How To Attach A Shimano SPD Cleat

Hey, this is Brian from Shimano and I'm here to show you how to attach and SPD cleat to an SPD shoe. So you'll need your four mill allen-wrench, your cleat-nut, your SPD cleat, and of course, your shoe. So the SPD cleat package comes with your fixing bolts, your cleat-adapter, and your cleat. So the first step is to install the cleat-nut. So, some shoes will have the cleat-nut here already, and it'll be visible. This particular shoe doesn't. So we're going to go ahead and pop it in. So you take the insole out, you can see here, really get in there that there's slots wide open at the bottom. So installing this, you want to put the flush-side up so you don't feel it on your foot. Slide it on in, turn the shoe over, and here you have the cleat-nut exposed. So now that we've got the cleat-nut in place, now its time to put together the SPD cleat. So you put the cleat-adapter right in there as such, put your fixing bolts, drop them right on in there, now you've got your cleat ready to install. So the third step is installing the cleat onto the cleat-nut. Now typically, you'd want to put some grease on these bolts because these do wear out, and you want to make sure you're able to get these bolts back off when you're ready. Put the bolts in there, from there you take your 4-ml, just screw them on in, you're good to go. Now what you want to do is, you don't want to tighten them right away, you want to make sure that you have all this adjustability here. We're recommending that you go ahead and just put it in the neutral spot, right in the middle, and then tighten it down and make adjustments as necessary. Once you're tightened down, you're good to go. Put your insole back in, and its time to ride. So there you have it. Now you know how to install an SPD cleat on an SPD shoe. Take these tips, try them out, and as always, stay tuned for more how-to videos.

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[nfinnnn]

why does the clip-nut have 4 holes?? Thank you

[ZapposHowTo]

@nfinnnn Sorry for the delay in responding. We will get the answer posted to you very soon!

[SetFireProductions]

Hi there. I'm considering purchasing these shoes but I have a rather wide foot. Do you think these shoes would fit properly? If not, what other type of clipless MTB shoe might work?

~ Thanks

[ZapposHowTo]

@SetFireProductions At Zappos we carry a mountain shoe that is in Wide width. It is the Shimano SH-M087G. Feel free to check it out on our site!

[ATBBikersNL]

@ZapposHowTo and?

[bedevere007]

nice



[SetFireProductions]

@ZapposHowTo Great, will do!

[mrkdui]

@sotacal That is normal.

[sotacal]

yes sir, I bought the m540 pedal and coupled that with exustar shoes. after installing everything, I noticed that both feet have alot of sway or degrees of heal movement. what this feels like (though I'm securely clipped in) is a slick plastic on slick metal. I can pivot while I pedal; it feels unsafe, but that could be because I'm new to spd's