I know that some people are worried about not coming unclipped in time. After a while of using them clipping and unclipping becomes second nature. There have been many "oh ****" moments where I have been surprised at how fast my foot is out of the pedal. I even got caught in a pavement groove at about 15 mph and felt for sure I was going down but was able to unclip and kick myself out of it in a blink of an eye.


Then there is the time I was just rolling slowly along the water front with a friend and stopped momentarily for some pedestrians and leaned the wrong way. Hitting the ground hurt my pride more than anything else.

My 2 cents on the Forte vs Shimano. I stay with Shimano. The 2 times I bought Forte SPD cleats they pulled out so easily it was as if they weren't even there. Maybe you just have to keep them all the same brand.