cycling 31:00 [3] 9.9 mi (3:08 / mi)
Short ride up the valley to try out the new pedals. Got some Speedplay X3's to replace my old Sampson Stratics. Apparently Sampson went out of business some 8 years ago and I have been unknowingly buying replacement cleats out of the remaining stock. Now no one has them, so I was forced into a new brand. These are actually an improvement over the sampson as you can step in on either side, and they still have the very large free-floating rotation (like 20 degrees). They are just as light too (~320g with cleats for the pair). I wear out the cleats pretty rapidly just from all the stepping out on pavement at traffic lights on the commute. These have aluminum plates on the base, but I suspect they'll wear as fast or faster than the plastic of the stratics. Also I can't swap these from left to right.
