They seem to need constant regreasing of the cleat/pedal interface to stop the creak, so I think something has messed up somewhere and they've been permanently ruined despite being only a couple of months old. Today, they suddenly started making the worst creaking I've ever heard as I was sprinting from a stop.
Do my pedals need replacing?
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Are you sure its the cleats? noises that appear to come from that area in reality could be coming from other parts of the bike, have you had a good check round the bike?
Yeah, if I pedal without clipping in, the creak goes, even if I put a bit of power through.
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Road or MTB pedals?, theres a short video here with some ideas on how to quieten road cleats
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/video/ask-a-mechanic-quieting-squeaky-cleats_299226
The obvious is how tight are the bolts? And are you sure its the cleat/pedal interface and not some part of the shoe rubbing somewhere?
SPD, so MTB I guess. The bolts are fairly tight, and I have tried different levels of tightness with no results.
The problem is temporarily fixed by greasing the metal plate that hooks onto the cleat, so it wouldn't be the fabric or some other such thing.
i think he means the tension for clipping out is fairly tight. I had a creak like this, got the shop to fully strip the bike before i sussed it lol. It was better if i lubed the pedal before riding but in all honesty if its that bad, change the pedal, just to save your sanity.
rb58
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I have this too. An occasional wipe with Vaseline on the pedal shoe 'interface' areas and it's sorted for a few rides. I've found it's not the cleat, but the other areas where the shoe touches the pedal that are the source of the squeak. The only thing to remember is not to walk across the carpet when you get back from a ride!
betty swollocks
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Could be your shoes, not the pedals.
Globalti
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That was what I meant - tighten the bolts in your cleats as they do work loose.
A few weeks ago I had to catch Gti Junior as he was circling, increasingly distressed, in the car park, unable to unclip as both his cleats were rotating and wouldn't unclip! He had fitted new cleats and hadn't tightened the bolts up!
A few weeks ago I had to catch Gti Junior as he was circling, increasingly distressed, in the car park, unable to unclip as both his cleats were rotating and wouldn't unclip! He had fitted new cleats and hadn't tightened the bolts up!
Dragonwight
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Had a similar thing recently turned out to be two things, cleats had worn below the line of the two rubber strips on the bottom of the shoe so they were rubbing and a creaky BB which needed replacing.
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Very good, mate. Very good! 
Well the creaking has stopped, and now there's a click just on the right-hand downstroke somewhere on the drivetrain. I feel it mostly in my right foot, but also a little on my left. Only happens at a certain cadence - if I put more force in, the clicking stops. If I put hardly any in, it stops then too.
It's in between those two points that I can feel it.
It's in between those two points that I can feel it.
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Bit fed up of chasing countless problems alone, so just going to take it into an LBS on Thursday and have them check the BB and freehub for anything that needs tightening, greasing or adjusting. Good shop, so hopefully they'll point out anything wrong and get the bike to how it should be.
