Originally Posted by 531Aussie

Some of the early Looks had very slippery float, which I hated when I first tried them in about 1993. I went from toe-clips and straps, with Adidas Eddie Mercks shoes, to these super slippery Looks, and it was horrible! Then, I got mud in the cleats, my foot got stuck on the pedal, I tumbled over, and was lucky not to get hit by a car. That was it!! I got rid of the Looks and went back to my Shimano 600s with toe-clips!

The moral of the story: I foolishly judged all clipless pedals by these slippery Looks, and refused to go clipless for years! Finally, after about 2 years of coercing by my local shop guy, I tried Shimano clipless in 2004!! I couldn't believe how good they were, and felt like a goose for being so stubborn