, they come with locking compound on the threads, but a drop of thread lock liquid will stop them moving.

Edited by bigdom on Wednesday 1st March 12:52

[frostorama]

Have you installed the cleats with toothed edge of the cleat against the base of the shoe?

[gazza285]

bigdom said:

You might have over tightened and snapped the mounting plate in the shoe, easy to do without a torque wrench…

Is it? When mine came loose I did them back up to FT, I didn’t strip the threads, and I’m quite sure that I would not be able to snap a mild steel plate with an Allen key, no matter how hard I tried, on account of its ductile properties.

[stephenjk]

I have same issue. Clips at spin class seem to have much higher tension than normal bike. I've tried threadlock and have SPD clips fitted correctly but nothing works.

[bigdom]

gazza285 said:

bigdom said:

You might have over tightened and snapped the mounting plate in the shoe, easy to do without a torque wrench…

Is it? When mine came loose I did them back up to FT, I didn’t strip the threads, and I’m quite sure that I would not be able to snap a mild steel plate with an Allen key, no matter how hard I tried, on account of its ductile properties.

You're obviously not trying hard enough. You mention finger tight, the OP stated as hard as he can - my mate (powerful director) broke the plate on a pair of Northwave SPD by being heavy handed.