SIDI Lug Replacement

New SIDI Dominator shoes

6 year later... same shoes

Many years ago, I happened on a pair of SDID Dominator MTB shoes at Performance Bike Shop in Oceanside. These were good shoes and I beat them up for years. The uppers didn't wear out, only the sole lugs.

SIDI didn't offer their replacement policy anymore, so over the years, I hacked together different ways to add lugs to the soles. (Story Here).

New SIDI Dragon Carbon Megas

3-years later: Easy sole/lug replacement

Fast forward to several years ago, when I rounded up a deal on some new SIDI Dragon Carbon Mega shoes. These had the replaceable lugs on the soles. Super deal included a set of lugs/bolt kit. Now 3 years later, it was time to replace the right side lugs. These were ground down, with my right foot being the "foot on the ground". Left side looked quite good and clipped in and out well.

While replacing the lugs, I learned again just how well these shoes are made:
- Heel lugs have two bolts from the outside and one screw from the INSIDE. After loosing the bolts, the old worn lugs don't just fall off. They have little "ears" that clip into the sole itself. Ditto with the side lugs.
- The super worn front lug plate was as simple 3-bolts and you're off ! The front bolt seemed to be stripped out some, so I used red-Loctite when reinstalling a new bolt that come with the kit?

My next project is to use a SIDI kit to upgrade my old SIDI Dominator shoes! Wouldn't that be great?

- randorides