Well, maybe I didn’t have a chance to ride them enough (roughly 1,000km/600mi since Oct 15th when I put them on), or mine were greased at the assembly more heavily than necessary. Because I just walked down to the basement where the bike spends the winter, and both pedals are upside down. As opposed to the road bike with 105s standing right next to it, always ready for another journey into Sufferlandria. That’s my N=1 study for ya 