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Annoying noise

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started by hateloveschool on March 11, 2007

I've started to have a problem with my cleat. It keeps wiggling around when it is clipped in so it's making an annoying chirping noise. I've checked all the screws and they're tight. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix the problem?

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ston_ar posted 1 year ago.

Are they Look pedals? Supposedly (mine haven gotten ridden on enough yet) Look pedals are notorious for squeaking after they get broken in.

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Anton posted 1 year ago.

My Looks don't squeak....
Are your cleats clean?
Is the shoe rubbing the crank arm when it rotates?
You can try lubing the spring mechanism on the pedal itself.
Do you use Loc-tight on the cleat screws?
As a last resort...try foot powder in the shoe.

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

I ride looks and think I have heard a similar noise. I believe I only hear it when the cleat is worn out. When the front of the cleat was worn very low, it moved more and made an odd squeaky chirping noise. I replaced the cleat and haven't heard it since (if I remember right). The cleat was very worn though as they were on my commuter shoes, and it did need the replacing since it was close enough to being thin enough to break.