View Single Post
Old 08-21-17 | 11:34 AM
  #20  
wipekitty's Avatar
wipekitty
vespertine member
 
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 2,473
Likes: 223
From: Land of Angora, Turkey

Bikes: Yes

Originally Posted by mrmish
But I can't help thinking that I still have many falls to go, no matter how careful I think I am, until I develop the unclipping reflex.
Nah - you're probably good. You probably don't want to fall again, so you'll probably think a bit harder before rolling to a stop. Until you get used to it, unclipping early is okay, as is loosening the tension on the pedal that you generally unclip from.

When I first went clipless, I was told that everybody falls at least once, and I was out to be the exception to the rule. I'd been riding a whole month without a fall when it happened - in the parking lot of an event, in front of several hundred "serious" cyclists.

Welcome to the club.
wipekitty is offline  
Reply