Originally Posted by
John_V
.... Not being clipped in does not guarantee you won't fall.
Well, no, of course there are no guarantees. But, I think the consensus is that falls are less likely to happen with platforms.
But, conversely, the falls that are blamed on clipless are usually at low or no speed and typically / hopefully the ego is damaged more than than the body or the bike...
I look at it the same as taking a medication to fix a problem -- but that medication that has potential side effects:
1) You want the benefit of the medication
2) You may never experience the side-effect
3) If you do, you view the benefit of the medication as being greater than the cost of the side-effect
But, some people elect to put up with the problem in order to avoid the potential side effect... Or, for THEM, the side effect does more harm than the medication does good...
... And, by the way, EVERY medication has potential side effects. So, pretty much everybody over 50 is facing that same kind of decision -- and not just with clipless vs platforms...