Originally Posted by
bikerjp
I find that looking is actually worse than letting muscle memory take over. With enough practice the foot knows where to go. Looking takes your eyes off the road and puts the issue back into your head. I still have some issues with getting in to my spd-sl but things usually go right if I don't think about it.
This. For some reason, when I look, I fail to clip in on the first pedal rotation about 50% of the time. When I don't look, I nail it consistently, and am clipped in as soon as the free pedal reaches the top of the stroke.