SHIMANO SPD-SL Cleat Set

Worked as expected as I needed to replace my previous pair

good for the price.

Hard to mess this one up.

Great!

Not madeby Shimano, but rather a “compatible” product - misrepresented by Cascade

Road cycling cleats are engineered to wear out over time. And, SPD-SL cleats have several very handy indicators built into them to tell you when you need to replace them. As my initial set of SPD-SL cleats neared their end I picked up these replacements to have on hand. They are a spot on match to the cleats that came with my pedals and are of excellent quality in my opinion. SPD-SL cleats are nice in that they have built in pods to help with walking. I had previously tried LOOK cleats/pedals and found them to be a walking hazard on smooth surfaces. Not to mention they easily got dirty which affected the smooth float of the cleats. SPD-SL fixes some of these issues by keeping the smooth surface of the cleat elevated away from walking surfaces. If you walk through mud youre still going to get them dirty, but smooth surfaces or black top wont pose much of a problem anymore. As I mentioned earlier SPD-SL cleats have built in indicators for when they need to be replaced. The one I recall off the top of my head is several marking lines along the two little pods in the back. As you walk on these those pods will slowly (or not so slowly) wear down. When you get to the last line its time to replace them as much more wear and youll be scraping the smooth surface of the cleat on the ground. The yellow cleats allow some side to side float so that your foot is not locked into a single position. I find that this is ideal for me as it is gentler on my knees. The serious racers out there will probably prefer the red cleats which have no float and so you do not lose energy in side to side motion. At my current rate of use it looks like Ill be going through about one set of cleats every year to year and a half. This seems to hold pretty true to how long it takes me to wear out a chain/rear cassette. All in all Im very happy with my switch to SPD-SL. I do recommend though extending the life of your cleats by purchasing some cleat covers. These are cleat specific covers which fit over the cleat and protect them while you are walking. I used a set with these cleats at last years MS150 as I walked on dirt, grass, mud, etc... They kept most of the crud off of my cleats providing a better riding experience as I hit the trail again.

love them

It does its job

using with peloton shoes on my peloton bike. working out great.

To those who doubt if those are authentic Shimano product, what you bought could be fake, but I got those cleats from our local bike shop as brand new. Both pairs of shoes have the cleats on for less than 100 miles and I do not walk on the cleats at all. The cleats on the Shimano RP4 shoes, yellow part fell off immediately when I unclip from the peddle. It feels like it was glued on with double sided tape. Very suspicious quality by actual Shimano but they are authentic. The one on Fizik are seeing significant wearing that is abnormal. I believe Shimano may have contracted the manufacturer elsewhere because the drop in quality after their factory fire incident is very real. In this case, if the knock-off are similar quality but only half the price, I wont hesitate buying the knock-off instead. The value is terrible and I wont recommend those cleat for any use due to both durability and safety concern.