Originally Posted by
knobd
I've been going back and forth with the go/no go decision on clipless myself. The safety reason is the one thing that interests me once, of course, you get past the initial clip/unclip learning curve. There have been several times with my platforms where my foot got knocked off the pedal and caught me off guard. It's not the best feeling when a car's whizzing by you at 60 mph. On the other hand, outside of this reason I'm totally comfortable and happy with platforms. I'll probably end up going clipless once I meet my 2012 mileage goal but I sometimes wander if it's really worth the trouble.
This is the biggest reason I like my clipless pedals. When I periodically forget that I am too old and too big to jump up and pedal out of the saddle I don't want my feet to slip off the pedals. I feel much safer with my clipless pedals and it doesn't take long to get used to them and clipping out becomes pretty automatic I had more trouble learning to clip in