LOOK | Keo Classic 3 Black Road Pedals | 40gram

Superb pedals. They are light, spin freely and install with an 8mm Allen wrench so you don’t need a pedal wrench. Look pedals/cleats are easy to clip in/out of and give you a wider platform to transform energy to the cranks than an SPD or Speedplay pedal, and they are not clunky to walk in like SPD-SL. Personally I prefer the black cleats with no “float” because I don’t like my feet to pivot left or right unless I’m unclipping, but the grey ones that come with the pedals are okay as well. Give these a try and I think you’ll be very happy with them. I cycle all over the US and France is this is my second set of Look pedals. I won’t use anything else.

these are awful cleats. even when clicked in and the tension turned up you never feel truly connected to the bike. under load the cleats/pedals would click. after 20 or so miles my feet always went numb. cleat position adjustments made no difference. loosening of shoes didn’t help. i want back to my speedplays and all numbness went away. that connected feeling returned. these are clicky plastic garbage. might be good for a newby but after a while you’ll want a better connection to the bike.

Compared to other LOOK style pedals this is clearly on the lower end. The pedals scuff easy and the tension doesn’t quite stay. I find myself adjusting the tension on the right pedal and it’s been less than a year of use. I made add some Loctite to the threads to ensure the tension doesn’t move.These pedals are heavy, bulky, and easy to damage from constant use. They were great for what I needed them for which was to get my cycling on my road bike but looking back, I got what I paid for. Once these wear out which I suspect will be in a year or less, I would invest in something more durable.

The media could not be loaded. Like many in the past year, I’m new to cycling so this is my first time trying clipless pedals. I first bought the SHIMANO Unisex – Adult’s PD-RS500 (costs the same $60) and after my first indoor ride a yellow rubber tab on the right cleat ripped (not off, but enough to where the cleat would need to be replaced). A friend suggested LOOK keo and I should have listened the first time but now I see the light.As you can see from the pictures the cleats on the Keo are a little more compact but also have less protrusion of the rubber and with a larger surface contact of attachment meaning there’s less stress points and fewer points of shearing. Keep in mind that the rubber I’m speaking of is hard rubber and it will just shear or break as opposed to being ductile. The keo cleats from what I’ve seen are generally cheaper when buying replacements also.The pedal itself does seem a lot flimsier than the Shimano pedal which seems to be made of

I was torn between these and the Shimano 105 pedals, but decided to go with the more budget friendly Look pedals in the end. I’m pleased with my purchase, but don’t really have any similar pedals to compare them to as these are my first clip-in pedals of this type. Unlike other bike pedals I’ve purchased, these adhere to the spindles by tightening with a typical 8mm Allen wrench; perhaps beneficial to those who don’t want to splurge on a bike pedal wrench or don’t have one, but kind of obnoxious that it doesn’t come with such a wrench: I had to dive through my basement box of old Allen keys and fortunately found one. After that, installation was easy. The clip system feels snug on the included cleats, and it’s easy enough to clip in and out. I’ve noticed these have more float (left/right rotation allowance) than previous clipless systems I’ve tried, so keep that in mind while making your decision. The cleats are plastic, and have become a bit beaten up already after just a few weeks of riding: specifically, the more rubbery stick on pieces on my left shoe fell off almost immediately (I use that foot to “push off” from a dead start which I think wore down the glue pretty quick). If you’re really *really* into weight savings these aren’t the lightest, but likely you wouldn’t be looking in this price point anyway. For the money I’d say these can’t be beat.