Originally Posted by
Notcarproof
All true.. probably wouldn't want to be walking on the engagement surface. Random thoughts of a couch-ridden person and I didn't have my shoes/bike here to look at... Here's to not taking another car though. I had the clamps pretty loose on the cleat, but had just put new cleats on, so it may have been more snug than it was previously.
Not sure, but it does seem like the multi-release may be better for an unexpected wipeout, car or no. I'm sure that's been covered previously on these forums though. Never had an issue with the SL ones, but a good wreck gets me thinking.
On any cleat, there are going to be sectors from which it will be impossible to get the cleat to release from an applied force (if they didn't work this way, the cleat would be pretty much useless or even dangerous).
I would have to guess that getting an ACL injury on a bike is probably one of the lowest probability injuries of all. I would think you are far more likely to sustain upper body injuries - collarbone, wrists, arms, shoulders and head. Following that, I would think impact injuries of the lower extremities would be more likely - broken bones/hip etc... rather than an ACL injury. I'm not sure I'd spend time worrying about it.
J.