Originally Posted by cyccommute

People project their fears of being unable to unclip onto clipless all the time. It's not true. I have had many instances of being unclipped without thought of doing so. Most recently, I crashed while on a mountain bike and ended up a full body length downhill from the bike without touching the ground first. The bike was 6 feet uphill from me and my shoes were still on my feet. I didn't even think about unclipping.