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Pedals again! Shimano to Cranks
This could be a dumb question but here goes.
I've just got a new bike and opted to have some Crank Candy C's fitted. I currently have Shimano 545's on the old bike which I still intend to ride.
It looks to me like they have completely different cleat fittings, is there anyway to use both bikes with the same pair of shoes without changing cleats (which is a pain)
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unfortunately they use different cleats.
Looks like you are either up for a 2nd pair of shoes or a new set of pedals
I went through exactly same thing last year.
1 pair Shimano Pedals and 1 Cranks, changing cleats between rides lasted about 2 weeks then I bought a cheap pair of shoes to avoid the hastle. Ended up changing all the bikes to Cranks anyway!
That is what I thought!
So options are buy new shoes.
Change pedals for standard shimano (bike shop won't mind this as they offered both and I haven't used them yet)
Changing cleats each time isn't going to do.
I have been after some new shoes so probably do that, just need to convince the credit controller which could be interesting after just purchasing a new bike
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My new bike had cranks and went back to Shimano Deore XT (adjustable tension) - found the cranks way hard to get out on low speed / fast get out before splat situations. Shimano's for me were perfect out of the box.
So make sure you like the Candy's before you buy new shoes........
I was going to ask about adjustment, I like my cleats loose for easy exit so I will change the cleats in my shoes and have a few easy rides and make an assessment. New pedals would be cheaper than new shoes!
You'll find Crank Bros will be quite tight when new. They do 'fade' off and become much easier to engage/disengage from. But you won't notice this on a few easy rides I'm sure. So it's probably not a good test environment to determine whether you'll like them or not.
Personally I'd persevere. IMHO Crank Bros make the best pedals. No adjustments = no nonsense. I have them on both my bikes and do all my ride buddies.
take the bike back to the shop and get them to swap your Crank Bros pedals with another set of Shimano (give or take a few $). I assume you haven't ridden the crank bros pedals seeing as you don't have the cleats. The bike shop should do that without too much fuss I'd think if the pedals are good as new.
The advantage of running the same type of pedal / cleat on multiple bikes is you can swap parts over (eg if you lose a cleat screw you can slip on your other pair of shoes and go for a ride on your bike of choice).
I've used both Shimano and Crankbrothers and i find the Crankbrothers Candy's to be the easiest pedals to use . The basic Shimano pedals i Had tend to jam when muddy which caused some minor falls , no such thing as mud jamming the Candy's as the mud pushed straight through the the simple mech . The Candy's realeased when i fell off whithout thinking about it and there is no need or no means to the spring tension as it is about right. Also spares are availible from the Crankbrothers site.
I fitted the cleats to my shoes and tried them out, to be honest they seemed harder to clip in then get out. I'll do a few easy rides and see how they go. I'm keen to see how they go, worst case is just buy another pair of shimanos and they don't cost that much.
on new Candys I find they are a bugger to clip in until the cleat and wings wear off the machining marks. I just put a few drops of chain lube on the wings, and after the first few rides, super slick clipping.
Never have a problem with reduced retention when doing this either.