Cleat alignment

[merckx]

Start fresh. New shoes and cleats.

[David Kirk]

If the shoes were mine......I'd pull out the insole and look inside and if they are like Sidis from a number of years ago the foot board is perforated around the cleat area. In effect it's a trap door you can open to remove the threaded metal insert.

Take it out and then use a file or utility knife and reshape the slots that have been deformed and made narrow from tightening the cleats in place. The deformation of the slots in the plastic is your core issue. So clean up those slots and then put the whole thing back together and place the cleats where you want them and go for a ride.

dave

[djg21]

You didn’t have a problem for how long? And your problem is that the two clear placements look slightly different? Your feet are different first of all, and cleat placement needn’t be symmetrical. There is also some float in the pedal. Put the cleats back where they were and go ride your bike. If it ain’t broke, why try to fix it.

[p nut]

Good suggestions. Thanks, all. I will see about dremeling the slots. Rode again yesterday and it was very annoying trying to keep my foot/heel straight and not have it swing in.