Lol, I live in Minnesota, and about a month ago hit a really long section of the LRT trail in St Louis parked where they did a crap-tastic job of plowing it. It was all bumpy rutted, nasty...etc. I had to make it through...made my usual 30 minute trip into an hour and a half trip.

Did the whole thing using clipless, clipped in. I think it actually helped - better control of the bike with my feet attached to the pedals. The conditions were so bad I had to deflate my tires to about 15psi and I think I was traveling about 5mph.

It's like someone else said about mountain bikers - of all people, they would have the most need to be able to put their foot down. And they all still use clipless. It's sort of a matter of getting used to it.

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But, as have been said repeatedly, if you have a feeling like it's dangerous to ride clipless there's really no problem with just not doing it. Being able to, say, fix a flat, or adjust your derailler are more important things for sure. Some people can trackstand - I can't, and maybe I'll learn to eventually but if I never do - it's just not that big of a deal.