Originally Posted by
jefnvk
And that is one conclusion I am coming to myself. IMO, it is a much better selling point, than the rather ubiquitous talking point I get about being able to pull up.
Yes. By far the main reason I use clipless is confidence and security.
Even when I'm pedaling hard out of the saddle, it's not the pulling that feels like the main benefit; it's the fact that I don't need to worry about what my foot is doing, especially if I do stuff like shift.
I think the "pull up" argument became so dominant because it's a punchy sales point, one of those things that's very easy to make extremely convincing. Kind of like how everything associates the feel of a lightweight lowish-trail bike with "frame stiffness."