On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?Looks promising but I use road SPD SL so probably not something I can
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:Since it’s highly unlikely you have a pair of the new cleats, which seem to >be in reviewers hands at moment.
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?
I don’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting
to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I’m assuming it’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it’s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
Roger Merriman
...https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I don’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I’m assuming it’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it’s >been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
Am 29 Aug 2025 07:03:51 GMT schrieb Roger Merriman
<roger@sarlet.com>:
...https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
Quoting from that article
"Now, how about who’s been riding clipped-into SPDs since around
1995/96? That’ll be a couple more of you, and now includes me."
It includes me, too. I bought my first set of SPD pedals, shoes
and cleats, together with a new Panasonic PR 3000 in a local shop
in 1995. I still own that bike, but haven't used it for more
than an occasional test ride after 2010, mainly because I've I
bought a new road bike in early 2010.
I still prefer SPD pedals for all my rides on bicylces with drop
bars. I used shoes from Gaere for my commute during winter and
even bought a pair of sandals with SPD cleats during an
especially hot summer.
I don’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >> to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I’m assuming it’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it’s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
In general, it is popular with people who like to be able to
walk, without the need to change shoes. Availability of office
compatible shoes is a benefit, too.
On 8/29/2025 9:54 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Am 29 Aug 2025 07:03:51 GMT schrieb Roger Merriman
<roger@sarlet.com>:
...https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
Quoting from that article
"Now, how about who’s been riding clipped-into SPDs since around
1995/96? That’ll be a couple more of you, and now includes me."
It includes me, too. I bought my first set of SPD pedals, shoes
and cleats, together with a new Panasonic PR 3000 in a local shop
in 1995. I still own that bike, but haven't used it for more
than an occasional test ride after 2010, mainly because I've I
bought a new road bike in early 2010.
I still prefer SPD pedals for all my rides on bicylces with drop
bars. I used shoes from Gaere for my commute during winter and
even bought a pair of sandals with SPD cleats during an
especially hot summer.
I don’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >>> to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I’m assuming it’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it’s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
In general, it is popular with people who like to be able to
walk, without the need to change shoes. Availability of office
compatible shoes is a benefit, too.
I was very happy with toeclips and my original SiDi Titanium
shoes until I lost the leather shoes in an unfortunate
incident in 1986. Switched to nylon sole SiDi shoes with
Look and never went back, for the road bike.
All my other bikes have toeclips which are ideal for shorter
rides in leather soled street shoes.
That said, my perusal of bicycle in large numbers shows that
most riders with retention* use SPD and copies, like you.
Road clipless are a distant second with toeclips now a
vanishingly small number.
*plain platform pedals are 90%+ of all bicycles
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:09:18 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 8/29/2025 9:54 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Am 29 Aug 2025 07:03:51 GMT schrieb Roger Merriman
<roger@sarlet.com>:
...https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
Quoting from that article
"Now, how about whoÂ’s been riding clipped-into SPDs since around
1995/96? ThatÂ’ll be a couple more of you, and now includes me."
It includes me, too. I bought my first set of SPD pedals, shoes
and cleats, together with a new Panasonic PR 3000 in a local shop
in 1995. I still own that bike, but haven't used it for more
than an occasional test ride after 2010, mainly because I've I
bought a new road bike in early 2010.
I still prefer SPD pedals for all my rides on bicylces with drop
bars. I used shoes from Gaere for my commute during winter and
even bought a pair of sandals with SPD cleats during an
especially hot summer.
I donÂ’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting
to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
IÂ’m assuming itÂ’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though itÂ’s >>>> been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
In general, it is popular with people who like to be able to
walk, without the need to change shoes. Availability of office
compatible shoes is a benefit, too.
I was very happy with toeclips and my original SiDi Titanium
shoes until I lost the leather shoes in an unfortunate
incident in 1986. Switched to nylon sole SiDi shoes with
Look and never went back, for the road bike.
All my other bikes have toeclips which are ideal for shorter
rides in leather soled street shoes.
That said, my perusal of bicycle in large numbers shows that
most riders with retention* use SPD and copies, like you.
Road clipless are a distant second with toeclips now a
vanishingly small number.
*plain platform pedals are 90%+ of all bicycles
It took a while to get used to not being clipped in, but now I'm very
happy with the heel sling pedals that keep my feet from slipping down
off the pedals and under the Catrike'a crassarms. I like being able to
ride in any kind of shoe. I wear sandals in warm weather.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Am 29 Aug 2025 07:03:51 GMT schrieb Roger Merriman
<roger@sarlet.com>:
...https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
Quoting from that article
"Now, how about who’s been riding clipped-into SPDs since around
1995/96? That’ll be a couple more of you, and now includes me."
It includes me, too. I bought my first set of SPD pedals, shoes
and cleats, together with a new Panasonic PR 3000 in a local shop
in 1995. I still own that bike, but haven't used it for more
than an occasional test ride after 2010, mainly because I've I
bought a new road bike in early 2010.
I still prefer SPD pedals for all my rides on bicylces with drop
bars. I used shoes from Gaere for my commute during winter and
even bought a pair of sandals with SPD cleats during an
especially hot summer.
I don’t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >> to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I’m assuming it’s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it’s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
In general, it is popular with people who like to be able to
walk, without the need to change shoes. Availability of office
compatible shoes is a benefit, too.
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?
Since it?s highly unlikely you have a pair of the new cleats, which seem to be in reviewers hands at moment.
I don?t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting
to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I?m assuming it?s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it?s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
On Fri Aug 29 07:03:51 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:Since it?s highly unlikely you have a pair of the new cleats, which seem to >> be in reviewers hands at moment.
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?
I don?t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >> to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I?m assuming it?s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it?s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
I saw a picture of a new Shimano off-road SpD shoe with a cleat on it that looked nothing like the SpD cleats we're used to. So I donder if the pictures we were shown were just stock photos.
On 8/30/2025 10:09 AM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Aug 29 07:03:51 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu Aug 28 17:28:16 2025 AMuzi wrote:Since it?s highly unlikely you have a pair of the new cleats, which seem to
Improvements are small and incremental now.
https://bikerumor.com/shimano-spd-cleats-reimagined-with-multi-entry-step-in-engagment-35-years-later/
I can't tell any difference, can you?
be in reviewers hands at moment.
I don?t use clippless though I did use SPD for a few years, be interesting >> to see if it does have easier entry from the side etc.
I?m assuming it?s been looked at again due to Gravel bikes? Though it?s
been very popular with MTBers and commuting folks.
I saw a picture of a new Shimano off-road SpD shoe with a cleat on it that looked nothing like the SpD cleats we're used to. So I donder if the pictures we were shown were just stock photos.
Note fifth image:
https://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/modified-Shimano-SPD-cleats-to-try-out-new-CL-MT001-multi-entry-engagement-1200x675.jpg
The left cleat in image shows a SH-51 cleat modified to look
like the not yet available new model. Note shiny area where
material was removed.
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