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Mark the side of the shoe at the centre point of the ball as accurately as possible. Get someone else to help find it if necessary. Repeat all of this for the other foot. Take the shoes off, and place them on a flat, level surface. Hold a straight edge against the mark on the shoe, and transfer the line straight down to the same point on the sole.
Turn the shoe over and make sure that your mark is visible on the sole. Fit cleat, loosely, aligning your mark with the point on the cleat where the centre of the pedal axle will be, once you are clipped in. Most cleats provide a marker on the side, by way of a notch or line to indicate the centre of the pedal axle, so it is just a case of lining up your mark with theirs. Move the cleat side-to-side to influence how close the foot sits to the centre-line of the bike. If you ride with your knees wide at the top of the pedal stroke, move your cleats inwards to move the foot outwards.
If you ride with knees narrow at the top of the stroke, move the cleats towards the outside of the shoe and the foot inwards. Tension is simply how easy it is to get in and out of your pedals.
Most have some form of adjuster screw that allows the user to decide how tightly clipped-in they want to be. Initially we'd advise going for the lightest setting but it's worth bearing in mind that once it becomes second nature to clip in and out, more tension will be just as easy to use, and much more secure, too. The amount of float is dictated by fitting different cleats to suit. While many pro racers prefer a super-accurate set-up and minimal float, even they can get it wrong - rumours suggest the knee injury that once forced Sir Bradley Wiggins out of the Tour de France may have been caused by an incorrectly aligned cleat.
Looking for more than the basics of how to set up your cleats for the first time? Read on for more details about where these recommendations come from, and how they can contribute to the perfect pedals stroke When setting up cleats, most bike fitters' advice is simply to place the middle of the cleat under the ball of the foot. It does not, however, ensure that this is what actually happens.
There is evidence that in many cases it does not happen at all and that any useful plantarflexion is more imagined than real; the ankle remains almost immobile and the lower leg muscles work mainly to stabilise the ankle. If the muscles of the lower leg are doing nothing more than stabilising the ankle, then you may wonder why they are being asked to work at all. If the ankle is held immobile throughout the pedal stroke, the foot can contribute nothing to the pedalling action - although that didn't seem to impede Jacques Anquetil, the first man to win the Tour de France five times and who famously pedalled with locked ankles in a distinctive toe-down style.
Much more common is the tendency for the heel to drop during the downstroke in a motion that is the exact opposite of the ankling action beloved of early cycling writers. So the excessive plantarflexion of the classic ankling technique may be a myth and not even desirable, but heel drop is widespread among serious cyclists.
Take your shoes off and flip them over. Draw across the sole the points showing the position of the front and back of the ball of your foot. On the base of the shoe there will likely be some markings. Use these to align the parallel lines you draw across the sole. Take a look at your new cleats. Most will have a small marking to denote the centre. This is the point that sits directly over the pedal axle. Shimano cleats have a marking on the side, as do Look models.
Your cleats, like your feet, have a hard time on the bike. Prevent the bolts that hold them in place from seizing by adding a dab of grease to the holes in the bottom of the shoe before fitting.
However, if your heels point either inward or outward, you might want to make some allowance for this by rotating the back of the cleat slightly in the corresponding direction. You want every part of your foot to be able to touch the ball without excess air inside your cleat. As a rule of thumb, many soccer experts recommend getting soccer cleats that are one size smaller than your normal shoe size.
However, even this won't hold true for everyone, so it's best to take some steps to make sure your cleats fit perfectly for you.
Bring a pair of soccer socks along when you're trying to determine how your soccer cleats should fit. If you try on cleats while wearing no socks or thin socks, they may fit great in the store and then end up feeling too tight once you're out on the field wearing thicker socks. If your regular shoe size is 10, start with that and work your way down. It is critical to put both shoes on and lace them all the way up.
A good sizing method is to press down in the toe area and around the sides with your thumb to feel for extra space. You can then reduce the cleat size based on how much space you have.
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