Crankbrothers MTB Shoe Shields

Protect carbon soles from damage from SPD cleats. Slight convex shape adds just enough height to make cleats easier to clip in if you're using mountain bike shoes with stack height for walking. Seem expensive for a thin piece of metal, but I guess the price includes the cost of design, which is excellent.

I must admit I only bought these because I was watching a video review of the top 5 or top 10 things you can do to improve your riding/bike. The Crank Brothers bike shoe shield ranked right near the top. I bought two packs thinking that one pack contained a metal shield and a spacer pad. I was surprised, pleasantly so, to find that one pack contained two metal shield (as seen in the pics) and instructions. I opted to swap out my cleats at the same time. It looked like the cleat grub screws would not thread in enough. Well I was wrong. As Crankbrothers' say they "...will not interfere with your mounting..." I use the TIME ATAC cleats and TIME MX4 as well as some older TIME ATAC pedals. The crankbrothers work great with these cleats, shoes/boots, and pedals. In fact it is as though you are both clipped on and floating at the same time. You have super easy side to side movement. Exceptional clip in access and very easy release. I am extremely pleased. For the money an improvement you should not think twice about doing. In the pack you get the two metal spacers only. I had purchased the cleats and hardware separately. Now I have a spare set new and in my bike tool box. Thank you for such a great product!!! Three thumbs up. john

Keeps the pedals from digging into your soles, works great

good quality

Not only do these keep your shoes from getting beat up on the soles but they make eggbeaters much easier to click into and gives a whole new level of "feel" as to when your pedals are truly engaged. Gone is that vague feeling of "did it really lock?" and having that horrible feeling of your foot slip off when you thought you were fully engaged with the pedal. It also makes disengaging them much easier and precise too. Pretty much nobody should be using eggbeaters type pedals without these installed. Crank Brothers should include these with every pedal and/or cleat replacement hey sell. This shouldn't need to be a separate purchase. It's just a tiny laser-cut piece of stainless steel plate. Making thier customers buy this separately is sort of lame if you ask me and I'm knocking a star off of it because of this. Even at ten bucks they are nickle and diming us to death. Knock it off CB!

I haven't put a ton of miles with these shields installed but I can definitely say it feels easier to clip in with these on. They also have a bit of a springy curve to them which seems to keep the cleat a bit more stable when fixing them to your shoe.

I use these with Time ATAC pedals, which also have protruding brackets and had been scratching soles of my shoes around cleats. These shields are thin enough to not interfere with the clip-in action and do a great job with protecting the soles. They don't slip or require any adjustments, just install and forget.

My old Shimano shoes are shredded around the cleats from clipping in and out in a hurry. I started using these on my new Shimano and Specialized models and the shields work like a champ! No damage to the shoe bottoms and clipping in or out is smoother/easier. They should provide these with new beaters and drop the plastic spacer that's included. Either way it's well worth a few bucks to save your cycling shoes, which we all know can get expensive quickly! They've held up well over the last few months and were simple to install. I can't see why you would ever have to replace them, so it's a one-time purchase as far as i'm concerned.

Encajan perfectamente, al ser metálicas si durabilidad será mayor. Perfecta función de protección de suela.

Devo ancora installarli perchè non mi sono ancora arrivate le scarpe. Ad un primo sguardo sembra siano state lavorate al laser. Qualità di materiale e di lavorazione. Ritornerò a dare la mia impressione appena le monto sulle scarpe nuove.

何気にあると良いです。 穴の隙間も埋まります。

Alles okay.

Using these with Time Atac cleats as my carbon soled Lake shoes specify a shield needed to protect sole