[Closed] Imitation road cleats

Not Shimano, but I used some imitation Look cleats a while ago. difficult to quantify why, but they felt different to the original ones, almost like the tolerances were out and so they felt a bot vague.

Either way, I've gone back to OE stuff now.

Been using the Imitation Look cleats for years. Only died once.
Feel absolutely fine to me. I’ve used a mixture of Amazon and Decathlon.

I bought what I thought was genuine SPD-SL but it was a copy / fake.

The blobs came off first ride and they never clipped in/out as well as original. It looks like where my sole curves the genuine ones would hold their shape but the copies would distort slightly.

I bought some from a pound shop and been using them for a while now. Deffinitley not as good as orginal ones but not too bad. Takes more effort to clip in, and they wear quicker. When I run out, think I have 2 more pairs left,  I'll buy proper ones again.

Good to know thanks folks.

Not sure re actual imitations but LifeLine SL cleats from Wiggle feels exactly the same as genuine stuff.

Cheers!
I.