I’ve read the posts I believe are related to the pedal clicking issue, but my pedals and cleats are practically brand new. The clicking starts after a pedaling for awhile, after several hundred yards, as stated in other posts. I’ve checked my cleats and covers. They appear to be mounted as outlined in the manual. The clicking started after riding a few times with the new pedals/cleats. I did reduce the float - heel in/out - after the first ride. To be sure that the clicking is a speedplay issue, I plan to swap out the pedals with some older SPD’s. But I suspect the issue is related to the speedplay pedals/cleats. Could this be a defective speedplay pedal?
Having the same issue with brand new pedals / cleats… 4th ride was yesterday. Interested to see what Wahoo says about this.
Submitted a ticket to Wahoo customer support outlining the pedal clicking. Wahoo responded with “ If you could, please record a video that clearly shows the clicking noise. This will assist us in thoroughly understanding the problem. Once we receive it, we will be able to offer a solution”. I declined that request as it obviously is a dangerous thing to do while riding. Wahoo then asked if I would pedal the bike without the cleated road shoes to determine if the clicking was still present. I’m not about to attempt that either, as the clicking happens at a high enough RPM that it’s not likely I can achieve that with regular street sneakers. Clearly, it appears that Wahoo can’t help here. I’ve returned the pedals to the store in exchange for another new set. Meanwhile, as I said before, I have a set of SPD pedals I will ride with to check for the clicking sound.
I have determined that the “clicking” sounds while riding/pedaling the road bike are NOT coming from the Wahoo Speedplay Comp pedals. I rode today with a set of SPD pedals, and the clicking sounds were still present. I will be probing further to determine which bike component is the culprit.
I had a similar problem with the ancient Speedplay (before Wahoo) pedals I use indoors. It turned out that switching to a newer pair of Sidi shoes with a different buckle system silenced the clicking using the same cleats. Thus the shoes were the noise-maker.
Since the old Sidi shoes were more comfortable for indoor cycling, and the new ones are day-glo yellow (being seen by cars is always more comfortable than being hit), I decided to accept the clicking.
Older SIDI pedals has a locator which engaged with the Look Keo cleats. Sometimes it came lose and you would end up with a clicking sound. This happened to the left shoe on one of the pairs I own. It’s interesting to walk around the house clicking.
This is an update to my last post. Before today’s ride I made three adjustments to my road bike. First, I found that one of the left side crank arm clamp bolts was not tightened to spec. I fully loosened both clamp bolts and alternately tightened them to the Shimano 105 torque spec. This is where it sounded like the clicking was coming from. I noticed on my last ride that the clicking stopped if I got out of the saddle and continued pedaling. So I removed the seat post and clamp and cleaned them. I used carbon fiber assembly gel on the seat post area where the clamp fastens, and tightened to torque spec (I also checked that the seat fore/aft clamp bolts were tightened to spec). Last, I attempted to tighten the Wahoo Speedplay Comp pedals to 30 Nm as outlined in the user guide. My torque wrench max’s out at 26 Nm (± 4%). I tightened both pedals as much as I could with the torque wrench, but alas, I don’t believe I even reached 26 Nm! I then did a 27 miler, and had no clicking at any point during the ride. I’m still not convinced that I have finally solved this issue with my road bike, so I will be doing a couple more rides next week and will report back.
This an update to my last post. No “clicking” for the last 3 rides of 25 to 30 miles per ride. My conclusion is that the Wahoo Speedplay Comp pedals and cleats were not the issue. I have outlined in my previous post the steps taken to eliminate the “clicking” issue with my road bike. It could be a different set of issues for others.
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