Originally Posted by
Don Gwinn
I'm finding the clipless (SPD) easier to get out of than my straps and toe clips. It took me longer to learn to clip in . . . but today I was hitting it with no problem by feel. It's actually fairly intuitive if someone has prepared you a little bit.
That's why clipless systems are safer than straps and clips.
I had the same experience as you. It was easy and effortless to get out from the very first time, but it took a few days, maybe even a week, for getting
in to the pedals to be as easy.
I haven't skied since I was a kid. Apparently clipless pedals are almost the same (from the user's perspective) as ski bindings. I let a friend take my rain bike for a ride (the two of us and some other friends) one day to get a feel for clipless and for dedicated road bikes; the guy was a skier and took to clipless like a fish to water.