I'm 60 yrs old, I went from road riding, pedals to cages thinking cages were wonderful when there was no other choices but I always didn't like how stuck I was in the cages and was scared. Then I went clipless and now I won't go back. This was for the road. I got into MTBiking and used regular pedals though I was clipless on my road bike for many years. I resisted clipping in on my MTB for many years though I felt I was experienced with clipless. The problem I had with MTBiking, over rolly pollies, going up hill and back down, going down and up, going over logs, many many times my feet would come off the pedals, just slide forward, then I would crash down on the handlebars. A very dangerous situation. I decided to go clipless and did not like it for a long long time. Now I don't think any other way. The only pedal I would use in the woods is Crank Brothers Candy because CB pedals are the easiest to unclip from, especially if the cleats are worn. Because of this, I always keep worn CB cleats from my road bike when I put on new cleats to move them to my MTB shoes so I can unclip faster, easier.