Float on SPD's. Should there be contact?

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Float on SPD's. Should there be contact?
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flag fooby
Posted: Nov 21, 2017 at 4:08 Quote
I've just received a set of Five Ten Maltese Falcon shoes and Shimano M530 pedals with the SH51 cleats. I've been messing around for a while on them getting used to running clipless for the first time. The feeling of unclipping is surprisingly natural (clipping in might take a while!) but the float is very weird.

Looking between the shoe and the pedal, there's a gap of a couple of millimetres, this is with no spacers under the cleat. Is it normal to feel very 'floaty' on the pedal, almost like having a small pedal with no pins in? Sure I'll get used to it, just wondering if there's supposed to be some contact between the shoe and pedal.
flag lance-h
O+ FL
Posted: Feb 18, 2018 at 20:29 Quote
This pedal float it completely normal. If you turn the preload on the pedal sings that control the force to get your cleat out, that float will shrink a bit.

 


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