A lot of people (myself included) like Time pedals. When it comes to riding in bad mud, nothing else out there even works, while these babies ride like new when they're caked with clay. But a lot of people don't like the 15-degree ankle-twist needed to disengage. Most mtb pedals only need 5 to 8 degees, which is plenty to keep a normal rider in but not enough to trap a foot in a crash. So here's one soulution: grind'em down. I haven't tried this yet. I'm waiting for a spare set of cleats before I do. This pic was donated by Kathleen in response to a thread on usenet's r.b.o-r.
Subsequent suggestions by Kathleen:
Hi All:
Dan (a tool & diemaker) thought that in the picture that I sent in, shadows made it difficult to see exactly
what was done.Ê The cleat is kind of made in two pieces; the more or less rectangular part that's screwed to
the shoe, and the dumbell shaped part on top of that.Ê The dumbell piece projects beyond the rectangular
piece at the top end and the bottom end.ÊÊ He ground the lower, inner edge of the dumbell shaped part, and
blended it so that it was even with the rectangular part.Ê
Don't grind into the bottom rectangular
piece.
Kathleen