Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Allow me to respectfully disagree with your POV. I have my own POV and will politely express it a often as I please.
Maybe I can save a newbie rider from making the mistake of listening to all the folks that ride clipless that live in denial of the danger of clipless.
Lets us check the numbers based on your comment: "Maybe I can save" versus "all the folks". You had a bad experience, fair enough.
We all stumble before we walk, for most everyone clipless is not an issue. Many people use it everyday without consequence.
I have been injured more from normal pedals striking my shins or calfs (calves) than clipless. Or from my foot slipping off my pedal and loosing control of my bike.
Let me check my clipless injuries. I think I must have fallen over once. But I honestly do not remember even doing that, I just assume I must have at some point. I do not recall any other instances of injury or death from clipless.