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how to remove SPD pedals?

  • 02-04-2010 12:29am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭


    OK apologies for such a basic question in advance:eek:

    i have a bike with SPD fitment and it came with little plastic gammy 'pedals' clipped into the SPD fittings. I now have the SPD shoes. How do I remove the 'pedals' ?? I've pulled at them and yanked them from side to side and i'm afraid of doing damage. Do I just apply force and reef them off ?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 Thekingofhearts


    Just twist them as hard as you can. They'll pop eventually,

    The King


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    You unscrew them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    Just twist them as hard as you can. They'll pop eventually,

    The King
    el tonto wrote: »
    You unscrew them.

    ok that doesn't clear things up at all !!! thanks for the replies but still unsure what to do with them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 Thekingofhearts


    is it a black plastic pedal attatched to the spd?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    is it a black plastic pedal attatched to the spd?

    yep.

    and my gut tells me yank it off - but my head (after years of servicing my own motorbikes) tells me that nothing should ever be forced.....


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭clopd


    not sure if your talking about removing the full pedal or if it is one of these plastic platforms that inserts on to a SPD pedal.

    If your removing the full pedal:
    check to see if you can insert a hex key on the opposite side of the crank to pedal. then just screw it off. You might need to use a wrench also where the pedal meets the crank. They can be tight.

    If its the plastic platform - twist, yank, etc - I hear they are an absolute bitch to put on and off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 Thekingofhearts


    Nope you gotta force em off.

    Had the same thing on my epic.

    They just need to be forced. It wont break the pedal.

    If your unsure bring em to your LBS.

    Is this them


    http://www.starbike.com/php/product_info.php?lang=en&pid=10079


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    these are the pedals:

    http://www.starbike.com/php/product_info.php?lang=en&pid=4445


    and these are the yokes clipped into them:

    http://www.starbike.com/php/product_info.php?lang=en&pid=10079

    ive tried force but they dont seem keen to come off - and thats whats made me nervous and asking questions, do i just force them off ??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    you beat me too it the thingofhearts.


    thats all i wanted to know - brute force is ok. thanks


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 Thekingofhearts


    Flat head screwdriver will pop em off too..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭clopd


    yes brut force is all there is to it.

    They are a dog.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    job done, thanks:)

    now just to figure out how the cleats go into the shoes!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    jesus - trying to get these pedal things to clip back in is even worse than getting them off was :mad:

    already missing a fair portion of my knuckles.

    was hoping to pop them back in and just use a pair of goretex hiking boots for the winter commute - might be easier to just buy a pair of SPD boots though......


    edit- actually, whats better for commuting - SPD boots or just a neoprene overshoe with my current shoes ????? thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭zil


    Always a good idea to loosen the spring on the clips as much as possible before you go messing with the plastic inserts. They can be really really hard to get in and out otherwise, as someone else said, a screwdriver and a bit of leverage is usually best for getting them out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    thanks zil - i actually got them off a few months ago - just putting them back on for the winter instead of buying more shoes.

    a hammer did the job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Highway_To_Hell


    edit- actually, whats better for commuting - SPD boots or just a neoprene overshoe with my current shoes ????? thanks

    I only started cummuting by bike in March this year and have decided to try to commute at least 3 times a week right through the winter. After getting caught in a few heavy snow/rain downfalls I have decide to get boots instead of booties. I found the booties get destroyed and can cost 40+ euro, where the boots should last a few years and keep my toes warm. (only going with the boots as my commute is 30Km each way and cold wet feet really annoy me after 15 of so mins) I would also change the pedals on my road bike for the winter so I could use the SPD boots on both bikes.

    here are the ones I am currently looking at:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Shimano_MW80_MTB_Cycling_Shoes/5360038807/

    http://www.slanecycles.com/northwave-fahrenheit-2010-black-winter-boots-p-4526.html

    There is also a brand called “Lake” and this model tick all the boxes in that they are watertight, warm and take both SPD and SDP-SL but I cannot find a local internet supplier.

    if anyone knows of a local supplier for any of the above I would be greatful, prefer to buy shoes after trying them on, get messed up with width options in the past.

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    zil wrote: »
    Always a good idea to loosen the spring on the clips as much as possible before you go messing with the plastic inserts. They can be really really hard to get in and out otherwise, as someone else said, a screwdriver and a bit of leverage is usually best for getting them out.
    I was going to post this myself but zil got there first- it is essential to loosen the spring completely before removing the black plastic bits if you don't want to damage them (the plastic bits, not the pedal.) They come off handy enough with the spring loose.


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