Originally Posted by
curbtender
Welcome back to cycling. Rides are my meditation. On SPD's, my biggest mistake first time out was staying clipped in too long when rolling to a stop. Unclip a foot and rest it on top to prepare to stop. I ended up like an upside down turtle at some train tracks. Gave the cars a good laugh...
I went out on my Dawes a couple of years ago. No problem unclipping until I got back home. I pulled up in my driveway and hovered like Wile E. Coyote for a couple of minutes, wiggling my feet, and slowly fell over. I put out a hand to stop myself. Bad move.
To be honest it put me off. But having found I can loosen SPD-SL pedals lower than advertised, I have a good compromise between security and clip-out-ability. I tried a few sprinty moves this evening (out of the saddle, on the drops, wiggling from side to side) and didn't come unclipped.