Try,try again
The Eggbeaters didn’t work, so back to REI they go to be replaced with Shimano mountain pedals. Let’s see how they work.
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Crank brothers cleats only release when you rotate your feet sideways. I don’t know if they’ll release if I rotate my feet inwards, because there’s almost always a bicycle in the way.
The only difference I see after 15 miles with the Shimano pedals and cleats are that I have to be more deliberate when releasing them. The Eggbeaters would let me cock my feet, then finish pulling away; the Shimano ones really want to relatch if I only rotate my feet part of the way. Not different enough to be really noticable, though we shall see what happens after I’ve been on a bicycle for 26 hours and am no longer running on all cylinders.
SH51 cleats are responsible for my one and only one cleat-related fall (notice traffic light change way late; come to very abrupt stop; have the right shoe out and realize I’m tilted to the left, fall down, go boom) and I certainly didn’t have the excuse of having been awake for more than a day.
Managed to convince my cycling companion both that full-finger gloves are a good thing and that she wasn’t ever going to try clip shoes.
So I hope it goes well!
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If those are M520s, the cleat they come with is the SH-51, which is the low-range-of-motion, release-from-twist-only version. They are indeed a bit difficult to release.
SH-56 cleats, with more degrees of freedom and vertical as well as lateral release, are much easier to get off the pedal.
I find the 51s are much better for climbing, so it’s everything is tradeoffs again.