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Dry Lube Your Cleats for Easy In and Out

Today’s QT comes to us from Dave Champlin and really is a “quick” tip. Short and sweet, but tried and true. Dave wrote:

Spray dry Teflon lubricant on pedals/cleats (after cleaning). This lets the float / pivot work freely and assists clipping in / out.

[I mentioned to Dave that Finish Line recently launched Pedal and Cleat Dry Film Lubricant specifically for this purpose. — J.M.]

I use DuPont Teflon Multi Use lubricant. But interesting that Finish Line caught on. Apparently I’m not the only one!


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  1. Hermione says

    May 24, 2020 at 9:42 am

    Hi, I use wd40 silicon spray on my pedals, I started this when commuting last winter and with all the water and muck on the bike path the pedals totally stopped engaging and when it did took me 1/2 mile to disengage. Silicon spray was handy when I got home and did the job.
    Have now got some better pedals xtr xc but don’t want to ruin them with the wrong lube.
    Suggestions please?

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