Originally Posted by
contango
If I do go down the clipping in route I guess all I need to buy is the pedals and cycling shoes that will take cleats? Is there anything else I'd need that I'm overlooking?
Some Bacitricin or Neosporin for the rash after you fall.
But don't be put off. Most clipless falls happen when you're close to a dead stop. A "bad" fall will happen no matter what type of pedals you have, IMO. Some sort of catastrophic frame/fork failure at high speed, potholing, getting doored, etc, you may be better off taking the bike with you than getting propelled off it. And clipless pedals do release on their own a lot of the times when you're crashing. Some of the worst falls I've seen happen when someone is standing and mashing platform pedals, has a foot slip off them, and the pedal opens up a long gash on a leg.