Talk:Cleat (shoe)
Cleat is a fairly US-centric term. In the UK and Commonwealth I've only ever heard 'stud' for the thing on the bottom of football boots.What do other places use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.32.38 (talk) 12:24, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, "Cleat" is a term I have never actually heard (in the UK), hence I was looking it up! - Zephyris Talk 08:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Spikes (e.g. Microspikes by Kahtoola), studs, traction devices, grips, pegs, crampons and / or non-technical crampons, etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.152.52 (talk) 15:11, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Can you please make it more obvious if you mean american foot ball or soccer football, it changes lots between the two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.38.4.206 (talk) 14:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
The cleat/stud point is interesting because as someone from the US I wouldn't be able to describe this type of athletic shoe as anything other than cleat. It seems that we both have only one word to describe this item and those words are different. What does Wikipedia usually do in that situation? Perhaps it should be titled Cleat/Peg or something? Or visa versa... I guess the term most recognized by the largest group of English speaking people should be given presidence. I've never really thought of that kind of problem but it is interesting.
Skiingdemon (talk) 23:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Cutline
The cutline for the picture at the very beginning of this article is too vague. There should be a modifying word before "surface." I can't think of a word at this moment but it should indicate that cleats help on a surface where they actually sink in. Saying they help you gain traction on a surface creates an "as apposed to what" thought in my mind. What else would one gain traction on? Anyways there should be a word along the lines of "pliable" in front of "surface." The fact that the picture shows the shoes sitting on exactly the kind of surface they wouldn't be useful on adds to the irony of this vagueness. The picture is ok I guess because that surface allows you to see the contours but the cutline needs to be improved to hold up it's part of the bargain.
Skiingdemon (talk) 23:16, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Baseball
Why aren't baseball cleats mentioned in this article? Tad Lincoln (talk) 22:42, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
