Originally Posted by HelenHeart
Me again.....god I love this!!!!
I'm about to embark on my first journey with clip-less pedals, with a speedy pulse and faint stomach. Is there any one piece of advise you wished you had known about, on your first day. Or one crumb of wisdom you can throw my way?
If there is even a remote possibility that you might be stopping, clip out of one pedal. When I did my obligatory fall the first day I rode clipless, I was trying to decide if a car was close enough for me to stop prior to cross an intersection. Just when I decided (at a very, very slow speed) that it was okay to go, a fast car from the other direction reared its ugly head, I started to stop, suddenly realized that I was clipped in, and then suddenly realized I was unable to unclip either pedal. Man, is that a helpless feeling as you fall down clipped in! Be careful!