speedplay pedals and shoes

littleknown

on the advice of others reckon i will try a set of speedplay pedals to help knee pain, on paper they look good and have good reviews, worth a shot i think.

pricey as hell though,

can someone please recommend a set of pedals and compatible shoes( im using mavic mtbs at the moment which unfortunately dont take the cleats which beefs up the expense bill..

looking for mtb shoes as im going to swap the pedals between road and mtb using the same shoes.

thanks,

blorg

What are you using right now- a non-clipless system?

Standard Shimano SPD MTB pedals are quite cheap and have a bit of float in them, may be enough for you.

Speedplay are generally regarded as being top for free-floating if that is what you require but as you say they are expensive.

littleknown

at the moment im using shimano xtr spds on my roadbike and m540s on my mtb, they have around 6 degrees of float but im still having trouble with my knees as there isnt enough room for manoeuvre [ i have duck feet so i need to be able to move the heel in as much as possible and just generally have more freedom of movement to rest the knees }, speedplay get good results for knee problems from what i can see.
hurts having to buy a new setup though as the ones i have and the shoes are in perfect nick..

Lumen

Did you get the knee savers?

Have you sought advice from an orthotics specialist?

IMO you don't need loads of float, you just need the cleats to be aligned along the axis of your duck-footedness.

DirkVoodoo

Yes, I was just going to suggest that rotating the cleats would also help. You can align them with your natural foot orientation and then have the 6 degree float, you shouldn't be using the float available to line your feet in their neutral position.

littleknown

no i decided to give the knee savers a miss because nobody has heard of them and only one uk shop that i have never heard of before sells them, so pretty hard to get an opinion on them,

regarding changing the cleat position, there really is very little movement you can make on them apart from moving them up or down right? it seems you can slightly move it to the left or right but nothing major, at the moment i have put the cleat down as far as it will go and pointing as far outwards as possible, i have also adjusted the pedals to provide as much float as possible. i havent yet tried them with this position,

Lumen

littleknown wrote: »

no i decided to give the knee savers a miss because nobody has heard of them and only one uk shop that i have never heard of before sells them, so pretty hard to get an opinion on them,

regarding changing the cleat position, there really is very little movement you can make on them apart from moving them up or down right? it seems you can slightly move it to the left or right but nothing major, at the moment i have put the cleat down as far as it will go and pointing as far outwards as possible, i have also adjusted the pedals to provide as much float as possible. i havent yet tried them with this position,

I guess not many people are sufficiently duck footed to need "knee savers", but I wouldn't be put off by lack of reviews, they're just pedal spacers, which are mentioned in lots of places, like here.

Have you Googled this stuff?

Regarding the cleat position, I'd imagine you may need to drill new holes in your shoes, oe get some sort of plate made up with extra threaded holes in it.

Given that you have an obvious anatomical issue, your apparent aversion to seeking professional help is a bit baffling.

littleknown

aversion to seeking medical help? i have had two mrsi xrays and a couple of other scans for measure,im currently doing rehab, weights, ultrasound and electrodes for two hours every day, i am seeing a traumatologist later today as well, unfortunately none of these have much experience with cycling and are focusing solely on the knee ,
thanks for the feedback though.:)

Lumen

littleknown wrote: »

aversion to seeking medical help? i have had two mrsi xrays and a couple of other scans for measure,im currently doing rehab, weights, ultrasound and electrodes for two hours every day, i am seeing a traumatologist later today as well, unfortunately none of these have much experience with cycling and are focusing solely on the knee ,
thanks for the feedback though.:)

Sorry, I didn't mean medical help, I meant help from an orthotics specialist e.g. Irish Fit.