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Day: August 18, 2011

  • Tour Easy: Squeaky Pedal

    Of late my Tour Easy has developed a squeak at the pedal-go-round rate. It has Performance Bike Campus pedals, with SPD cleats on one side and a rat-trap surface on the other, and only the SPD side squeaked.

    Turns out that the two little mounting screws holding the cleat dingus worked their way loose.

    SPD pedal screws
    SPD pedal screws

    I should probably ease some lube under that plate, just to be sure, but the simple fix worked fine…

    (And, yeah, I should clean it, just once, to see what it’s like, right?)