Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Clipless make a small difference but on balance these pedals are not worth the risk of bad falls that whose who use them face. A great pedal for the street is the "power grip" line since they DO NOT lock your foot to the pedal which on the street is bad news no matter what the fans of clipless say.
This is nonsense, really. Lots of things are dangerous until one knows what one is doing, and after that they are completely safe.